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Official bike theft.

  • 15-08-2011 8:18pm
    #1
    Victor
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 78,575 ✭✭✭✭


    I just saw two gardaí "stealing" a bike locked to a street sign. Despite there great efforts, that lock was not breaking. They were using a car jack to break what looked like a heavy cable lock, which is the wrong way to go about it. The car jack trick only works on the D-shaped shackle locks. Then I looked closer and realised that it had been a shackle lock, except it was a wobbly O-shape now.

    My suggestion of lifting it over the pole was ignored.


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  • #2
    monument
    Moderators, Motoring & Transport Moderators Posts: 14,093 Mod ✭✭✭✭monument


    Victor wrote: »
    I just saw two gardaí "stealing" a bike locked to a street sign. Despite there great efforts, that lock was not breaking. They were using a car jack to break what looked like a heavy cable lock, which is the wrong way to go about it. The car jack trick only works on the D-shaped shackle locks. Then I looked closer and realised that it had been a shackle lock, except it was a wobbly O-shape now.

    My suggestion of lifting it over the pole was ignored.

    Did you ask them why they were "stealing" the bike?


  • #3
    Victor
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 78,575 ✭✭✭✭Victor


    I'm sure it was down to the two embarrassed looking young women standing next to them, what with them only having one (other) bike between them.


  • #4
    brayblue24
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,700 ✭✭✭brayblue24


    I'd have put it down to poverty-but then again I'm probably slightly biased;)


  • #5
    xz
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,178 ✭✭✭xz


    brayblue24 wrote: »
    I'd have put it down to poverty-but then again I'm probably slightly biased;)

    Are our Boys in Blue suffering from the recession too then??


  • #6
    Jawgap
    Closed Accounts Posts: 20,297 ✭✭✭✭Jawgap


    brayblue24 wrote: »
    I'd have put it down to poverty-but then again I'm probably slightly biased;)

    I'd have put it down to the youth of the women:)

    Bet you if it was two hairy arsed middle-aged Freds they wouldn't get the same response!

    Anyway, why didn't they just go get one of the local scallies - they'd probably have had it off in a shot!!


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  • #7
    tomasrojo
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 11,850 ✭✭✭✭tomasrojo


    What make of D-lock was it? Reassuring that it stayed in one piece when so extended.


  • #8
    Rew
    Moderators, Sports Moderators Posts: 8,679 Mod ✭✭✭✭Rew


    xz wrote: »
    Are our Boys in Blue suffering from the recession too then??

    Suffering more then most in the public sector I would say


  • #9
    Victor
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 78,575 ✭✭✭✭Victor


    tomasrojo wrote: »
    What make of D-lock was it? Reassuring that it stayed in one piece when so extended.

    Littering appears to have been added to bike theft. Pic taken a few days later.

    174492.jpg


  • #10
    tomasrojo
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 11,850 ✭✭✭✭tomasrojo


    Not one of the famous top-of-the-range locks anyway.


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