hi all, recently had my fixie stolen whilst out in the evening in Cambridge. I had stupidly left it in a dark bit opposite Trinity College whilst the fair was in town (police tip off not my prejudice) ;)

Anyone know of good places that are more secure to park bikes in the evening when Grand Arcade is shut?

Park Street Cycle Park, home of Bicycle Ambulance – although seriously you can park it anywhere if you invest in a decent lock.

Looks good, cheers. They managed to get through a cable (no surprise) and a D-lock. Was quite old though. Oh well, new locks for the new build!!

Park Street Cycle Park, home of Bicycle Ambulance – although seriously you can park it anywhere if you invest in a decent lock.

bikes get stolen from there too ;)

best bet is to have TWO D-LOCKS of good quality i.e. kryptonite.

you should spend at least 10% of the cost of your bike on a lock i.e. £600 bike and £60 on locks.

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the thiefs job very hard and in most cases he won't even bother.

can be bought all together for roughly £60 on the net.

Dude, it's either two D–Locks (London) or a D–Lock and a Cable (Everywhere Else)... All the above is totally overkill. I've never seen you carry three locks... hell, you don't even have brakes.

you should spend at least 10% of the cost of your bike on a lock i.e. £600 bike and £60 on locks.

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Dude, it's either two D–Locks (London) or a D–Lock and a Cable (Everywhere Else)... All the above is totally overkill. I've never seen you carry three locks... hell, you don't even have brakes.

you talking to me?

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. I had stupidly left it in a dark bit opposite Trinity College whilst the fair was in town (police tip off not my prejudice) ;)

So let me get this straight , the old bill blamed you for getting you bike nicked by parking your locked bicycle in a dark place opposite one of the most prestigious (and richest)colleges in Cambridge when there was a fun fair within a mile radius.

   Maybe they should ban funfairs if they give them so much work , if they actually gave a flying fuck about bike thefts.

So let me get this straight , the old bill blamed you for getting you bike nicked by parking your locked bicycle in a dark place opposite one of the most prestigious (and richest)colleges in Cambridge when there was a fun fair within a mile radius.

   Maybe they should ban funfairs if they give them so much work , if they actually gave a flying fuck about bike thefts.

Sorry, must have given the wrong Impression with that one. I meant to say they mentioned the fair and said it was more than a coincidence that the friendly travellers were in town while they had a busy weekend with thefts. Not trying to provoke a argument, but I tend to agree.

The police were actualy more than helpful, checked the CCTV in the area as they could tell how hacked off I was!

No argument , just typical lazy plod . I do wonder if CCTV in Cambridge has ever been instrumental in catching a bike thief ever. Every time they seem to draw a blank . We were told it would reduce crime when they decided to stick cameras everywhere . They just seem to use it to monitor fights outside the burger van and pissed totty falling out of the Regal .

agreed. There happened to be a camera directly above my bike, facing the wrong way.. not sure if they would have spotted it even if they had walked right in front of one!