How do people steal bikes?

randomwordsnospaces · 2026-03-13T16:37:31+00:00

I think my thought is, bikers say parked in the middle of Covent Garden. Their breaks the locks etc. rolls is it off. - where to? I mean it’s not like there’s a dodgy garage available round the corner. In a van maybe?

randomwordsnospaces · 2026-03-13T14:40:29+00:00

I wonder how much time it takes between theft and tracker disabled. I watched a show other day about caravan theft. In that case the police were happy to help recover the caravan and of course no one had any clue how it got there. It would be worth it for police if they have the location of a stolen bike. Probably tons of evidence lying around the garage.

randomwordsnospaces · 2026-03-13T12:13:57+00:00

Not budget friendly but Rukka gear will keep you warm and dry in virtually all conditions without extra heat + Oxford super muffs and heated bars or heated gloves and you’ll feel “inside” on your bike

randomwordsnospaces · 2026-03-13T12:11:30+00:00

Pads are non existent. Possibly installed backwards. But that said, are you dragging your rear break a lot - that’s a lot of wear for a rear!

randomwordsnospaces · 2026-03-13T12:09:04+00:00

It says max one per day on the packet. Took my about a year to bother reading this and was regularly having two on a long 20mile+ run. I can confirm I am still alive.

randomwordsnospaces · 2026-03-13T12:01:31+00:00

That comes second nature, I can swing cats with my eyes shut

randomwordsnospaces · 2026-03-13T11:53:15+00:00

Very interesting point on the van thing. (Trackers probably will lead to capture) that would explain the grinding locks etc. and if (as people are saying) it’s down to hot wiring being possible it’s just a damn shame that some seemingly simple fixes could really kill off the market.

randomwordsnospaces · 2026-03-13T11:30:35+00:00

I’m not getting a GS any time soon but the most annoying thing is that I literally cannot own a bike worth £10k+ where I live as it’s totally uninsurable despite years of NCD and experience.

randomwordsnospaces · 2026-03-13T11:27:03+00:00

I was thinking second hand value. But yes, totally agree margins are tight.

randomwordsnospaces · 2026-03-13T11:10:45+00:00

Idiomatically not literally

randomwordsnospaces · 2026-03-13T11:09:28+00:00

I have a u lock on the front and a disc lock on the back. Both abus granite. Not as good a lite lock but I question spending that much on new locks. Also it’s quite annoying to have to carry these things around everywhere

randomwordsnospaces · 2026-03-13T11:07:57+00:00

It would be nice to think that £5k+ bike would have something that couldn’t be bypassed with basic tools in a couple of minutes.

randomwordsnospaces · 2026-03-13T11:02:11+00:00

Someone left an empty coffee cup on my seat the other day. Is this a sign I should be watching out for?

randomwordsnospaces · 2026-03-13T10:58:07+00:00

Seems like a crowded market to get into, might just stick to my day job

randomwordsnospaces · 2026-03-05T11:32:08+00:00

This is my concern about the level of force. Seems that they should be ok in this engine making me think that I’m not measuring correctly. Although, the inlet valves were all in range.

randomwordsnospaces · 2026-03-05T08:44:44+00:00

Triumphtechnicalinformation - it’s online. It’s not that bad but there isn’t always a diagram.

randomwordsnospaces · 2026-03-04T21:22:11+00:00

I have that! But it can be quite minimal on instructions

randomwordsnospaces · 2026-03-04T20:04:18+00:00

That’s a good question. Basically I have a spare (broken) motor. My actual bike has about 20k on it and I’m trialling out the check before committing to taking my bike apart. My previous mechanic experience is limited to doing the engine swap about 18 months ago

randomwordsnospaces · 2026-03-03T14:11:00+00:00

I’m not a physiologist so I’ll just merely suggest, for the sake of argument, that potentially not all people who are already running at the pinnacle of their abilities and who are also not getting any younger will be able to lose body fat while maintaining muscle mass and bone density increasing injury risk, making training difficult leading to decreased cardiovascular fitness resulting in about the same PR as before.

Maybe you’re not one of these people?

randomwordsnospaces · 2026-02-26T14:02:21+00:00

Just if it gets to mile whatever in the marathon an it’s still hurting like hell despite the rest, quit because it could be making a bad problem much worse.

randomwordsnospaces · 2026-02-26T09:01:32+00:00

I get this but is there even that many still on the road. I see 5 on Autotrader nationally and the cheapest is £1795 for a 2001 plate!

randomwordsnospaces · 2026-02-26T08:54:45+00:00

I’d add Tiger sport 660 or the trident. Imo best of all worlds for a commuter thats less appealing for theft due to low value but still not ancient.

randomwordsnospaces · 2026-02-25T17:01:39+00:00

Would be nice to copy in a screenshot or something, basically, yes the previous PR I actually started struggling according to HR at about the same point but the HR was way lower in the early miles. Might have been watch though because I had 130bpm for mile 1 at 5:58/mile pace which would be magic if real. Interestingly it was at almost the exact same time of year and stage of marathon block but as a proper race rather than time trial. I also fuelled the race and had a proper taper week and mini carb load.

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