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Will keep on eye out for it. It's quite distinctive. So distinctive that, sadly, I doubt whether any of those components are still attached to that frame.
Hampshire Police hit a serial bike thief 'working' in the Farnborough/Aldershot area, some time last year, and discovered a large haul of frames in a lock-up, but most of the components had already been sold via the usual outlets.
I know how it feels when a bike gets nicked - not nice at all. We had two go from Centerparcs, Elveden (Thetford), that were never recovered, and two other attempts on family bikes. One, in Farnborough, they just cut away the rubber on the cable of the Abus lock, but it must have been too big a job for the tools they brought, because there was no attempt to cut the armoured cable itself. Then my eldest son, while away in Portsmouth at University, came out of a Tesco Express to find some burly scrote with a bolt croppers on his Abus lock (Bronze graded) - the lock just about held on long enough for the thief to be challenged and to scarper, but it put Son off keeping a bike in Pompy, so the bike sits at home in the garage, and he walks to and from Uni. Lock was all but cut through completely, and had to be binned, a 'Centuro' model (c£35.00) and has been replaced by a 'Granite Steel O Flex' at about £70.00
I feckin loathe thieves. Bike thieves in particular.
Hampshire Police hit a serial bike thief 'working' in the Farnborough/Aldershot area, some time last year, and discovered a large haul of frames in a lock-up, but most of the components had already been sold via the usual outlets.
I know how it feels when a bike gets nicked - not nice at all. We had two go from Centerparcs, Elveden (Thetford), that were never recovered, and two other attempts on family bikes. One, in Farnborough, they just cut away the rubber on the cable of the Abus lock, but it must have been too big a job for the tools they brought, because there was no attempt to cut the armoured cable itself. Then my eldest son, while away in Portsmouth at University, came out of a Tesco Express to find some burly scrote with a bolt croppers on his Abus lock (Bronze graded) - the lock just about held on long enough for the thief to be challenged and to scarper, but it put Son off keeping a bike in Pompy, so the bike sits at home in the garage, and he walks to and from Uni. Lock was all but cut through completely, and had to be binned, a 'Centuro' model (c£35.00) and has been replaced by a 'Granite Steel O Flex' at about £70.00
I feckin loathe thieves. Bike thieves in particular.
Fluffsri said:
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t thing was it was stolen from an accomodation block inside RAF Odiham.
Thieves among you? Not good for morale. t thing was it was stolen from an accomodation block inside RAF Odiham. The last thing you need is to be suspecting one-another when you have to place your trust/life in the team around you.
We had a spate of bikes going 'walkies' at my old place. High end stuff, mostly from behind the Officers' Mess. Trouble was, the Ruperts had a habit of 'borrowing' a bike to visit another part of the barracks, and they seldom locked their bikes up, even when they were away for a few days, so by the time the 'loss' was identified and reported, it was pretty much too late to do much about it.
I was always shocked to see £3k bikes outside offices, not locked up, with the owner's entire troop out of barracks for the day on ranges or similar. Bonkers really. Still, I hope 'your' missing fixie does turn up.
yellowjack said:
Thieves among you? Not good for morale.
The last thing you need is to be suspecting one-another when you have to place your trust/life in the team around you.
We had a spate of bikes going 'walkies' at my old place. High end stuff, mostly from behind the Officers' Mess. Trouble was, the Ruperts had a habit of 'borrowing' a bike to visit another part of the barracks, and they seldom locked their bikes up, even when they were away for a few days, so by the time the 'loss' was identified and reported, it was pretty much too late to do much about it.
I was always shocked to see £3k bikes outside offices, not locked up, with the owner's entire troop out of barracks for the day on ranges or similar. Bonkers really. Still, I hope 'your' missing fixie does turn up.
Cheers but not looking good just found out another bike that was chained up so well they couldnt steal so they did it over instead. Knackered both wheels, snapped rear mech off and cut the tyres. I dont understand the mentality of the military youth, obviously the kicking in training isnt as good as the one I received lolThe last thing you need is to be suspecting one-another when you have to place your trust/life in the team around you.
We had a spate of bikes going 'walkies' at my old place. High end stuff, mostly from behind the Officers' Mess. Trouble was, the Ruperts had a habit of 'borrowing' a bike to visit another part of the barracks, and they seldom locked their bikes up, even when they were away for a few days, so by the time the 'loss' was identified and reported, it was pretty much too late to do much about it.
I was always shocked to see £3k bikes outside offices, not locked up, with the owner's entire troop out of barracks for the day on ranges or similar. Bonkers really. Still, I hope 'your' missing fixie does turn up.
Like you say, the problem is with them not getting their civilian bad habits beaten out of them during basic. Just like the non-military 'youth' they are too aware of their rights, and oblivious to their responsibilities.
When I joined in '86 there were two vehicles at the station to meet recruits. One was a rattly old Dodge Commando bus, the other a 4 Tonner. Just for a laugh, the NCOs in charge gave the order "all baggage on the bus - you scrotes can get in the truck" so we had to climb into a dirty truck in our best civvies, and all our civvy kit and duvets, etc were taken away from us and locked in a store room right from the start. Then they proceeded to make our lives hell any time we did anything at all that wasn't presented as an order.
It worked, too. When they said jump, we didn't stop to ask how high, we just jumped as high as we could and prayed it was high enough. Then when we went to hot dusty places to fight wars, we worked like a well oiled machine. Now, I'm sure the mentality that questions the validity of an order is becoming far more prevalent, and it WILL cost lives. I'm glad I'm out, to be honest. 25 years was a LONG time to keep that game up, but when you work with people whom you are unwilling to trust with the safety of your possessions, you just know that you can never trust them to have your back in a life or death situation.
Gutted for you/your colleagues that this situation has arisen inside a secure perimeter with armed guards - what should be an almost crime-free place to live/work.
When I joined in '86 there were two vehicles at the station to meet recruits. One was a rattly old Dodge Commando bus, the other a 4 Tonner. Just for a laugh, the NCOs in charge gave the order "all baggage on the bus - you scrotes can get in the truck" so we had to climb into a dirty truck in our best civvies, and all our civvy kit and duvets, etc were taken away from us and locked in a store room right from the start. Then they proceeded to make our lives hell any time we did anything at all that wasn't presented as an order.
It worked, too. When they said jump, we didn't stop to ask how high, we just jumped as high as we could and prayed it was high enough. Then when we went to hot dusty places to fight wars, we worked like a well oiled machine. Now, I'm sure the mentality that questions the validity of an order is becoming far more prevalent, and it WILL cost lives. I'm glad I'm out, to be honest. 25 years was a LONG time to keep that game up, but when you work with people whom you are unwilling to trust with the safety of your possessions, you just know that you can never trust them to have your back in a life or death situation.
Gutted for you/your colleagues that this situation has arisen inside a secure perimeter with armed guards - what should be an almost crime-free place to live/work.
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