Harringay, Haringey - So Good they Spelt it Twice!
Bike theft from our garden
Just to put it out there, my 10 year old son's mountain bike was stolen in the last couple of days from out garden. We are by the river and it was locked up to the concrete fence with a 'master lock' chain and covered with a black rain cover and not very visible.
A grey and black ridgeback, 26" wheels, reflector stickers on the rims, bright green caps on the tyres, black pannier rack on the seat stem.
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Permalink Reply by Geraldine B on
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I am so sorry for your son. These thieves are rubbish and have no shame. what do the police recommend about storage/lock for his next?
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Permalink Reply by Nicholas on
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No advice so far but the advice I had from other cyclist friends was not to have the chain near the ground as it easier for the long handled bolt cutters to get leverage. Unfortunately, as it was at home, I let my guard down and thought it would not be at so much risk.
When we went out we used a compact U-lock, which the same people advised to 'pack out' the gap to make it difficult to get a car jack or bolt gun in there to push the arms apart.
Who knew it would be safer out there than at home... will be taking stronger measures in the future.
However, the Police forensics team have been in touch to talk over the items left behind that can be used for analysis.
The poor wee chaps broken hearted :(
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Permalink Reply by Justin Guest on
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Bad luck, you really cannot have anything. I have actually chased folks (druggies?) out of my front on a number of occasions after catching them scouting for something not nailed down.
We had bikes out front for some time with a blue plastic tarp over them. Some time back they were stolen in broad daylight and the thieves set the plastic tarp on fire to distract us as they made off.
Sadly our bikes now have to come through the house and are tied up in our side passage. Its a pain and it chips the paint, especially as we have a few stairs to navigate to the kitchen, but it works.
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yes Justin very good as it is fire safe too which is MUCH more important than bit of paint. Some people keep their bikes inside in a hall which is NOT safe for easy fire escape access. i put an acrylic paine over my hall wall to stop the scratch damage - an idea maybe
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Permalink Reply by Nick G-T on
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Sorry to hear about this.
We've pretty much decided to put a wooden double bike shed from these guys in our front garden. We're going to have two running along the front perimeter, so won't exactly be concealed. They will have extra reinforcement and the bikes will have individual locks when stored.
I'd be interested in hearing people's experience who have bike stores in terms of theft or attempts to break in?
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Permalink Reply by Paul Harvey on
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I'd also have a look at steel/metal bike sheds from Asgard or Trimetal. Very sturdy and better security/locking options in my opinion. Not as pretty as the wood though. Those do look lovely.
Whichever way you go, do make sure you have a solid concrete base and put a ground anchor in it, inside the shed so you can also lock your bikes to the ground anchor with a sturdy motorbike lock/chain for added security IF they do break in to your shed.
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