Harringay, Haringey - So Good they Spelt it Twice!
Any help or advice on how to steal our own bikes?!
Well, not steal our own bikes exactly, but cut a D-lock off them. They are in the bike shed in our front garden, and small children have hidden we have lost the key to the D-lock securing them to the Sheffield stand inside. And meanwhile all these weekends with wonderful weather are passing by and I'm pining to be out on the canal path network.
Anyone with an implement strong enough to cut a thick D-lock who could be persuaded to part with it for an afternoon in exchange for alcohol of your choice? Or any other advice on what we can do? The Sheffield stand is sunk into the concrete and short of cutting the D-lock, I'm not sure what can be done.
EDITED on 12 July to say: Thanks to everyone who chimed in here for their ideas. Angle grinder did the job and now the bikes are back in business!
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Permalink Reply by Sam on
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I would go with an angle grinder and a cutting disc. Nothing particularly scary about them. Just as a word of caution, avoid using gloves with them. And eye/ear protection. I was once in your predicament. Just a suggestion, tell the local police station what you are doing just in case someone mistakes your attempts as being genuine theft.
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Permalink Reply by empyrean_aisles on
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Happy to report that the bikes have now been set free thanks to an angle grinder and its skilled operator (not me). Thanks to everyone for their ideas. And great Greenham Common footage!
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