emmmab

Sorry to hear that - guess nowhere is safe!

Thanks guys! Glad to get the message out - hope no one else has to find out the hard way that those bike racks aren't secure. it seems like they're operating in the area, there was this report from Camberwell recently too: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-london-35669181 You're definitely right about locking your bike to the garden fence being a bad idea. If you do have to leave them outside, it's probably best to leave them somewhere near a shop that has CCTV, which can act as a deterrent. Ours were on a residential street so they were easy targets.

Just a quick warning to local bike owners - if you can, make sure you keep your bike inside at night. Bike thieves have cut through the bike stand on the corner of Landells / Sylvester Road. They then tried to cover it up with tape, presumably so that they could steal bikes more easily in future. If you do leave your bike locked to one of these stands, make sure it hasn't been cut into then taped up! Our bikes (both stolen) had pins to prevent anyone taking the wheels and were locked with Kryptonite locks. They cut through one lock, but it seems they couldn't cut the other (thicker) one, so they cut through the bike stand instead. We have reported it to the police - we just wanted to post on here to try and stop it from happening to anyone else!