modifiedridah2k9 Posted July 27, 2010 Report Share Posted July 27, 2010 (edited) Hey, my mates bike recently got stolen so i thought TF should deffinitly have a thread like this. Basicaly, if your bike gets stolen, your mates bike gets stolen or something, put up where you live, whereabouts it got nicked and if somebody possibly told you what the person stealing it looked like, that could help. Example: Hello everybody, I live in inverness, and today my bike was stolen from outside town centre. I was in for five minutes, and came out to find my padlock snapped in half, and bike gone. I straight away phoned the police. Also an old man that was in a resteraunt across the street saw the person take it, but could do nothing. He described him as a tall cacation (sorry for spelling, just say white) male, looked about 20-30. He had a brown goatie beard also.My bike is an echo lite with white rims and silver handlebars and stem. If anybody in inverness sees this bike, pm me and i shall give you my number to give me a ring. Please phone the police and give them information also. Thanks for reading, hopefully you have some helpfull info on where you possibly saw the bike. Kieran, Now thats just an example. But it could really help you out if you post that on this thread, and somebody takes a look and has seen it. This could help some people out, so if your bike has been stolen, post it here rather than clogging up trials chat with my bike has been stolen, as alot of people on here will probably have leading information. Kieran. Edited July 27, 2010 by modifiedridah2k9 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dann2707 Posted July 27, 2010 Report Share Posted July 27, 2010 Great idea. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
N.Wood Posted July 27, 2010 Report Share Posted July 27, 2010 Hello everybody, I live in inverness, and today my bike was stolen from outside town centre. I was in for five minutes, and came out to find my padlock snapped in half, and bike gone. I straight away phoned the police. Also an old man that was in a resteraunt across the street saw the person take it, but could do nothing. He described him as a tall cacation (sorry for spelling, just say white) male, looked about 20-30. He had a brown goatie beard also.My bike is an echo lite with white rims and silver handlebars and stem. If anybody in inverness sees this bike, pm me and i shall give you my number to give me a ring. Please phone the police and give them information also. Thanks for reading, hopefully you have some helpfull info on where you possibly saw the bike. Kieran, Damn, Inverness is a bike theft hotspot... First your mate's Because, now this! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dann2707 Posted July 27, 2010 Report Share Posted July 27, 2010 Now thats just an example. Damn, Inverness is a bike theft hotspot... First your mate's Because, now this! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
angua Posted July 27, 2010 Report Share Posted July 27, 2010 Good idea,He better get his bike back Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sam T Posted July 27, 2010 Report Share Posted July 27, 2010 (edited) Now thats just an example. Dam, beat me to it. Edited July 27, 2010 by TrialsSam Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MMMM-JASON Posted July 27, 2010 Report Share Posted July 27, 2010 I'm sure there used to be something like this what ever happened to that. But yer sounds like a good idea. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CalopS Posted July 27, 2010 Report Share Posted July 27, 2010 I dont think it brings enough focus to each case. I doubt everyone would look in the topic, but if you see "stolen bike in .......... area" on it own topic and its close by, you take a look. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JT! Posted July 27, 2010 Report Share Posted July 27, 2010 There was a stolen bike sticky but a think the mods decided not to bother with it because everyone was making their own topic anyway. To be honest, if you have your bike stolen I think that's a situation where making a new thread is understandable. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hannah Shucksmith Posted July 27, 2010 Report Share Posted July 27, 2010 I'll keep a look out for that Lite of yours dude. Condolences. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
modifiedridah2k9 Posted July 27, 2010 Author Report Share Posted July 27, 2010 I know that people could just make their own thread, but this would be easier and not clog up the forums. And while i was making it i did think that somebody had no doubt made one, but well i couldnt find it, hopefully this can be stickied as i reckon that it could be helpfull, and yer Angus i sure hope he gets it! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
yoyoyo Posted July 27, 2010 Report Share Posted July 27, 2010 The old sticky worked better because only mods could post so you only had posts with the details of the bikes on. Not like how this would end up with people saying " sorry to hear it" making it harder to find which posts are actually about stolen bikes. If someone sees something dodgy and looks in here they'll probably end up scanning all the condolences posts and might miss the important one because of it. Nice idea, can't see it being effective though. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
modifiedridah2k9 Posted July 27, 2010 Author Report Share Posted July 27, 2010 Okay the guy above has a point, please no more posts unless its stolen bike related. Thanks everybody for saying its a good idea, i sure hope its stickied. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JD™ Posted July 27, 2010 Report Share Posted July 27, 2010 It's all about separate posts for separate stolen bikes. I'm totally against random threads clogging up the forum, but when it's about someones pride and joy being nicked then I think it's totally fine to make it a new thread - that way the story of that particular theft can be followed through to a (hopefully) happy ending. Nice idea, but ultimately flawed. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
anzo Posted July 27, 2010 Report Share Posted July 27, 2010 Won't work. The last one didn't, why would this be any different? It's a nice thought and all, but what are the odds of, using you example here, a bike being stolen in Inverness and me seeing anything of it in Derby? It's good for the 3 or so riders that actually live there, who would most probably all know about it anyway... Sure, a couple of sucess stories from getting stolen bikes back, but in all honesty I think those were done by hard work and a lot of searching (ebay and the likes).... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
modifiedridah2k9 Posted July 27, 2010 Author Report Share Posted July 27, 2010 Won't work. The last one didn't, why would this be any different? It's a nice thought and all, but what are the odds of, using you example here, a bike being stolen in Inverness and me seeing anything of it in Derby? It's good for the 3 or so riders that actually live there, who would most probably all know about it anyway... Sure, a couple of sucess stories from getting stolen bikes back, but in all honesty I think those were done by hard work and a lot of searching (ebay and the likes).... Read it again, it says if somebody in that area sees it, tell the person that got it nicked. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Revolver Posted July 27, 2010 Report Share Posted July 27, 2010 Read it again, it says if somebody in that area sees it, tell the person that got it nicked. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
anzo Posted July 27, 2010 Report Share Posted July 27, 2010 Read it again, it says if somebody in that area sees it, tell the person that got it nicked. Blimey. Ok, well a post of a stolen bike is going to relate to approximately 0.00002% of this forum....worthwhile? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Muel Posted July 27, 2010 Report Share Posted July 27, 2010 Awwww, MR2K9 joined in with the seniors avatar bandwagon. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
modifiedridah2k9 Posted July 28, 2010 Author Report Share Posted July 28, 2010 Awwww, MR2K9 joined in with the seniors avatar bandwagon. Eh, Revolver was the first one to have an avatar like sweets... and borat does to, not gonna bother him? Its just an avatar i can have it whatever i want ... Can this be closed, as theres probably gonna be another carry on .... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sam Styles Posted July 28, 2010 Report Share Posted July 28, 2010 Can this be closed this is the best thing for this thread. close it if this thread is where everyone is going to post their stolen bike, i really dont think people will be bothered to read it. but if there is a seperate topic for each case, like it has already been said, then that would have a greater affect on people reading it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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