What a bugger, imagine coming back to your bike to find this! 😡

The pity is that the owner has good locks, just didn't use them properly! Though those little teeny u-locks are pretty useless for securing wheels… should've got pitlocks or something I guess?

Lovely bike though, thinking about popping a note on it just in case the owner is completely disillusioned with riding and wants to sell! 😉

unlucky!

what tyres for london bike stand?

Could he have taken the wheels with him. He removed the saddle so why not the wheels?

Could he have taken the wheels with him. He removed the saddle so why not the wheels?

'tis certainly possible I guess, didn't think of that… bit of a faff though?

Probably bagged the wheels, looks to cute to fall for that.

He removed the saddle so why not the wheels?

Saddles still there, though. Fixie, so probably bolted on at the back – would a casual thief have a spanner? Anyone on here know? 🙂
I'd say it's a possibility he's got the wheels with him at work.

The seatclamp is sitting on the lock so, yep, looks too careful to leave the wheels.

The saddle is there but it looks like the scroats took the seat clamp!

EDIT: d'oh, too slow.

Though those little teeny u-locks are pretty useless for securing wheels…

Just put the lock around the rear wheel in the rear triangle. No need to put it round the frame itself. Doesn't help with the front wheel, of course.

would assume he'd taken the wheels too, but would you leave it like that with chain on the floor?

LFG&SS has a ongoing post about this sort of thing, worth a look.

Whereabouts in London?

Do you think a bike without wheels less appealing to a bike thief than a bike with wheels?

Or do you think it will attract more intrest from people looking to take bits?

btw, my guess is the owner has a nice set of wheels tucked up safely in an office somewhere.

Whereabouts in London?

Interested in doing a pick of carcass picking are we? 😉

seatclamp is threaded onto the d-lock.

i doubt anyone that anal would have left their wheels unsecured.

Dave

Looks like Tooley Street pavement to me.

i used to take my wheels and saddle into the office when i took the nice bike in

Looks like Tooley Street pavement to me.

Now that's anal.

Um no (and as I have an identical lock I'm hoping they're not that easy to get off).

I'm just wondering where it is that's either so bad that someone's had both wheels in broad daylight (given that a bike like that wouldn't still be around if parked overnight) or that the owner has (as seems likely) felt the need to take both wheels into the office with him.

Anyone use pitlocks?

woah, way too much effort, just get some bolt QRs, or secruity QRs if your that anal/worried.

Also, if you weren't taking your wheels with you, wouldn't you have made sure that the lock went through the back wheel at the very least?

Also, if you weren't taking your wheels with you, wouldn't you have made sure that the lock went through the back wheel at the very least?

That's what I would've thought as well… may well be that he's taken his wheels somewhere, but it's a fair old amount of faff (especially with a fixie, assuming the wheel would be a bolt through?)

Surely someone couldn't be bothered to half dismantle their bike every time they want to park? If that's the price of a riding a nice bike in a city, then it's too high, IMO. Get a hack…

as with mansonsoul – just wouldn't take a decent bike – too much faffing.

mmm… it's a tradeoff, isn't it.
Locked bike shed area at work – lock front wheel to frame, leave saddle and rear wheel as is.
Street for an hour or less, lock front wheel to rear wheel to frame, take seatpost if QR (or use locking QRs).
Street for any longer – wouldn't risk it, personally.

First time I went to Shepherds Bush I saw a forlorn frame locked to the railings outside the West 12 shopping centre. It had been stripped – wheels, seat, seatpost, brakes, handlebars, mechs, stem, forks, headset, cranks, bottom bracket(!). It was quite shocking…

That lock would've fitted through the back wheel no worries.

The owner definitely took them off, it's a right PITA removing the back wheel with track ends and bolts, you get all sorts of crap off the chain on yer fingers

good one Columbo 😀
crime identification FAIL

good one Columbo
crime identification FAIL

I don't know… I don't think we've come to a firm conclusion as yet. Personally I reckon it's unlikely someone would remove their fixed rear wheel, especially considering there'd be a chaintug involved (perhaps) and as Steve points out

it's a right PITA removing the back wheel with track ends and bolts, you get all sorts of crap off the chain on yer fingers

Anyhoo… I have put a not on the bike, as I'm quite interested in it if the cyclist decides they don't want it, shall see what's what I guess (though, he/she may call me up and accuse me of the theft I guess, if that's what it is!)

Always done as stated on Sheldons site:
Sheldon Brown – Lock Strategy and a cable lock for the front wheel…

you'll often see bikews in a similar state when wandering around london.

i'm guessingm, like many others, that the guy has taken the wheels with him.

i've got some pinhead locking sqkewers, picked them up cheap in a CRC fire sale. Great little things, plus theres a bottle opener on the key ring.

Sometimes i just lock the front wheel up when its in those bike stands that pinch the front tyre.

What was the name of those skeweres that only undo when the bike is upside down?

Aye probably fancy carbon tri-spokes so took them with him, it's what the muppets that wear girl's jeans and have silly earrings seem to have as a common wheel choice.

It could, of course, be run singlespeed (not fixed) with QW's.

It could, of course, be run singlespeed (not fixed) with QW's.

Only got a front brake? Hardly conclusive I know, but a good indicator it's a fixie?

duntmatter –
Looks like Tooley Street pavement to me.

Nah, Tooley bike posts are all of the silver variety. Plus there is no red-route marking on the road. 😉

vinnyeh – Member

Looks like Tooley Street pavement to me.

Now that's anal.

I was going to say it's not anal, it's observant. But then..

GTDave – Member

Nah, Tooley bike posts are all of the silver variety. Plus there is no red-route marking on the road.