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Post by Paulinblack on Jan 12, 2017 9:03:44 GMT
Son left his Trek 4300 mtb (locked) outside Loughborough university swimming pool overnight when accompanying a friend to hospital after an accident. When he got back, some scuffer had nicked it! I'd just spend £100 servicing and changing shifters after he had a crash.
The bike is his only method of transport. So, what do I do now:
1. Give him my Trek 6700, which was a bit more expensive at the time and is in very good condition. I only ride it a handful of times a year when the weather is bad. I could just stick with the T5 in poor weather too.
2. Give him my T5 and buy myself a replacement commuter that can take a 28mm tyre during the winter.
3. Buy a £20 down the market and give him that and keep my current fleet for me.
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Post by joby on Jan 12, 2017 9:12:53 GMT
Sorry to hear that, hope the scuffer fell off and hurt himself at the earliest opportunity.
My experience of living, studying and working in university towns (Sheffield, Norwich and Cambridge) is that it's not worth having a decent bike if you're going to need to leave it locked up while out and about as it will eventually disappear. £20 job from the market I reckon.
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Post by phred1812 on Jan 12, 2017 9:18:31 GMT
Son left his Trek 4300 mtb (locked) outside Loughborough university swimming pool overnight when accompanying a friend to hospital after an accident. When he got back, some scuffer had nicked it! I'd just spend £100 servicing and changing shifters after he had a crash. The bike is his only method of transport. So, what do I do now: 1. Give him my Trek 6700, which was a bit more expensive at the time and is in very good condition. I only ride it a handful of times a year when the weather is bad. I could just stick with the T5 in poor weather too. 2. Give him my T5 and buy myself a replacement commuter that can take a 28mm tyre during the winter. 3. Buy a £20 down the market and give him that and keep my current fleet for me. Curiously my son also had his bike nicked when he was at Loughborough Uni. This was a few years ago but the bike was in a locked cycle shed. Given the lack of security I would be inclined to get your son a cheap "banger" that has little appeal to thieves. I am told that bikes with ladies frames are less likely to be stolen but that could be a step too far.
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Post by Deleted on Jan 12, 2017 9:23:55 GMT
Son left his Trek 4300 mtb (locked) outside Loughborough university swimming pool overnight when accompanying a friend to hospital after an accident. When he got back, some scuffer had nicked it! I'd just spend £100 servicing and changing shifters after he had a crash. The bike is his only method of transport. So, what do I do now: 1. Give him my Trek 6700, which was a bit more expensive at the time and is in very good condition. I only ride it a handful of times a year when the weather is bad. I could just stick with the T5 in poor weather too. 2. Give him my T5 and buy myself a replacement commuter that can take a 28mm tyre during the winter. 3. Buy a £20 down the market and give him that and keep my current fleet for me. 2. Give him my T5 and buy myself a replacement commuter that can take a 28mm tyre during the winter.The wheel clearance bugged me in winter on my Triban 3/500 frame. I'm really enjoying a rattle/scrape free ride on the Whyte with its wider clearance and a better selection of mudguards. You will probably be able to source a wider variety of puncture resistant tyres too for the 28mm sizing. My lad's mate had his bike stolen outside the Uni in Manchester. They seem to attract thieving gits. My daughter also had her Triban 3 stolen from inside a sports centre a few months back where she works at as a lifeguard. She left it inside the building overnight but a team of builders forgot to lock up after finishing a job and it was stolen. I'm off to Decca today to sort her out a replacement. Probably go for the 520.
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Post by r0b1et on Jan 12, 2017 11:09:28 GMT
As someone who works at uni's, they have huge numbers of bike theives because so many students are so lax about the security of their bikes. The number from the uni road club that get decent bikes pinched, but turns out they locked their £600 bike to a drain pipe with a £10 lock is stupid. Every year now, in the first week I make a post about bike security. Of course once the thieves are about, if they see one they like the look of, they take them too.
I'd go down the cheap route if it's being locked up all over the place. I'm not worried about mine, I keep it on campus in a locked shed that doesn't look like a bike shed... and with a bike shed outside that is well used.
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Post by erictherat on Jan 12, 2017 18:49:34 GMT
when i lived in Peckham, I saw bikes as disposable objects, never had one more than 6 months without getting nicked, or more usually stripped!. One bike lasted about 30 mins! - riding home from shop, I popped into a shop to buy a pack of fags. came out to find it stripped to the frame.
buy cheap, dont grieve.
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Post by Paulinblack on Jan 13, 2017 14:45:23 GMT
when i lived in Peckham, I saw bikes as disposable objects, never had one more than 6 months without getting nicked, or more usually stripped!. One bike lasted about 30 mins! - riding home from shop, I popped into a shop to buy a pack of fags. came out to find it stripped to the frame. buy cheap, dont grieve. Unfortunately Eric I'm the sort of person who does grieve for those things. I take things very personally and would never think in a million years of stealing something from someone else. I can't understand the mentality and my thoughts on thieves are 'Hang 'em high!'
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Post by Deleted on Jan 13, 2017 16:08:15 GMT
when i lived in Peckham, I saw bikes as disposable objects, never had one more than 6 months without getting nicked, or more usually stripped!. One bike lasted about 30 mins! - riding home from shop, I popped into a shop to buy a pack of fags. came out to find it stripped to the frame. buy cheap, dont grieve. Unfortunately Eric I'm the sort of person who does grieve for those things. I take things very personally and would never think in a million years of stealing something from someone else. I can't understand the mentality and my thoughts on thieves are 'Hang 'em high!' I've only ever had one bike stolen, my much cherished, first Flying Scot, way back when life was in black and white. It took me a very long time to get my head straight, carried that resentment about for years. Goodness knows what I'd have done had I came face to face with the culprit? Took me until just a few years back to find a replacement, it's beauty and has a special place, nailed to the turbo with the odd outing. A wee reminder to self about resentments; they are like drinking poison and hoping the other person will die, today thank Goodness I neither have the time nor desire to allow them any head space.
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Post by Paulinblack on Jan 14, 2017 0:25:45 GMT
Thanks for the advice chaps. Bought this for £25 to tide him over: Bit of a bargain. Tightened cones on back wheel. Hell of a job setting the front disc brakes - The rotor was rubbing on the non adjustable side. Think someone had put the spacers in the wrong way. Set it so that it doesn't rub now, but the brake is weak. Might need new pads, but have never had discs before, so don't know. Probably get pinch within a couple of weeks, so am not going to spend much more time fiddling with it!
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Post by r0b1et on Jan 16, 2017 15:26:27 GMT
Hey... it has a comfort reducing gel saddle cover - stupid things.
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Post by Paulinblack on Jan 16, 2017 21:51:33 GMT
Took the bike to him on Saturday night - Nice 3.5 hour round trip. Sorted him out with a D lock too.
He tried it today and is happy.
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