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What a day. Headed into Kingston (the on Thames one) today with my teenage son for a haircut and a bit of light shopping.
Just as I get to the bike rack next to John Lewis (must be a couple of hundred bikes locked up), I notice a couple of lads all in black clothes cycling off and catch a glimpse of what looked like bolt cutters. So, I decide to slowly follow them, and they speed off, so I know it’s all dodgy and they’d stolen the bike.
So what follows is a high speed bike chase through Market Square and beyond, with me shouting stop the robbers (nobody did).
Finally get to the inner outskirts of Kingston and they know they’re not going to shake me so they stop and pull out the bolt cutters two feet long. For my safety I circle them at 30 yards. Then we come to an agreement they drop the bike and I give up the chase. So off they trot without one bike (the guy says the other bike is his - yeah right) and I call 999 and report them so hopefully they can be picked up in the area.
The bike was a carbon fibre Cube, and I drop it off at the police station.
Stupid owner had left it on a cheap combination lock, which was still on the floor when I headed back later.
At a minimum, lock your bikes with D-locks fellas.
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Full credit for stepping up!
Good job that man! I don't let that sh1t pass me by either, "The Only Thing Necessary for the Triumph of Evil is that Good Men Do Nothing"
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It amazes me that people secure a 1k bike with a 10quid lock.
Good on you for stepping up.
Nice one - good work.
Scumbags who steal are the lowest of the low!
I'm going against the grain here and say you should have just called 999 and left it at that. You'd get no thanks if you were stabbed or attacked and the thieves would probably film it and laugh. Your life is worth more than a strangers bike.
If anything happened to you, your son could suffer from PTSD and guilt.
Well done, I hope I would be so brave!
I hope the bike owner shows his gratitude and that the thieves get what's coming to them - which in my World of justice would be just shy of death!
Well done.
Well done!
You did the right thing within what you were able to do.
Well done. Glad you are still alive to tell the tale.
Carbon fibre Cube £1500 min , more like £2500. I ask myself would I have done the same , and am unsure, well done for a great intervention. Just dont make a habit of it :)
Well done that man. It’s easy to not get involved. It takes courage to stand up to these scrotes.
Great story. Well done!
good on you mate , well done
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First instinct says, "Well done you! Someone has to stand up to these feckless bastards."
Second instinct says, "Not your problem and not worth orphaning your kids for. It's someone else's bicycle. It will be insured. And the owner should have taken more care to lock it properly."
Last edited by Onelasttime; 7th September 2019 at 23:59.
I have to agree with one last time this could of ended badly
But good on you for doing the right thing and standing up for what you believe is right
Good man.
... and here's why you shouldn't use combination locks:Originally Posted by Sean89
https://youtu.be/xI8I7uBm9OY
Or Abus Bordo 5700
https://youtu.be/WJDWuGXDY1o
Another affluent, allegedly ‘nice’ part of London home to the dogs then
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Well, the less affluent bits aren't too far way, especially if you're riding a (stolen) bike...
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