Fixed Pants™ Posted November 20, 2008 Report Share Posted November 20, 2008 Only problem is, that someone could be saving up for new bits and hasn't bothered/had the time to get it back so he or she can put the new bits on.However, if they're getting new bits they might aswell get a new bike while they're at it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
echo_rob Posted November 20, 2008 Report Share Posted November 20, 2008 all you lot need to chill out, it probably is illegal but so what...... you don't get anywhere in life playing by the rules fully.Just take it matey, whos gonna miss it??? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
doopdoopbedoop Posted November 20, 2008 Author Report Share Posted November 20, 2008 Good point, and I can see where you're coming from, but if you locked your bike up on a pavement and the wheels were nicked would you leave the bike there for a month while you got new bits? Or would you get it home where it was safe? Either way, I've made my decision, so the thread is pretty pointless now. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alan Posted November 20, 2008 Report Share Posted November 20, 2008 Make yourself invisible, wear a Hi-Viz Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Simpson Posted November 20, 2008 Report Share Posted November 20, 2008 For someone I consider to be one of the more switched on people on this forum, you're being pretty dim.Yea I've had a pretty god awful day, 2 hours of psycology, followed straight up by 4 hours of maths without a break, and then 2 hours of further maths without a break, so I'm pretty monged out. Tryed to have a nap an got woken up so I'm half asleep. My main word of warning is if its in London if you spend 30 seconds thinking about nicking it then it will be gone, especially if a wheel or somethings been taken. broken window theory, my last sap of intelegence for the day.I apologise for being thick as shit tonight Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
doopdoopbedoop Posted November 20, 2008 Author Report Share Posted November 20, 2008 Yea I've had a pretty god awful day, 2 hours of psycology, followed straight up by 4 hours of maths without a break, and then 2 hours of further maths without a break, so I'm pretty monged out. Tryed to have a nap an got woken up so I'm half asleep. My main word of warning is if its in London if you spend 30 seconds thinking about nicking it then it will be gone, especially if a wheel or somethings been taken. broken window theory, my last sap of intelegence for the day.I apologise for being thick as shit tonightNo worries buddy, sounds like a rough day! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BONGO Posted November 20, 2008 Report Share Posted November 20, 2008 Make yourself invisible, wear a Hi-Viz Too true in a city. I work for BT... High viz's have got us into all sorts of restricted area's and building sites to have a nosey and some dinner! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tris Posted November 20, 2008 Report Share Posted November 20, 2008 Nick it lad. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tylerlovesalex Posted November 21, 2008 Report Share Posted November 21, 2008 Hey just throwing a random thought out there,whyyyyy don't u ask the council after they recover it u can have it of them, they will only crush it.....but hey that sounds stupid right?but go for it, you do relise the 1 time you steal something SOD'S law will bite u on the ass.... its inevitable..... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sidehop Stuart Posted November 21, 2008 Report Share Posted November 21, 2008 We've all robbed dust caps whos gonna see you taking half of a bike Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Robwalker Posted November 21, 2008 Report Share Posted November 21, 2008 (edited) You'll get arrested on 'theft by finding' Its what they do all the druggies on for stealing bags from outside the charity shops. If you was to do it then try and do it properly. Go the the council and ask if you can have it or what their policy is on abandoned bikes. At the end of the day doing what you originally planned to do it illegal.. So don't do it. Edited November 21, 2008 by Robwalker Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Max Quinn Posted November 21, 2008 Report Share Posted November 21, 2008 f**k that just do it. I don't see it as being morally wrong at all as long as your using your own common sense and making sure the bike is fully abandoned. And don't take it too far like 'Oooh someones nicked the seat of that bike they've abandoned it now i'll have it.'I wouldn't really worry too much about getting caught to be honest, as long as your not a bumbling idiot you'll be suprised how much you can get away with at night. Rob: you ever downloaded a song, driven with one hand on the wheel while taking a sip of drink, walked across land where your tresspassing, riden on the pavement? I guess so, we can't blindly live exactly as the law says all of our lives. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phatmike Posted November 21, 2008 Report Share Posted November 21, 2008 I guess so, we can't blindly live exactly as the law says all of our lives.Whilst I agree wholeheartedly with that, the situation is now that we are being forced into condition such that we do have to live our lives life that. Failing that the quality of life we expect is threatened, so we conform.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spider Lad Posted November 21, 2008 Report Share Posted November 21, 2008 I'm suprised nobody has said this yet as it was my first thought on the matter. Go down to where your intended target is with the necessary cutting equipment and get busy, if you happen to be disturbed by any authorative figure then your answer is simple:"It's my bike, I lost the bunch of keys that had my only lock key on a few weeks ago. I hoped they'd turn up so I could save my lock but they didn't. In the mean time my bike has been ransacked because it's been here over night for three weeks. I'm just trying to salvage what's left of my property."And it's yours... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BONGO Posted November 21, 2008 Report Share Posted November 21, 2008 I'm suprised nobody has said this yet as it was my first thought on the matter. Go down to where your intended target is with the necessary cutting equipment and get busy, if you happen to be disturbed by any authorative figure then your answer is simple:"It's my bike, I lost the bunch of keys that had my only lock key on a few weeks ago. I hoped they'd turn up so I could save my lock but they didn't. In the mean time my bike has been ransacked because it's been here over night for three weeks. I'm just trying to salvage what's left of my property."And it's yours...But sods law, the authorative figure is the real owner!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JTM Posted November 21, 2008 Report Share Posted November 21, 2008 pffffft wherever you are you have shit thieves. Leave a bike in liverpool overnight locked up and they will have the whole thing gone with the lock still around the pole Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spider Lad Posted November 21, 2008 Report Share Posted November 21, 2008 pffffft wherever you are you have shit thieves. Leave a bike in liverpool overnight locked up and they will have the whole thing gone with the lock still around the poleYou're boasting about living somewhere that your property isn't safe? My BMX has been locked outside Lime Street station in the centre of Liverpool for about two months now (just haven't bothered going to get it) and it's still there as I had left it. You llive in Sefton anyway, you mong. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tylerlovesalex Posted November 21, 2008 Report Share Posted November 21, 2008 The time it would take u to of thought about this, ask on the forum listen for a few days, you could have done some work for a family member, friend or what ever and made the money to buy a second hand frame and feel 200% better about yourself? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dan6061 Posted November 21, 2008 Report Share Posted November 21, 2008 You're boasting about living somewhere that your property isn't safe?I really can't see how he's boasting about that? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Greetings Posted November 22, 2008 Report Share Posted November 22, 2008 Too true in a city. I work for BT... High viz's have got us into all sorts of restricted area's and building sites to have a nosey and some dinner!Probably worth watching http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J7zb8YXrmIAinstructional video. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spider Lad Posted November 22, 2008 Report Share Posted November 22, 2008 pffffft wherever you are you have shit thieves. Leave a bike in liverpool overnight locked up and they will have the whole thing gone with the lock still around the poleYou're boasting about living somewhere that your property isn't safe?I really can't see how he's boasting about that? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sidehop Stuart Posted November 22, 2008 Report Share Posted November 22, 2008 ive seen that video before it's quite good Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jaffacakes Posted November 22, 2008 Report Share Posted November 22, 2008 That videos amazing.The same bolt cutters I have too ------------------------------------------------Stolen that bike yet? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
!!()`/D Posted November 22, 2008 Report Share Posted November 22, 2008 Not that im endorsing bike "theft" (as the majority of us know what its like to have one stolen) but were all forgetting here that the police dont actually seem to give two shits about stolen bikes these days... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sidehop Stuart Posted November 22, 2008 Report Share Posted November 22, 2008 Not that im endorsing bike "theft" (as the majority of us know what its like to have one stolen) but were all forgetting here that the police dont actually seem to give two shits about stolen bikes these days...+1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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