Stolen Bikes

(A cunning anti theft device, as soon as it touches the ground, the alarm sounds.)

Last year 23,000 bikes were reported stolen in London, an average of 63 per day — up 30 per cent on last year, with unreported thefts estimated to add another 40,000 to 60,000.

A recent survey found that 1 in 6 of people with a stolen bike, later saw it for sale online. (London Cycle Campaign)

This site BikeSh displays bikes recently put online for sale.

Campaigners are also hoping the police will take the issue more seriously as often reporting a stolen bike is met with less than an enthusiastic response.
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(you mean you didn’t spend £95 on two D-Locks for your bike – no, but, the bike is only worth £120)

Often it feels like either the bike is either too cheap to be worth bothering about. Of if we have an expensive bike stolen, we will be criticised for having an expensive bike. (Well, if you will spend a lot of money on a bike, I mean you could at least have put a shopping basket or plastered it with rubbish pink paint to make it look unattractive…)

That would be a great way to suggest reducing car crime – make every one drive a cheap second hand robin reliant, painted like a patchwork quilt, with an anti theft system as expensive as the car.

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