Some bugger sitting on my bike!

[pa_broon74]

Yo homies.

Anyway, right. On Wednesday morning I went out as usual to do the morning ride to work (I use that term loosely, I'm at work now but doing this instead.) When I got down to the bike I noticed it had been moved, I have a D Lock attached to a cable going round a lamp post. The spokes where jammed up against the lock, the RVM had been moved and the headlight had been switched off.

I immediatly thought 'bugger, they've come back and had another go at it' (Some shit tried to steal it a fortnight ago.)

I got home at about 10:30 last night, on the way up the stairs I passed an incredibly drunk Polish guy. I had all my gear on so he'd have known I was on a bike. I get up to the flat, look out the window and the shit is sitting on my bike fiddling with stuff!

We have a balcony of sorts, I raced to it (flat mate recumbant on couch) and began yelling out our 3rd floor sitting room window; 'Oi, would you mind terribly removing yourself from my bike?' Well, words to that effect...

After much grunting he 'rolled' off it and asked if it was for sale. It is for sale, being on the third floor I humoured him, (didn't want to rub him up the wrong way causing him to push it over or indeed: beat me up )

Not sure if its ok to rest your bones on someone elses wheels in Poland, fucking sure its not ok here though! Only upside, I was worried the people who'd had a go at nicking it had tried again, but it turns out to be a drunk emmigre, which while not exactly fine is definitely the lesser of the two evil.

No need to comment (although do feel free,) just sharing that wit' ya'll.

(But a definite to the Polish guy...)
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Didn't catch anything.

[b-f-c]

Once I'd seen him, rather than shouting from 3 floors up I'd have made my way down and had a quiet word with him face to face, pointing out the errors of his ways.

Had to do this before, but I lived 9 floors up then

[Ste]

Put some drawing pins on the seat.

[JonT]

Pay him to sit on it all night so that nobody can nick it



Everyones a winner

[pa_broon74]

[b-f-c]

[pa_broon74]

[Cigaro]

When I worked at Domino's I came out the back for a ciggy to find one of the polish drivers sitting on my bike. I know he wouldn't have thieved it or anything, so maybe over there it's just considered acceptable...

[pa_broon74]

[mudplug]

I know the feeling, that you don't want people sitting on your bike, almost like it would 'violate' it.

But how do we feel about sitting other people's bikes?

Generally I wouldn't, there have to be exceptional circumstances when I will, but we know where to check for alarms so we don't wake the neighbours, and know never to break anything...

[pa_broon74]