Blue Order
05-22-09, 11:55 AM
Bike Thefts Threaten Cycling City (http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/england/bristol/somerset/8062541.stm)
Advocacy & Safety - Bike theft-- Things could be worse
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gcottay
05-22-09, 02:25 PM
Jules Brown is a victim of one of those thefts. His £1,600 mountain bike was stolen when thieves ripped his garage door off its hinges.
"The garage was reinforced with a steel plate. The man who fitted it did not know how so much force was applied," he said.
Ouch!
"The garage was reinforced with a steel plate. The man who fitted it did not know how so much force was applied," he said.
Ouch!
genec
05-22-09, 03:20 PM
Well at least they got some of the thieves due to the CCT camera they used for a sting op.
Pretty brazen, just going out there with a bolt cutter and making fast work of these...
Pretty brazen, just going out there with a bolt cutter and making fast work of these...
Blue Order
05-22-09, 03:37 PM
That's how they do it here, too. They carry their tools in a backpack, cut the lock, and are on their way in under a minute. That's why there's no point worrying about thieves spending 10 minutes with power tools in broad daylight, or using massive bolt cutters that they'd have to walk around with;. Yes, theoretically those techniques work, but it's just not how bike thieves operate; instead, they do what we saw on the cctv video.
What I thought was scary was the way they a different set of thieves tore into the garages of people. That was pretty bold. The MO sounds familiar, though. My cousin told me that his dad used to own a couple of pre-war track bikes, from his pre-war racing days. One day, the bikes just weren't there-- somebody had broken into the garage and stolen them. They figured that for a bike thief to know where the bikes were, and what the bikes were, they must have been followed home from the velodrome by somebody who knew bikes.
What I thought was scary was the way they a different set of thieves tore into the garages of people. That was pretty bold. The MO sounds familiar, though. My cousin told me that his dad used to own a couple of pre-war track bikes, from his pre-war racing days. One day, the bikes just weren't there-- somebody had broken into the garage and stolen them. They figured that for a bike thief to know where the bikes were, and what the bikes were, they must have been followed home from the velodrome by somebody who knew bikes.