[Travel] Bike theft Liverpool game 14/01/23

[theboybilly]

I will now. I’m 54 and have cycled since I was about 6 or 7, this is the first time it’s ever happened to me. Is it a new thing? Do the thieves pinch other components? Pedals? Brakes?

No it's not a new thing and yes they will take components if they can't take the whole bike. You need to make your bike as unwelcome to thieves as possible : At least 2 locks (preferably a chain with padlock and a U-lock so that they'll likely need more tools) Saddles and wheels will be relatively secure with a cable. Lots of YouTube videos of how to do it. Don't for goodness sake leave a bike in a remote place and don't rely on others to intervene in a theft. If at the Amex use the racks provided and let the initial crowds to the Bridge car park die down. I don't know if many, if any, bikes are stolen on matchday but it has to be the safer option. You do have my sympathy though, but you do come across as a little naive. Sorry this reply was meant for @Geoffbn2 as well

 

[GingerBeerMan]

Have been checking the usual sites, Gumtree, facebook marketplace and Friday Ad

Have you tried changing your location to Liverpool?

 

[jcdenton08]

Scum. Subhuman scum.

 

[goldstone]

As Liverpool were in town I would have expected it to be just the wheels they stole with the frame being left on blocks.

 

[tigertim68]

Not much help but is it covered by CCTV in that area?

Don’t be silly , they don’t use CCTV to catch criminals only to make money out of motorists

 

[Stat Brother]

Don’t be silly , they don’t use CCTV to catch criminals only to make money out of law breaking motorists

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[maltaseagull]

I had my bike (Black Trek Madone 2.1) stolen from the railings by the A27 bus stop near Falmer station yesterday, I've been parking my bike there for the past 8 or 9 years with it chained one side and my husbands the other with the locks securing both bikes, thankfully my husbands bike was left, the 3 locks (retractable small locks) were all cut and my helmet was also taken.
I've always thought the area was safe due to the police presence but alas not this time, If you are one of the other 10/15 people who leave their bike there please consider using strong locks and be aware of the potential risk.

Sorry to hear that.
It must have taken the edge off a fantastic day.
I hope you get it back somehow.

 

[Brovion]

Scum. Subhuman scum.

Blimey, that's a bit OTT. Someone's nicked a bike, it's not as if they've murdered a child or anything.

 

[jcdenton08]

Blimey, that's a bit OTT. Someone's nicked a bike, it's not as if they've murdered a child or anything.

Ye knaw, what ah reckon is that, if they had the'selves proper jobs, they wouldn't be up to all this, y'know, larkin' every night.

 

[GingerBeerMan]

Blimey, that's a bit OTT. Someone's nicked a bike, it's not as if they've murdered a child or anything.

Alan partridge quote.

 

[Cowfold Seagull]

It seems to be a sad fact of life now, that some people will steal absolutely anything, even if it's of no financial value.

They take it, simply because they can.

 

[Brovion]

Alan partridge quote.

Ah, ok, fair enough. I shall consider myself whooshed. (And yes, my sympathies to the OP).

 

[wolfie]

I keep a very old, naff-looking bike for trips to football etc, where I'm going to leave it for a long time. My best one stays at home in the garage and is for serious rides.

 

[Geoffbn2]

No it's not a new thing and yes they will take components if they can't take the whole bike. You need to make your bike as unwelcome to thieves as possible : At least 2 locks (preferably a chain with padlock and a U-lock so that they'll likely need more tools) Saddles and wheels will be relatively secure with a cable. Lots of YouTube videos of how to do it. Don't for goodness sake leave a bike in a remote place and don't rely on others to intervene in a theft. If at the Amex use the racks provided and let the initial crowds to the Bridge car park die down. I don't know if many, if any, bikes are stolen on matchday but it has to be the safer option. You do have my sympathy though, but you do come across as a little naive. Sorry this reply was meant for @Geoffbn2 as well

The bus stop near where the bikes are parked normally have a police car parked in to stop motorists using it as a drop off and pick up, 3 locks around different parts of the bikes including wheels, frame and helmet, the whole area is full of bikes being parked there, living 2 miles away from the ground i use a sustainable form of transport and do not wish to loiter around waiting for crowds to disperse, it is unsafe for the pedestrians to walk a bike through the crowds in my opinion and having carried out this practice for at least the past 6 or 7 years i do not see this as being naïve, i was unlucky and my original post was a warning to others that the area may not be as safe as we all think it is. The bike will be replaced and i will continue to cycle to the ground but will probably find a better place place to park it in future.

 

[stewardxxx]

I would put these on my bike. A bit expensive, but will stop opportunist scum

Amazon product

Those pinhead items are brilliant. A bike of mine got decimated at shoreham station a few years ago (by a mother and her 13 yo son!) As they couldn't get it away whole they took the forks and saddle.

Because they cut through all the hydraulic cables and everything else it was cheaper for my insurance company to replace it rather than repair it. Made sure the new one had these all put on it