Stolen Bikes - Maynooth

Agent J

Just a heads up that several bikes were stolen from the Train station in Maynooth on Friday.

Including a rather lovely Navy Trek 4500 series which belonged to yours truly... ( My cycle comp had 1500+km on the thing since April...)

I've heard rumours(And i stress rumours) that the stations along that line are getting hit regularly at the moment. I've locked mine at the station in Maynooth regularly for the last 4 years and never had an issue.I had a decent lock on it but from the sounds of it there were targetting the good bikes and took a few.

Caroline_ie

how was it locked?
leaving a good bike like this at the train station is extremely risky.

Agent J

Frame to bike stand through the front wheel.

Ciaran500

What type of lock?

Agent J

Ciaran500 wrote: »

What type of lock?

I'll be honest i have no idea what the brand is. It was one of those multilayered cable locks i bought when i got the bike. It cost about 30/40 quid is all i rememeber.

I didnt ask the other chap who was looking for his bike what he locked his with either but judging from his cycling gear im guessing his bike wasnt cheap either.

mockler007

listen lads, dont be locking your good bikes up in publin, sleep with them in your bed, and leave them there, buy a piece of crap so if it gets robbed you wont miss it, i would never dream of locking my kona dawg delux up anywer
in public. being from tallaght i keep my bike in my house, far away from dirty fcuking fingers which i would chop off if i ever seen someone near my beloved. id chop them up and feed them to pigs:rolleyes:

neilled

Agent J wrote: »

I'll be honest i have no idea what the brand is. It was one of those multilayered cable locks i bought when i got the bike. It cost about 30/40 quid is all i rememeber.

I didnt ask the other chap who was looking for his bike what he locked his with either but judging from his cycling gear im guessing his bike wasnt cheap either.

Sorry, but you did not have a good lock. The fact that it was a cable lock made it vunerable.

Anything less than an Abus Granite or Kryptonite New York U-Lock wouldn't count as "good" in my book.

jif

mockler007 wrote: »

id chop them up and feed them to pigs:rolleyes:

check this out (FF to 1:24 or so but the whole thing is worth a watch #classic!)

Jip

mockler007 wrote: »

listen lads, dont be locking your good bikes up in publin, sleep with them in your bed, and leave them there, buy a piece of crap so if it gets robbed you wont miss it, i would never dream of locking my kona dawg delux up anywer
in public. being from tallaght i keep my bike in my house, far away from dirty fcuking fingers which i would chop off if i ever seen someone near my beloved. id chop them up and feed them to pigs:rolleyes:

You're making the rest of us that are from Tallaght look bad with that post.

trad

I came across a new site http://www.reward.ie and it's free to use if you have a photo of it. The guy that "lost" his Brompton has an ad on it with a reward.

Wheety

My bike is cheap by most boardies standards (€400), I'm not a serious biker just use it for mainly commuting. Anyway, I spent €80 on a Kryptonite New York U-Lock. I also have an integrated chain & lock. I lock the back wheel and frame to the stand with the Kryptonite and the front wheel and frame to the stand with the chain lock.

The locks cost more than a quarter of the cost of my bike. Might sound like overkill but I don't want some scumbag cycling around on my bike. Hopefully it's too much hassle for them to take my bike.

I know that's not much help to you but if you want to hold on to your bike ya have to spend the money for a decent lock.

kona

Agent J wrote: »

Just a heads up that several bikes were stolen from the Train station in Maynooth on Friday.

Including a rather lovely Navy Trek 4500 series which belonged to yours truly... ( My cycle comp had 1500+km on the thing since April...)

I've heard rumours(And i stress rumours) that the stations along that line are getting hit regularly at the moment. I've locked mine at the station in Maynooth regularly for the last 4 years and never had an issue.I had a decent lock on it but from the sounds of it there were targetting the good bikes and took a few.

If I was targetting good bikes id have left the Trek 4500, no offense. Also If I was after good bikes, I wouldnt be looking at a train station, they seemed to have taken anything with a brand name. Keep a eye out on gumtree etc in a few weeks, they will wait for it to pass over and then flog it.
Was there any cameras around?

Also e30 doesnt buy you a decent lock, it doesnt buy you a okay lock, it buys you a ****e lock.

Sorry to hear of your bike though, with Xmas coming up alot more branded bikes will be hit. Trek are scumbags #1 choice.

penexpers

neilled wrote: »

Sorry, but you did not have a good lock. The fact that it was a cable lock made it vunerable.

Anything less than an Abus Granite or Kryptonite New York U-Lock wouldn't count as "good" in my book.

Exactly. Cable locks are only really good as secondary locks (used with a good U-lock, they work well for example). Even the more expensvie cable locks can be got through in under a minute using bolt cutters.

morninwood

Jip wrote: »

You're making the rest of us that are from Tallaght look bad with that post.

living in tallaght myself i can second that it is an absolute nightmare for locking your bike anywhere for more than 1 minute no matter the lock. not everyone here is a scumbag but there are a lot of them out there, especially the amount of opportunistic little s**te kids around.

poochiem

penexpers wrote: »

Exactly. Cable locks are only really good as secondary locks (used with a good U-lock, they work well for example). Even the more expensvie cable locks can be got through in under a minute using bolt cutters.

+1 ^

and commiserations to the OP. I've had mine stolen recently. Live and learn. Those cable locks are purely secondary locks, say for securing the front wheel tho the frame and adding a bit of hassle for would-be theif, i didn't know that before but I do now. It doesn't make your loss easier to take but you'll know for the next one. Some of the posts here are unsympathetic but the posters are well-informed and usually well-meaning from what i've read. Get yourself the good kryptonite lock for the frame and have a look on youtube for locking advice videos, you'll also see how easy it is for theives.

Agent J

Well live and learn.

Could be worse. Could've happened in the spring.

So im buying a kyrptonite lock next time then?

Can anyone recommend a place to get a cheap second hand one to hold me over? I'm literally talking about something with 2 wheels to go from A to B (Where the value of B !> 5/10km)

biomed32

i go to college in maynooth and as lovely as the place is i would never lock my bike up at the train station, if i do cycle in i leave my bike at the arts block in front of security with three locks on it

JMJR

at OP

If the location from where your bike was taken from was part of the rail station theres a good chance that the theft was caught on irish rail CCTV. You should ask the station management.
John

BostonB

Half the battle is having a good enough lock (used properly) and in a good location so the thief goes for an easier target. The cable locks are only to stop the opportunist from nicking wheels, saddles, etc.

dolanator

im a messenger and all i use is a big chain and a fat padlock!tbh in town tho thats enough to scare potential thieves off puely because its big!

BostonB

Is it not a pain to carry around all day?