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re: 'too many bikes being nicked'- grab your mobile phone, please, and.....

15 posts & 13 voices | Started 3 months ago by marsdenman | Latest reply from hoojum

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marsdenman - Member

go to your 'address book' and make a new 'contact' for your bike. Some of us <cough> have names for our bikes, others call them 'bike' or 'useless piece of..' - either way, create a record.
Now, go turn your bike over, log the number against that name. No more lost fag packets, bits of paper etc.
If you have a smart phone you might even be able to take a photo of it and attach that to the contact - high resolution, arguably not, better than 2/3rds of sod all if your bike gets nicked and you're trying to share the details here or elsewhere.
If you've a really smart phone, it might even automatically back that info up to a cloud / your PC type thing..

Just a thought - Jedi's post got me thinking - seems not everyone has a note of their frame number, let alone a picture of their bike so just wanted to share... - I did the 'contact' thing a while ago i'll take a photo in the daylight tomorrow

Posted 3 months ago #
skywalker - Member

Its not going to stop your bike being nicked, or get you it back for that matter.

Posted 3 months ago #
marsdenman - Member

Its not going to stop your bike being nicked

Correct, never suggested it would...

or get you it back for that matter.
also quite possibly correct but if you don't have the details to help trace it in the first place...

Posted 3 months ago #
skywalker - Member

Pretty pointless thread then, anyone with half a brain would file the frame number off.

Better off taking photos of the whole bike and listing the parts.

Posted 3 months ago #
tpbiker - Member

didn't think it was that pointless. Better than doing nothing. And when the coppers turn up and see the frame number filed off/you go to buy a bike and you see the file number filed off at least it'll be pretty easy to see its been nicked.

Agree with the photos and listing as well however...

Posted 3 months ago #
falkirk-mark - Member

Pretty pointless thread then, anyone with half a brain would file the frame number off.

Better off taking photos of the whole bike and listing the parts

Most thieves do not have half a brain and even if they do the number can be etch primed so you can stop pissing on marsdenmans parade

Posted 3 months ago #
Sandwich - Member

Pretty pointless thread then, anyone with half a brain would file the frame number off.

You are Edukator and I claim my £5.

Posted 3 months ago #
irc - Member

Its not going to stop your bike being nicked, or get you it back for that matter.

It's a slim chance but you never know. I bought a nice nearly new bike at a police auction for £80. A commuter with Deore level gear and dynohub lighting . No attempt had been made to remove the frame number.

It is very likely it had been stolen somewhere before being dumped and ending up in the hands of the police as a found bike. If the owner had reported it stolen and given the police the frame number they would most likely have got their bike back.

Posted 3 months ago #
JImmAwelon - Member

I have all my serial no's off my Hope and Thomson bits too and everything is dabbed with smartwater.

Posted 3 months ago #
HoratioHufnagel - Member

Just put it on http://www.immobilise.com

Posted 3 months ago #
globalti - Member

When I found a stolen bike the Police really couldn't have cared less. They wrote a few details in a big ledger and gave me a receipt and told me they would throw it in the shed with all the hundreds of other recovered bikes. I'm certain they made absolutely no attempt to cross ref the bike with any theft reports; why would anybody bother sitting down and going through all the bike thefts and checking them against the big book on the off-chance of finding a match? They didn't even write down the frame number.

Posted 3 months ago #
djflexure - Member

Pretty pointless thread then, anyone with half a brain would file the frame number off.

Got my bike back from the frame number after police raided an ebay seller.

Posted 3 months ago #
Mr Agreeable - Member

For all the cynics: http://www.goinggoingbike.com/blog/security-marked-bike-returns-to-owner-28-years-after-it-was-stolen/

When I found a stolen bike the Police really couldn't have cared less.

You do still get this unfortunately, but it seems like more police are cottoning on to the fact that push bikes can be expensive custom bits of kit (and much easier to trace back to an owner than some items).

My bikes are insured, but still. I'd much rather be proactive and try and track them down than take a hit on my premiums and wait for the thieves to come back in a few weeks for the replacements.

Posted 3 months ago #
Nig E5 - Member

Could I point you all to Bike Sheppard where one can upload a picture of a bike with all the details and its has a dater base of all stolen bikes that have been registered on the web site on google maps for the country.

Posted 3 months ago #
hoojum - Member

Good idea marsdenman. I've been meaning to write down the serials for a while now. Now I've just got to make sure my phone doesn't get nicked at the same time as the bike(s).

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