Custom bike stolen

wheeliepete · Sep 16, 2019

Gutted for you cwah, I can see how much effort you put into creating that bike. Worth keeping an eye on Facebook Marketplace as well, always seems to be plenty of hooky looking power tools etc. for sale on there. Hoping it finds it's way back to you soon.

onthe-edge · Sep 16, 2019

Go and see it if it turns up on ebay etc. Take it for a test ride and pinch it back. Hope you find it.

JuicyBike · Sep 16, 2019

cwah said:
It's a giant revive. But a very old model. All is custom... He'll see he can't find any charger for it

...unless you advertise one...

sjpt · Sep 16, 2019

??? Is she (or he) lurking here and finding all the tricks we have to catch her (or him)?

jarob10 · Sep 19, 2019

cwah said:
Did you contact the police or ebay? What happened?

I contacted both

Plod called me back 2 weeks later, a week after the eBay auction ended, to tell me they couldn't / wouldn't have intervened anyway

Still waiting to hear back from eBay

Amoto65 · Sep 19, 2019

Sorry to hear about the theft, Gumtree is most likely place for it to appear, if it does I suggest enlisting a couple of big friends and then arranging to view and test riding into the sunset .....

sjpt · Sep 19, 2019

Very irritating and more having a bike stolen, my commiserations to cwah.

BUT not a 999 situation. (unless maybe you can actually see the thieves making off with the bike and there's a chance the police will catch them red-handed)

Wicky · Sep 22, 2019

Some useful pointers here on locks and where best to secure a bike.

RossG · Sep 23, 2019

Good video, pity there was no mention of a really noisy alarm. It wouldn't stop a thief nicking your bike but it draws attention so passers by get a good look.

Martin56 · Sep 30, 2019

If you have a tracking device fitted then you can dial 999 as it counts as a crime in progress.

Deleted member 25121 · Sep 30, 2019

Martin56 said:
If you have a tracking device fitted then you can dial 999 as it counts as a crime in progress.

In London at least the police won't do anything, not even if the tracking device has been located at a specific address.

Martin56 · Oct 1, 2019

That is astonishing! When I spoke to Hertfordshire police they said to ring 999 if my bike was stolen and trackable and they seemed quite interested in helping. Hopefully I will never have to put it to the test.

Deleted member 25121 · Oct 1, 2019

Martin56 said:
That is astonishing! When I spoke to Hertforshire police they said to ring 999 if my bike was stolen and trackable and they seemed quite interested in helping. Hopefully I will never have to put it to the test.

Yep, it happened to a customer of a bike shop I was talking to in London. To get the police to do anything he had to lie and say that he'd actually seen the house occupier riding his bike.

lisa-martin · Apr 13, 2020

Sorry to hear that but you will get back and I will suggest the Kryptonite Evolution Mini-7 I think this is also a good lock for ebike.

Gringo · Nov 6, 2020

Burke and Hare ride again

Deleted member 33385 · Jan 16, 2021

Sorry to resurrect this old thread, but does anyone know if the OP ever got his bike back? I plan on taking mine folded everywhere on a small folding trolley, plus I bought this GPS bike tracker:

https://www.amazon.co.uk/Tracker-Anti-Robo-Waterproof-Warning-Trackers/dp/B07XLHWDJF/

The "shock detection" text takes 7 seconds to arrive, giving it's precise GPS location, which you can also get by texting the device at any time. There is also a "speed alarm text", which tells you if your bike is being moved in a vehicle travelling faster than X mph. The LED light is a small red beam, which you can point at drivers approaching. I decided against enabling any data connections and with texts sent only, it'll cost about £20 a year in topups using a Giffgaff sim. If my bike is wrested away from my hands and the Police are not interested... I'll put on my Batman costume, track the thieves down in their lair, and bash some heads with a steel Batarang to get my bike back. Or I'll steal it back.

Overall, I'm pleased with this device. Here are it's functions and destructions: