Attempted bike theft

Rew

Not my bike just spotted it on the way into town earlier




Note the dents in the crossbar, looks like someone tried to leaver the shackle lock with the bike frame. Might encourage people to lock their bike differently.

Lumen

Quick release wheel fail.

manwithaplan

I saw some young lads on Abbey Street rattling a few bikes about an hour ago. They weren't making any serious attempts at stealing any of them but they were definitely checking for potential weaknesses. I'm going to start reading the Daily mail at this rate.

petethedrummer

Lumen wrote: »

Quick release wheel fail.

Quick release seatpost fail too.

I think I've seen that bike poorly locked around town before.

feck sake lads

could it be a garda plant by any chance.;)

Kintarō Hattori

No point in being polite about this but that bike must have a pretty thick owner. It's a very nice bike and doesn't deserve to be locked as poorly as that. It has quick release front and rear wheels as well as a quick release seat post.

The owner is lucky that the bike and its various parts are still there.

kenmc

I wonder if it's time to start enforcing IQ tests for people about to buy bikes, given the amount of people who seem to be unable to grasp the basic concept of locking up a bike properly.

I'm starting to have very little sympathy for people who have bikes, wheels or frames knicked because they either failed to lock them up properly, or used a cable lock which a bic lighter would melt through in 10 seconds. Really defies belief.

littleredspot

Rew wrote: »

Note the dents in the crossbar, looks like someone tried to leaver the shackle lock with the bike frame.

I just saw a locked bike with a similar dent today and I was killed wondering how it got it. Surely the lock would be stronger than the frame?

Rew

littleredspot wrote: »

I just saw a locked bike with a similar dent today and I was killed wondering how it got it. Surely the lock would be stronger than the frame?

Depends on the lock some of them are ****e and would pop when levered like that

ThisRegard

Rew wrote: »

Note the dents in the crossbar, looks like someone tried to leaver the shackle lock with the bike frame. .

Must have been strong lads alright, even cracked the concrete around the pole it's locked to while giving it a rattle.

Outkast_IRE

And that folks is why you want a lock that is just big enough and wont let someone get the leverage.
To be fair most people dont know how to lock bikes and wouldnt know a good lock from a piece of **** lock .

My friend was recently purchasing a 1000 euro bike and i was telling him rule of thumb spend 10% of what you paid on the lock for it , lets be fair 100 would get you one of the best kryptonite u locks and a cable to loop through wheels etc. He thought i was messing with him and started looking at basic cable locks
:rolleyes:

km991148

Outkast_IRE wrote: »

And that folks is why you want a lock that is just big enough and wont let someone get the leverage.
To be fair most people dont know how to lock bikes and wouldnt know a good lock from a piece of **** lock .

My friend was recently purchasing a 1000 euro bike and i was telling him rule of thumb spend 10% of what you paid on the lock for it , lets be fair 100 would get you one of the best kryptonite u locks and a cable to loop through wheels etc. He thought i was messing with him and started looking at basic cable locks
:rolleyes:

Having learned the hard way (not quite on the same ratio) people now think I am mad when I tell them that I now use a 75euro lock on a 70£ bike (kryptonite fahgettaboudit on a b'twin vitamin) - its my short hop to the luas leave it at the luas stop all day bike - and its the only way to almost guarantee that I wont need to walk home on a random night!

mcmoustache

I'm the same. I have a Kryptonite evo on an old banged-up looking trek. I also use a chain if I'm leaving the bike for any length of time.

Expensive lock + cheap bike = not worth it.

I'm confident that it won't ever be stolen.