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Stolen Bike

  • 21-08-2009 7:46pm
    #1
    pprendeville
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,907 ✭✭✭


    Hi all,

    Had my 2nd bike stolen outside Superquinn in Finglas village today around 3pm. Reported it to the guards but don't think they can do much. Laid it against the side wall on McKee Avenue and locked the rear wheel to the main frame so whoever took it must have lifted it completely and either done a runner or put in the back of a car/van and made their way.

    Anyway, in the unlikely event of someone spotting it I've posted a pic.

    God bless,

    Phil.


Comments

  • #2
    congo_90
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,339 ✭✭✭congo_90


    So sorry to see the loss of your bike. Its a terrible thing to come out and find it gone.

    My advice is to watch gumtree.ie and donedeal incase the robbers are going to flog it off and dare i say it.. adverts.ie because you never really know..


  • #3
    fletch
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 7,423 ✭✭✭fletch


    Was the frame just locked to the wheel or was the frame and wheel locked to something immovable???


  • #4
    penexpers
    Closed Accounts Posts: 4,038 ✭✭✭penexpers


    Sorry to hear about this.

    Sounds like it wasn't locked to anything. If it was only locked with that cable lock pictured then there's a good chance the lock was cut (a good bolt cutters would get through that in about 10 seconds).


  • #5
    petethedrummer
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 7,604 ✭✭✭petethedrummer


    Sorry for your loss.

    Hal would have given you an F.

    http://www.streetfilms.org/archives/hal-grades-your-bike-locking/
    http://www.streetfilms.org/archives/hal-grades-your-bike-locking-3-the-final-warning/


  • #6
    The tax man
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,559 ✭✭✭The tax man


    B'stards.:mad: Is that the bike you had out on the Boards spin?
    Will keep an eye out.


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  • #7
    pprendeville
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,907 ✭✭✭pprendeville


    Had that bike out but got a new one recently which I definitely won't be using to get messages from the shop. Was just going to be using it for short commutes so I guess I'm going to have to use the car and add a little more CO2 to the atmosphere.

    Back wheel to frame to thin air was the way twas locked. Guess I just got lazy and thought it would never happen to me, i.e. get stolen.


  • #8
    daymobrew
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,570 ✭✭✭daymobrew


    pprendeville wrote: »
    Back wheel to frame to thin air was the way twas locked. Guess I just got lazy and thought it would never happen to me, i.e. get stolen.
    That was the way I locked a bike in Finglas (outside the shops on Cappagh Drive) because my U-lock wouldn't fit around a wide metal drain pipe. 5 mins later it was gone, apparently lifted into the back of a van. :mad:

    The cable lock shown in the photo would not survive long from an attack. I bought an Abus Granit-X for some peace of mind. I have a basic cable style for the front wheel.

    So, I recommend a good lock instead of the car. Or shop in Clearwater down the road.


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