So I gave my only brother a decent trek ht which I generally maintain it for him. Anyway the last 2 nights he’s left it in his garden with no lock on it. His gardens pretty secure but …. Cost about £500 not including £200 worth of finishing kit. I’ve even installed a lock mount and a d-lock

I’ve already told him the first time to be careful but he’s done it again. What should I do?

Steal it.

Not give him another one when this one gets stolen.

nick it.

I like ernies suggestion tbh
Nick it to teach him a lesson but give it back afterwards?

not much more you can do tbh

cranberry has it 🙁

Yeah nick it then ask to borrow it before he tells you it’s been nicked.

Will he pay you for it if it gets stolen? If so, then do nothing, except maybe buy a new bike later on.

If not, then let him borrow all of it, except maybe the chain. Or the saddle.

You gave it away.
Let him do what he wants with it.

(unless you gave it to him with conditions attached i.e. locking it)

Nick it, sell it. Never tell him.

Sounds like he won’t miss it as he clearly doesn’t appreciate it at all or perhaps he doesn’t know what it’s worth, because it was given to him and he’s not had to earn money to buy it.

I know a number of people who keep moderately low value bikes unsecured or in unlocked sheds etc. You probably have a skewed perspective of the likelihood of theft from all the threads on here etc. In reality very few people go nosing about your back garden to see if the bike that is there is locked or not. Its possible that “hiding in plain sight” is actually an effective approach. High end bikes are nicked to order or carefully planned. Low end bikes are nicked from convenient places. Determined thief will break any lock, so all you deter is the passing opportunist – how many of them have been in his back garden?

higgo – Member
You gave it away.
Let him do what he wants with it.

(unless you gave it to him with conditions attached i.e. locking it)

This^^

And this vv

cranberry – Member
Not give him another one when this one gets stolen

Yeah I won’t be giving him another. Just fitted a newish thomson masterpiece post and great fizik saddle too. I agree my opinions comes from my more expensive bikes and I’m sure it’ll be fine in his garden

I won’t be able to sleep tonight lol

He has invested nothing in the bike so cares not for it. The Bristol Bike Project found the same thing when they gave bikes to people. Now anyone getting a bike has to help do the last couple of hours of prepping the bike first. They have invested something in the bike. Losses of bikes dropped after this was introduced.

Can I have a bike as well please?

You gave it away.
Let him do what he wants with it.

Which does absolutely nothing to teach him to respect stuff.

Just fitted a newish thomson masterpiece post and great fizik saddle too.

To the bike you gave away??? 😮 😯

You’re far too generous and he doesn’t appreciate it.

I agree with the principle that you gave it away and it’s now his to use/mistreat.

However, steal it back soon because someone else will.

D lock him to the bike.

They will bond over time.

Steal it. If he tells you its been stolen, ‘buy’ it back from that well known auction site. If he keeps quiet, sell it, and give him a crappy old £50 second hand thing that he can leave in his garden if you feel sorry for him 🙂

(does he know how much the bikes worth?)

Put some Bombers on it.

Burn down his house.

He’ll then have to move in with you, and the bike will be safe in your shed.

I will give you £20 quid for the post / saddle – assuming you are splitting the bike after you steal it.

You’re clearly, and understandably concerned about ‘your’ bike, and the terrible treatment it is receiving. I suggest you give it instead a home where it will be loved and cherished. Somewhere with a nice warm shed for it to sleep in, where it will be securely locked up with its friends. My shed, for example. 😀

Obsessing over things that don’t belong to you makes you a better person, now go and murder him, it’s what Jesus wants.

You gave it away.
Let him do what he wants with it.

Which does absolutely nothing to teach him to respect stuff.

Did the OP give the bike away as a medium for moral instruction?
If the OP’s brother loses/abuses the bike he may or may not learn something but I don’t think it’s the OP’s place to be teaching him how to respect stuff.

Which does absolutely nothing to teach him to respect stuff.

Unless there is something the OP isn’t saying, it is the brother’s bike to do exactly as he pleases.

How old are you? How old is your brother?

If you’re both fully grown men, then either you tell him you’re taking the bike back as you don’t like the way he’s treating it, or you leave him to treat it how he likes and deal with any consequences (which may include it getting nicked and you not giving him another)

It is, after all, just a bike.

Just a bike? JUST A BIKE? JUST?… A?… BIKE?

I just don’t know you any more?

Surely you knew how he would look after it – he is your brother…

How old are you? How old is your brother?

If you’re both fully grown men, then either you tell him you’re taking the bike back…

In my family, once you’ve given something away you don’t take it back.

It’s alright Binners, I’m still the man you love 😉

Did you not know he’d be like this before you gave him the bike? He must surely be the sort of person who just doesn’t care that you felt you were giving him something special – even if he doesn’t care about the bike he should care as it’s a gift from someone who does.

day 1 : steal the thompson post and fizik saddle…
day 2… steal the front wheel
day 3.. steal the back wheel
day 4.. steal the rear mech
day 5…hopefully he shud be feeling confused
day 6…tell him you know nothing
day 7…tell him you warned him to be careful now **** off on ya own bike without him (the ungreatful little basket ! 😉

My wee brother uses my old trek y3 which I leave in my parents garage. He leaves it tied up (ie, not locked up) in various places for ages on end. He was on Facebook a few weeks ago asking if anyone had seen it as he had forgotten where he left it!!
It’s essentially value less so I’m not all that bothered but I need to get my dx thumbies off it before it finally goes awol 😆

Saw my brother at the weekend and he has my old 2000 Gary Fisher Sugar 3. He arrived wearing disco road slippers and a totally flat rear shock. The shame…

very few people go nosing about your back garden to see if the bike that is there is locked or not

Well thats exactly what the Police told me happens in our area. They will do a whole street at a time, trying cars/sheds/windows/garages. Easy pickings