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I'm sure his last vid did the miles on here, have we done this one yet?
excellent. Amazing isn't it.
Did anyone who went to bespoked spot the bike with the built in lock?
I bet its the same in most large cities. 🙁
idiot colleague of mine once locked his bike by putting a D-lock through the front wheel and onto a railing. Someone merely flipped the QR and wandered off with the rest of the bike.
IC's comments: 'ooh, I've been unlucky there'.
No, you've been your usual f***tard self.
Mrs V once did the clever thing of placing the lock through her frame and around a bollard. Tea Leaf presumably just picked the bike up so the lock slid off the bollard and then rode away...
This was around 8 years ago... Yes I still regularly mention it... Yes it's a miracle I still have a Mrs V...
You don't need any tools most of the time - a lot of thieves just use the bike as a lever. They just pick the bike off the ground, twist it, and it's gone. Even the strongest of D-locks can be broken in this way.
Basically - always expect your bike to be nicked if you live in a city and you lock it outside. If you don't want your bike nicked, don't lock it up in the street. I've even had a 99 quid Decathlon special that was found in the cellar of my house when I moved in nicked from outside work. It was on the first day I even used the thing, and was probably not even worth a fiver. My mate had the grips nicked of his old 18 quid rat BMX. The grips! 😆
But they fixies - the passers-by probably were kind souls and thought 'He's doing that guy a favour by stealing his fakenger, saving him from looking a total tool. Now he'll think twice and buy a proper bike and his life will be so much better'.
Even the strongest of D-locks can be broken in this way.
really?
really?
Yeah, seen it done on a couple of Kryptonite ones I had and seen loads more other makes broken on the CCTV at work. They do act as a prevention if there are easier pickings nearby, but there isn't much you can do if a scrote really wants your bike. Sad state of affairs really.
Just spied this on Gumtree. Ouch 🙁
http://www.gumtree.com/p/for-sale/specialized-big-hit-fsr-ii-2010-mountain-bike/95288852