Stolen bike

rawn

I could have sworn there was a thread here to post bikes stolen in Blanch but can't seem to find it? Anyways, my boyfriend's bike was stolen last night. It was locked to a railings directly outside my front door in Whitestown. He found the lock in the field beside us it had been clipped off

Looked like this.

Is there even any point in reporting it to the guards? So many of my friends have had bikes stolen from outside train stations/college/shops etc and nothing ever came of it

dickwod1

rawn wrote: »

I could have sworn there was a thread here to post bikes stolen in Blanch but can't seem to find it? Anyways, my boyfriend's bike was stolen last night. It was locked to a railings directly outside my front door in Whitestown. He found the lock in the field beside us it had been clipped off

Is there even any point in reporting it to the guards? So many of my friends have had bikes stolen from outside train stations/college/shops etc and nothing ever came of it

Reporting to the Guards wont get your bike back but it will go into the statistics for crime in the area, So do report it IMO.

CrazyRabbit

Yes, report it. And I hope you didn't handle the lock you found. Good chance the scumbag wasn't expecting you to find it in the field and may have left fingerprints.

rawn

CrazyRabbit wrote: »

Yes, report it. And I hope you didn't handle the lock you found. Good chance the scumbag wasn't expecting you to find it in the field and may have left fingerprints.

I highly doubt the guards would fingerprint it. Even if they did, it wouldn't matter seeing as it was lying in a field where anyone could touch it

ongarite

Bikes theft is a big problem all across the city but your bike is only as safe as the lock(s) protecting it.
What type of lock was it?

rawn

A coil lock, no idea what brand but think it was in the €40-€50 argos price range

rawn

A coil lock, no idea what brand but think it was in the €40-€50 argos price range

rawn

A coil lock, no idea what brand but think it was in the €40-€50 argos price range

CrazyRabbit

rawn wrote: »

I highly doubt the guards would fingerprint it. Even if they did, it wouldn't matter seeing as it was lying in a field where anyone could touch it

It'll take them a few weeks to send the forensics guy out, but they will if you request it. And it just has to have the fingerprints of a known criminal.

But hey...it's not my bike.

rawn

CrazyRabbit wrote: »

It'll take them a few weeks to send the forensics guy out, but they will if you request it. And it just has to have the fingerprints of a known criminal.

But hey...it's not my bike.

Forensics are worth nothing if it's lying or in public. The known criminal just has to say he saw it in the grass, picked it up and dropped it

knealecat

Dont waste money on a good lock, I had a kryptonite lock on my bike, and it was also locked in a bike cage. The thieves cut through the bike cage and used an angle grinder to cut the bike stand. Bike pinched with lock still attached to bike.

Dravokivich

knealecat wrote: »

Dont waste money on a good lock, I had a kryptonite lock on my bike, and it was also locked in a bike cage. The thieves cut through the bike cage and used an angle grinder to cut the bike stand. Bike pinched with lock still attached to bike.

How did you lock the bike? Through the rear wheel and frame?

OP, sorry to hear about it, but you really can't leave anything outside, no matter how good you think it is clamped down. And if they aren't able to steel the bike they attempt to take, they tend to vandalise them.

chucknorris

Are any of you aware of the offer from local gardai to have your bike encoded and databased so if checked by a garda they can see it's yours?

Dravokivich

chucknorris wrote: »

Are any of you aware of the offer from local gardai to have your bike encoded and databased so if checked by a garda they can see it's yours?

First I ever heard of it.

chucknorris

Dravokivich wrote: »

First I ever heard of it.

Safer Blanchardstown have been promoting it for some time. I'll post details here asap.

chucknorris

Register your bike Online at www.saferblanchardstown.com



It won't stop it from being stolen, but it would help in finding the owner if found, and or if you spot it.

muckwarrior

knealecat wrote: »

Dont waste money on a good lock, I had a kryptonite lock on my bike, and it was also locked in a bike cage. The thieves cut through the bike cage and used an angle grinder to cut the bike stand. Bike pinched with lock still attached to bike.

A good lock isn't a waste of money. It can be the difference between a thief taking your bike in 2 seconds flat, or having to go to all the bother of what they did to take yours. No lock can 100% prevent your bike from being stolen but a good one can make it much more difficult.

daymobrew

chucknorris wrote: »

Register your bike Online at www.saferblanchardstown.com

It won't stop it from being stolen, but it would help in finding the owner if found, and or if you spot it.

Also BikeRegister.ie.

I put my bikes on both sites, with photos.

not yet

It doesn't really matter what lock you have or how you lock a bike..

If a thief wants it bad enough they'll get it. Most of these scumbags are going round with mini angle grinders.

Do not leave your bike anywhere.

rawn

not yet wrote: »

It doesn't really matter what lock you have or how you lock a bike..

If a thief wants it bad enough they'll get it. Most of these scumbags are going round with mini angle grinders.

Do not leave your bike anywhere.

Yeah, just leave it at home and never use
it

not yet

rawn wrote: »

Yeah, just leave it at home and never use
it

Yeah do that..

mrcheez

Gardai have no interest in bike theft. The only solution is to park a bike in an apartment/house/office (reserve an area with a mat or similar to prevent dirty wheels getting on floor)

Sorry to hear about the bike OP

not yet

mrcheez wrote: »

Gardai have no interest in bike theft. The only solution is to park a bike in an apartment/house/office (reserve an area with a mat or similar to prevent dirty wheels getting on floor)

Sorry to hear about the bike OP

This is so true, Nowhere on the street is safe whatever lock you have. All a good lock will do is possibly make the thief think twice about going for an easier option. But if your bike is worth 1 or 2k believe me they know it, and will get it.

ozmo

This is worth a watch if you have a bike - Made in Dublin it shows the best locks and how best to lock the bike - and how the wrong lock or use is easily bypassed.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rn3vUCdxX6o

(ans: nothing foolproof of course - but best is a combo lock and cable through the back and front wheels if you cannot watch the vid)

Also - Garda have an auction every while where they auction off hundreds of recovered bikes no one has reported stolen - so always worth telling them its missing.

mrcheez

Handy, i have one of those cable locks as well but never thought to thread it as the guy demonstrated, i just ran both loops through the u-lock