Edinburgh

[Parson]

Is this another bike their coming a cropper in Edinburgh?

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-edinburgh-east-fife-36507665
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[iooi]

Do they have lower ages for riding bikes in Scotland?
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Just because my bike was A DIVVY, does not mean i am......

[Parson]

Sorry, predictive typing on the iPad. That should have been bike thief.
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[Fin]

Yes

[Rogerborg]

Praying that the pillion is taken by God as well.
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Biking is 1/20th as dangerous as horse riding.
GONE: HN125-8, LF-250B, GPz 305, GPZ 500S, Burgman 400 // RIDING: F650GS (800 twin), Royal Enfield Bullet Electra 500 AVL, Ninja 250R because racebike

[spottedtango]

[Silver_Fox]

[Lupo]

Riding a "White Vertigo", had to google that and wow, £6500 brand new:

https://www.vertigomotors.co.uk/index.php/models/131-combat-ice-hell

As far as I am concerned, no mercy if they stole it.
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A por ellos, que son pocos y cobardes.

[ackack]

I wish all car/bike thieves ended up dead. They bring nothing but ballache for the owners and leave us out of pocket in increased premiums.

[Rogerborg]

[iooi]

[Rogerborg]

[stinkwheel]

That road is very near my mates lockup. The surface is shocking and it has huge speedhumps on it all the way along.

No prizes for getting what they were doing.

There is no way the car was doing over 20mph.

In fact, there is a heavily pot-holes, dirt surface alley running down the back of the houses all the way along that street too with a cut through between each block of houses.

So I'll go for either big air off speedhumps or razzing along the back alley then popped out from between two houses without looking.
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I did the 2010 Round Britain Rally on my 350 Bullet. 89 landmarks, 3 months, 9,500 miles.

[Albigularis]

[stevo as b4]

Educate me please, but what is it up there in Edinburgh that makes bike theft, and kids stealing and joy riding anything with an engine and two wheels so good or popular?

Is it really so boring for kids growing up the other side of the border that stealing and riding peoples bikes and then burning them is the only thing you can do for fun or as a hobby?

Do Scottish parents spend all their money on booze and not enough on bringing up their kids or interactive stuff with them?

Do you have more or less baby farmers than we do? And what does the Scottish parliament think about the problems with thier kids growing up and do they have any ideas or plans for dealing with bike theft by these poor bored children?

I'm surprised that there's any bikes left in Scotland such is the amount of stories of kids joy riding them away every second of the day?

Do you have any big rough vengeful owners that spit out a bit of lethal justice to these kids or is it seen as a no no?

I understand the scooter theft thing in London for all the robberies and muggings etc, it's the ideal tool for the job for the scum that do it. But what's causing Scotlands bike problems though?

[spottedtango]

The problem you're forgetting is even if you had no sympathy for the teenagers.

There's a black aygo driver out there that's probably a bit traumatised after accidently killing one 14 year old and now everyone wishes a second death on the persons conscience.

Yeah people will say aw but it's not your fault stupid people deserved it. Got what was coming to them but it doesn't really help relieve the burden of accidently killing two people. The person will still be thinking what if i done x would they still be alive.

And if people actually read the article at no point does it say the bike was stolen it couldve been owned by the parents but hey carry on

[stinkwheel]

[Rogerborg]

Failbook profile.

https://scontent-lhr3-1.xx.fbcdn.net/v/t1.0-9/10353121_247350268791670_3688383435411243581_n.jpg?oh=6e0aaad3afff9d8fa16ec8eba66811d0&oe=57CE4796
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Biking is 1/20th as dangerous as horse riding.
GONE: HN125-8, LF-250B, GPz 305, GPZ 500S, Burgman 400 // RIDING: F650GS (800 twin), Royal Enfield Bullet Electra 500 AVL, Ninja 250R because racebike

[Enduro Numpty]

[Fin]

[Duffman]

Afraid police apathy is the main reason. Similar story in the cycling world, high end bikes are being stolen frequently in Edinburgh.
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[Parson]

I need to set the record straight, this isn't a Scottish issue, it's an Edinburgh issue. There is a culture in that city where young teenagers like to steal bikes. Although there is bike theft elsewhere, it's not on the scale of Edinburgh.
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[Yorkshire Geek]

Definitely nicked, hopefully the other little shit joins his mate soon.

Empathy - I've never been good at it.

[edit]Apparently that's a totally different scrote with a totally different stolen bike who happened to be the same age in the same area. Google-fu fail[/edit]

[Enduro Numpty]

[Duffman]

Agreed, it does seem to be Edinburgh. I don't get the same fear parking / riding in Glasgow. There's clearly a core of scumbags in the east.
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