Bloody Theives...

TinyExplosions

At some point in the last week or so, some fecker has taken the bottle cage off me Paddy Wagon -only just noticed it today, but it was a 2.50 piece of junk (the cage, not the bike!)-wtf!!!!! [/rant]

Thomas_S_Hunterson

Keep an eye in the buy and sell, it might turn up.

Cabaal

buy and sell for a 2.50e bottle cage, I doubt it

Canis Lupus

They'll take anything not nailed down sometimes.

blorg

This happened to me once, bizarre. Left my quick release wheels thankfully.

fish-head

Very strange altogether. Seems more like the activity of a crow than a thief. A crow with allen keys, perhaps?

DirkVoodoo

Let me get this straight: Some guy came along with a set of Allen keys, took the time to undo the two screws and walked off with an alloy bottle cage? Why?? I bet it was really shiny, I've heard scumbags like shiny things!

We can start a "New bottle cage for Tiny" fund, I'll pledge 5 cent!

Also, my dispatch came with a track nut removal tool (complete with bottle opener) I stupidly affixed it to a bottle mount but quickly took it off again when I realised I was providing would-be thieves with everything they would need to take my wheels!

TinyExplosions

DirkVoodoo wrote: »

Let me get this straight: Some guy came along with a set of Allen keys, took the time to undo the two screws and walked off with an alloy bottle cage? Why?? I bet it was really shiny, I've heard scumbags like shiny things!

We can start a "New bottle cage for Tiny" fund, I'll pledge 5 cent!

It was a cheapo black BBB one. They came, undid the screws, and took them and the cage -there wasn't even a bottle in it or anything!

I like the idea of the fundraiser

Mint Sauce

people just do it out of boardom, have had breaks uncliped, didn't relaise till half way down a hill, once had a quick release saddle, had the lock cable around the bracket on it, people would just release the lever, even though the saddle could not be taken

once had my lights stolen, altough the little theives had to work hard for them, was a set of battered leds, so battered and worn, it often took me a few minutes to clip/or unclip them to/off the bracket, you nearly had to break the things to take them off,

so battered/worn, difficult to remove, never expected them to get taken

Canis Lupus

irish-stew wrote: »

have had breaks uncliped, didn't relaise till half way down a hill,

Sweet jebus that would be an underwear changing moment.

Raam

DirkVoodoo wrote: »

We can start a "New bottle cage for Tiny" fund, I'll pledge 5 cent!

I pledge 4 cents.

blorg

I'm going to raise the bar a bit here, 10 cents.

TinyExplosions

Woohoo! 19 cent pledged already.... a few more people join in, and I can get this...

Raam

TinyExplosions wrote: »

Woohoo! 19 cent pledged already.... a few more people join in, and I can get this...

Come now, don't be pushing it.

Gavin

jaysus, saw the title and thought one of the bikes had been nicked. 2.50 bottle cage ain't so bad. Maybe they thought they were doing you a favour, that cage must weigh an awful lot. You'll rocket up the hills now.

unionman

I pledge €3.48*

The alloy is yours.:D

*Pledge based on today's exchange rate less 19 cents already pledged

TinyExplosions

Cheers guys!

Raam

TinyExplosions wrote: »

Cheers guys!

Just don't ask for a Pinarello or anything now.

TinyExplosions

Raam wrote: »

Just don't ask for a Pinarello or anything now.

I should have raised my sights a little... I also need new bolts for it though...

kenmc

TinyExplosions wrote: »

I should have raised my sights a little... I also need new bolts for it though...

just take them from any of the bikes lying at the racks in town, with no bottle cages on them. They'll NEVER notice I am joking of course.