Thieves steal £2,500 electric bike then call owner for re-charge help

[Tredegar]

2.5K for that.....

MMMmmmmm

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2612075/Bike-thieves-steal-2-500-electric-bike-accidentally-call-owner-help-charge-it.html

 

[bonerp]

how many times can it mention the bikes value?! Daily Mail are appalling writers.

 

[Alchemist]

2.5K? That's criminal!

 

[Gubbins]

how many times can it mention the bikes value?! Daily Mail are appalling writers.

And it's name.....

 

[tillson]

Daily Mail are appalling writers.

But it makes excellent lavatory paper.

 

[martin@onbike]

Great bit of advertising for the shop that.... they even got their name mentioned on Radio 2!
Perhaps I should leave our new full suspension Scott out in town for a bit and see what happens? It's worth £2,999.
Did I mention it's worth £2,999?

 

[drsolly]

Don't just "see what happens". Arrange for a friend to "steal" it, then to fetch it to your shop to fix a puncture.

Then call the newpapers. They never bother to fact-check.

 

[D8ve]

Martin what was the name of that new bike?

 

[Cyclezee]

Great bit of advertising for the shop that.... they even got their name mentioned on Radio 2!
Perhaps I should leave our new full suspension Scott out in town for a bit and see what happens? It's worth £2,999.
Did I mention it's worth £2,999?

Martin,

Can you clarify how much that bike is worth and where you will be leaving it

 

[martin@onbike]

Martin what was the name of that new bike?

Scott e-spark 720

 

[martin@onbike]

Martin,

Can you clarify how much that bike is worth and where you will be leaving it

I'll be cycling the flashy £2,999 bike to Milton keynes and leaving it in the busiest part of town...but only for about 20 mins as it's worth £2,999 and I wouldn't want it to be stolen.

By the way...I will be willing to sell keys and charger should anyone need to get some for some strange reason....call 01299 8u775h1t

 

[Tredegar]

Glad I was not alone then

 

[Tim]

We've retrieved bikes for a couple of owners this way. I don't recall feeling compelled to get a national newspaper involved though. More fool us, I suppose!

 

[drsolly]

I bought my first ebike from 50 cycles, about 7 or 8 years ago. It was a Forza, and I got a lot of pleasure from it. Paid about £1000.

You wouldn't recognise it now - new battery, new controller, new throttle. When I finished modifying it, I weighed it (weight is important to me, I have to lift it a lot) and was surprised at how light it is, 49 lb, excluding battery. But it's so solid and sturdy!

 

[LEBC Tom]

Its a great 'bit' of PR (even if its poorly written) staged or not, mainstream press and radio 2 exposure of the e-bike market. Because of this very piece of news I sold a bike this morning...can only be good for all of us. Not sure a £695.00 ebike would get the same sort of coverage though.

 

[drsolly]

It might. A) the media are desperate for material to fill up the embarrassing white space between the adverts and B) it would be considered to be "follow-up" story. So get your £695 ebike from Electric Bike Co out there, securely locked up with a secure lock and a secure chain, and get a friend to "borrow" the £695 electric bike.