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My wife had her bike stolen this afternoon from outside the new Beauty Shop near the small Sainsburys at about 3pm.


Please let us know if you saw any suspicious activity. The bike was a hybrid with a basket on the front.


Last week my daughter had her bike stolen outside Dulwich Library.


Both bikes were locked. Obviously as the locations are close to each other it could be the same thief or gang so please take care with your bikes in that area.


Thx

Thanks - thats what i have and was hoping it was a sufficient deterrent, but wondered if that was misplaced?




Brulysses Wrote:

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> Kryptonite D locks are widely considered to be the

> best (one on each wheel), although pretty much

> nothing can stand up to an angle grinder...

Clearly not locked with a Kryptonite D lock - I would venture to suggest. I don't think any self-respecting bike thief would try to angle grind a lock in a place such as that. That's the whole point of them - they take ages and a hell of a lot of noise to cut through. Sounds more like a cable lock - one quick snip and it's rendered useless in 5 seconds.

robbin Wrote:

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> Clearly not locked with a Kryptonite D lock - I

> would venture to suggest. I don't think any

> self-respecting bike thief would try to angle

> grind a lock in a place such as that. That's the

> whole point of them - they take ages and a hell of

> a lot of noise to cut through. Sounds more like a

> cable lock - one quick snip and it's rendered

> useless in 5 seconds.


Kryptonites get cut with battery powered angle grinders all the time.

snowy Wrote:

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> robbin Wrote:

> --------------------------------------------------

> -----

> > Clearly not locked with a Kryptonite D lock - I

> > would venture to suggest. I don't think any

> > self-respecting bike thief would try to angle

> > grind a lock in a place such as that. That's

> the

> > whole point of them - they take ages and a hell

> of

> > a lot of noise to cut through. Sounds more like

> a

> > cable lock - one quick snip and it's rendered

> > useless in 5 seconds.

>

> Kryptonites get cut with battery powered angle

> grinders all the time.


I very much doubt that happens outside a shop during daytime.

Thanks for letting us know. Hope you can replace them with something good - there have been quite a few ladies bikes on here recently.


To the poster who said 'no wonder your bikes are getting stolen' - whilst its true that combination locks aren't the most secure method, we all know that there are hierarchies of bike theft from opportunistic theft where unlocked bikes are taken on a whim, through to targeted ones and so it was useful to understand what was in play here (and probably some middle ground - ie not walking around with an angle grinder, but also not just opportunistic!)


I also think that until bike theft is taken more seriously - both from a policing perspective (which given cuts will be difficult) but also and more relevant, from second hand trading platforms such as gumtree then moves to get people to use cycling as a more'primary' mode of transport will fail. I cycle to and from school, but as soon as i have to leave my bike in public anywhere i'm reluctant in case it or some component of it has disappeared when i get back.



Mick Mac Wrote:

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> Sorry all, yes, was locked to a bikerack outside

> Beauty shop. No CCTV covered that particular spot.

> Was a normal combination lock in both cases. Thx

I know, that is an option - but its not really work that i'm concerned about - more when i'm out and about going to things like kids parties, shopping, gyms etc. A folding bike would address this for now, though there are a limit as to how many places can accommodate folding bikes and they're also impractical to have with you when you go to places like supermarkets, but it would be nice to feel confident that you could return to it without components having been stripped off!


Anyway - it seems like there aren't a group out there targeting kryptonite type D locks for now on a daily basis so will just stick with that.


Mick Mac - hope you manage to get new bikes and sorry again to hear you had two stolen so close together it really is so annoying!

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