someone stole my bike

Today i am rather sad.

This morning as i was preparing to head to dorset for an interview my girlfriend rang me, obviously to wish me good luck.  However, upon answering i find her to be in tears.

During our sleep someone had broken into her back garden and stolen both our bikes.  Now this is a pain for me as i just accepted a job which i kinda need to cycle to get too (10pm - 7am night shift grocery stocker). 

My bike is about 7 maybe 9 years old and not brilliantly looked after i must admit.  Hers was about a year or 2 old, neither were worth more than £100 but thats beside the point.  It just really really irks me that someone would do that.

I didn't have insurance so i'm now gonna have to go get a new bike (which i had been contemplating for a lil while but didn't really want to do) which will prolly cost me £200 by the time i get a bike, lights and locks (damn i had a nice lock for my bike too which i don't think they make anymore).

I'm just really annoyed. 

That is unfortunate. I'm sorry to hear it.

Best of luck henceforth.

Jaz wrote:

Today i am rather sad.

This morning as i was preparing to head to dorset for an interview my girlfriend rang me, obviously to wish me good luck.  However, upon answering i find her to be in tears.

During our sleep someone had broken into her back garden and stolen both our bikes.  Now this is a pain for me as i just accepted a job which i kinda need to cycle to get too (10pm - 7am night shift grocery stocker). 

My bike is about 7 maybe 9 years old and not brilliantly looked after i must admit.  Hers was about a year or 2 old, neither were worth more than £100 but thats beside the point.  It just really really irks me that someone would do that.

I didn't have insurance so i'm now gonna have to go get a new bike (which i had been contemplating for a lil while but didn't really want to do) which will prolly cost me £200 by the time i get a bike, lights and locks (damn i had a nice lock for my bike too which i don't think they make anymore).

I'm just really annoyed. 

That sucks,

I got mine stolen a couple of years ago, but found it later at a train station... guess whoever took it was late or something. Might be worth checking places like that

Sorry to hear about your property being stolen.

It can be maddening, at least it was for me.

I left the lawnmower out in the side yard one evening, instead of putting it back in the shed in the backyard, I woke up for work in the morning and went to return the mower to the shed, only to discover someone had stolen it during the night!

I mean seriously, who would even steal a 200 pound lawnmower?

I was so upset. It was only a year old, and I had paid $550 just the previous summer for it.

I scoured the neighborhood for weeks looking for it, but never did find it.

I was suspicious of every stranger (and even neighbors!) that would walk past my house for months.

I hope you get your bike back.

cheers guys,  it really does suck when people steal it and it's more annoying when the police can't do anything about it. I think my bike was postcoded though so that might be some use. 

I'm gonna goto a few of the second stores and the bike stores and ask if theyve had anyone trying to sell these bikes, and if not if they could look out for a bike with these serial numbers (i think bikes have serials along the bottom tube).

You're right about being suspicious of everyone.  I mean, where we kept the bikes was way out of the way, you'd have to have known we kept them there to go looking, i really don't think this was a thieving by chance. 

Thats not good thieves should be castrated!

I'm about to spend £500+ on a bike just waiting for it to come in stock, id be pissed if someone stole that [6]

Obviously you should not buy the same kind of lock again!

Adrian

PS Having been burgled a couple of times,  I have simpathy with you.

AdrianJMartin wrote:



Obviously you should not buy the same kind of lock again!

Adrian

PS Having been burgled a couple of times,  I have simpathy with you.

I'm going for a GT Avalanche 1.0 Disc 2007, seems like the best bike for the money I want to spend.

Jaz wrote:


i really wish it was the locks fault, it was completely mine, i didn't lock it up.  There was nothing much to secure it too really.  I suppose i could of taken it inside.

 Two Trex sports bikes a few years old but cared for and in excellent condition and free to whoever will take them. They have flat tyres that need either pumping or replacing. Collection from West Hampstead