after I had a bike nicked from my own garage (just outside Reading) in 2002 I have always kept mine inside the house (or secure areas of friends houses if I am visiting them). Most of my friends are cyclists 😉 so everyone knows the score.

if I do have to park in town I use two locks (1 x cable lock and 1 x d-lock) even though this is a “safe” area, and there are some of my bikes I’d never park in town – I’d rather get the bus or walk. I could use one of my cheaper bikes but even then I still get concerned (my cheap one is still worth about £350..) or buy a second hand one off a old hippy dude for about £30 but it fucks me off having to consider this, (and I’m running out of space in the house for bikes and associated kit) so I simply don’t bother with spending my money in town if the Council can’t keep the area safe! (I am a bit old for hanging around in parks and attempting to use a skateboard at my age would just put me in Addenbrookes). I am trying to get the transition towns lot to put in a bid to convert empty buildings into secure bike parking spaces. Lots of foreign countries have this already…

good news, but get a decent lock too if you are going to be hanging around the same places, as usually the scrote what robbed your first bike often expects you to replace it and might have another go….

Glad you got it sorted mate . good luck finding a nice new bike

fuckers, i was the one who went to all the trouble of putting a new inner tube in and blowing up ur messed up back tire (he left the bike at my house for 1-2 months) the day after i fix it he takes it back wondering why it’s fixed….. bastard!!

Always when you get a good bike throw a chip in it (ask in halfords about them) then you can trace them when and they will some cunt robs it

@Gazatronium-Ethane 393144 wrote:

basically, my day was going well, had a skate, a drink and a J….Then what happens…
MY FUCKIN BIKE GETS ROBBED.
Ok, it wasn’t the best bike in the world, only a halfords jobbie, but, the point is i left if for 10 minutes, 10 FUCKIN MINUTES.

i swear to jah himself, if i find the cunt, I’m goin to make sure he spends the rest of his life in a fuckin chair

yeah man go fuck dat cunt up g hard ot cuz fuck him up