First day and... what could go wrong?

[Musketeer]

So after a long time I decided to ride again... I took my bike to work, was happy how easy it was to find a parking space... all cool, right? Nice quiet place on hospital grounds to park, not many people walk there..

https://i.imgur.com/g2me7xn.png


Then 8 hours later I came back to this...

https://i.imgur.com/fYbk5h1.png


FFS.. On the first day! People can't have anything nice these days. Nobody wanted the bike next to mine... no... they decided they want 16 year old bike instead!

I'll ride bicycle to work from now on

Anyway, other than that it was nice to ride again. I want to forget year 2020.. how bad that year was it shows on my MOT Certificate lol..

https://i.imgur.com/GeXMDET.png


My bike:

https://i.imgur.com/6Umpl2Y.png
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[Easy-X]

I read out the MoT certificate... even the wife went "awwww "
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[Musketeer]

[Polo]

Am confused, was bike stolen or just attempted?

[Musketeer]

[doggone]

Those cables with multiple strands are no match for battery powered cutting discs but are tough going with the hacksaw they might have tried to use by the look of it.

[Polo]

Ah well, glass half full, that was a good day. A 'professional' scrote would have had a disc cutter as opposed to a poundland crimper.

[Rebel]

Understandable. It's still a nice looking bike, i've always liked the underseat pipe version.

[Ste]

[stinkwheel]

So you checked for CCTV coverage? It's usually pretty extensive on NHS property. They would probably want to know about theives wandering about the place, motorbikes aren't the only nickable things there.

That looks to me like someone had a go with bolt croppers so if they see the same person again and the police catch them with a set of bolt croppers down their jacket, they can do them just for going equipped, they don't even need to catch them in the act.
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[Musketeer]

[Musketeer]

[stinkwheel]

[ThatDippyTwat]

[stinkwheel]

[NJD]

Given that it was your first day taking the bike, and you've not had one before this for a long time, I'd say the attack happened because the parking spot is a hot spot rather than it being a direct attack on you or someone that wanted your bike specifically. Just happened that yours was there when they turned up and looked the nicest. Its a sports bike, after all, doesn't matter how many years old it is. Shiny and fast.

Firstly get yourself a Monimoto. If they shake the bike, or manage to steel it and wheel it away, you'll get alerted via your phone via call from the device. I wont post more specifics given its a public forum, but the general knowledge of how it works is out there. Better than nothing.

Plenty of cheap alarms on eBay or J&S do one that's very similar (I searched "motorbike alarm" to get that and similar results).

You could probably get a Kriega US-10 on that rear seat and carry security in that.

I'd hazard a guess you could put a Pragmasis D-Lock through the front wheel and disc (16 mm thick - the shortest length one). Rear sprocket looks useless so probably just an el-cheapo disc lock on the rear disc if the holes are big enough.

You could get a 13 mm pragmasis chain if you want to carry it about and don't like the idea of a 16 mm. The 13 mm can be cut by bolt croppers, but I believe is better than most of the shelf offerings in local bike outlets. I think it not being in shops is half the reason their any good (doesn't give t-leafs the time to study and figure out a good way to attack when they encounter one on their rounds).

I'd park it somewhere else if you can. The huts great for weather protection, but htat little yellow fence further up in the picture looks like it would be better because you could park your bike sidewards against it and loop a chain through it, the rear wheel and swingarm and then put a chain around the front wheel to the fence. Again the hut looks great but it doesn't really offer any great security apart from saying "look t-leaf, here are where bikes are guaranteed to be."

I wouldn't use the chain they've attack again. They'll just come back to the weakened spot and be half-way there before they've even begun.

Get yourself an oxford umbratex cover if you can.

If that loop on the bottom r/h of the hut is what you've chained the bike to then I'd be looking round for better parking spots.
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[Easy-X]

My bike is outside my house. I have a disk lock, a chain and... well that would be telling but suffice to say it's a ritual to go out and come back from a ride. Human nature would say that's an unnecessary even paranoid hassle but 5 mins locking/unlocking everything relative to likely hours of enjoyment on the road? I'd say it's worth it.

Get a decent chain, think about the best way to carry it with you. "Noooo! I can't put a topbox on a racing bike!?!" okay, should you be daily commuting on it then?
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[Tdibs]

As they have kindly given you a ground anchor too, id be tempted to just to haul the chain in there one day, and leave it locked around the main frame. Then just use it any day you are there.

Sucks though... scum everywhere!
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[twooo]

Can't you get a large 19 or 22mm chain and leave it there? Extra expense I know, but I have a 19mm chain at home in the garage and a 22mm Oxford Beast that I leave in London, attached to a stantion permanently so I don't have to carry it round.
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[Musketeer]

Leaving chain there is a good idea

I noticed that's what people do.
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[wr6133]

[Irezumi]

[t121anf]

Could you not park to one side, then you can lock the rear wheel to the frame of the shelter too?

[Robby]

Make use of the additional security provided to you by the hospital. They have CCTV, patrols, and a good relationship with the local police. It may not surprise you to hear that trying to steal the vehicles of hospital staff during a pandemic is unpopular, so the police would be interested in catching such scrotes and trying to make an example of them. Good press coverage from that sort of thing.

Also, you had the disc lock as well as the chain, so well done. Even if they had been tooled up to get through the chain, it's a different set of tools and skills to get past a disc lock. That means more obvious stuff to carry, more time, and more noise.

Also worth mentioning that your average bike thief is not a professional that can get past any and every security device. More likely bored kids, or addicts stealing to support a habit. If they had the skills to get past all kinds of security devices, they would either be high end thieves stealing to order, or gone legit. A profession in security pays well.

[P.]

I'd leave my chain 'at work' but inside, and have that cheapy one with you also. Have both using it during the day.

I don't leave my chains out now, not after someone superglued the lock so I couldn't use it, another instance where someone stripped back the sheath, used cable ties to replace the metal link they chopped out and make a quick rob of the bike...

If its that bad however, just get the bus.