Bike thieves getting their comeuppance

Hahahaha

The local plod in my area were recently giving away free, including fitting, those secreted devices which permit the recovery of stolen bicycles. I took the opportunity and had two of my bikes so enabled.

It seems like a good idea but it requires that a stolen bike, so equipped, is actually recovered by police and scanned for the presence of an ownership tag and I'm not convinced that sequence of events is likely to occur very often.

The balance to be struck in protecting a bicycle from theft is tricky but although it can be damned inconvenient, the loss of a bike isn't exactly the end of the world.

Tom

Yes it is a joke sentence, I was surprised too, but he did get humiliated in front of the nation on camera, so that's something.

After watching 'Captain (bolt-) Cropper' videos on Youtube I'm convinced the only way is insurance. Cycleguard are offering me £57 for a £750 bike or £63 worldwide. I didn't want to say as it sounds like I'm shilling but I think it's the only way to protect onesself from a total loss via theft, against someone who knows what they're doing.

That's why it was a bit of a big deal for me when the 6th April passed just now and 250w bikes became legal - suddenly proper bike insurance is available.

The thing about suspended sentences is that unlike probation the offender can and will be sent to prison to serve it if they commit another crime within the period of the suspension. As this bloke has been making a career out of it he may well get nabbed again and get sent down.

It’s really a last chance sentence for those who say they are going to go straight and it does hang over them as a deterrent.

The local plod in my area were recently giving away free, including fitting, those secreted devices which permit the recovery of stolen bicycles. I took the opportunity and had two of my bikes so enabled.

It seems like a good idea but it requires that a stolen bike, so equipped, is actually recovered by police and scanned for the presence of an ownership tag and I'm not convinced that sequence of events is likely to occur very often.

 

Tom

I know that in this area at least the police recover hundreds of stolen bikes but are rarely able to trace the owner, so that sounds like a good scheme.

After watching 'Captain (bolt-) Cropper' videos on Youtube I'm convinced the only way is insurance. Cycleguard are offering me £57 for a £750 bike or £63 worldwide. I didn't want to say as it sounds like I'm shilling but I think it's the only way to protect onesself from a total loss via theft, against someone who knows what they're doing.

 

That's why it was a bit of a big deal for me when the 6th April passed just now and 250w bikes became legal - suddenly proper bike insurance is available.

I've just renewed my home insurance and Sheila's Wheels were happy to put my ebike conversion on the policy. It's a Cube SL Road Pro with a BBS01 kit. They still had the old legislation to hand (200W maximum) but quoted for me anyway, and I sent them a link to the 6 April change in legislation which they were grateful for. Premium was £10 more than last year without a bike.

Michael

I've just renewed my home insurance and Sheila's Wheels were happy to put my ebike conversion on the policy. It's a Cube SL Road Pro with a BBS01 kit. They still had the old legislation to hand (200W maximum) but quoted for me anyway, and I sent them a link to the 6 April change in legislation which they were grateful for. Premium was £10 more than last year without a bike.

 

Michael

That's great. A conversion too. Excellent. I'd be interested to know where you're allowed to leave the bike and what kind of lock they want you to have on it, & if there are any other restrictions. It's worth knowing just in case there are any exclusions. But for £10 that's pretty good going whatever.