Bike nicked

[Luke]

Got back to the spot I parked my bike this morning to find it missing.

Spoke to campus security and they have clear footage at 13:20 today of two scrotes hanging around it then riding off on it. My disc lock was of no help it seems.
Police have taken the details but it is so very obviously low (i.e. no) priority despite the bike having been seen a couple of hours later riding around the city centre.

Gutted, and especially so knowing that I'll get a pittance back on insurance and will have a long drawn out fight for even that.

 

[Kreeeee]

Did you not have an almax chain on it?

 

[Luke]

That's for home, not uni sadly.

 

[Kreeeee]

They weigh a ton, but in the UK I bring mine with me everywhere.

I get looked at funny if I even put the steering lock on in Switzerland.

 

[Luke]

Believe me, lesson learnt...

 

[bloodiedathame]

How do they get a disc lock off?

 

[Luke]

I don't know. I may eventually get the CCTV but it probably wont have the detail to show me how they did it.

 

[eidolon]

What brand of disc lock did you have fitted?

 

[atpbx]

Did you not have an almax chain on it?

Going off on a tangent here, but I went with the Pragmasis Protector 16mm and untouchable lock.

The untouchable lock is a beast of a thing, too big to be used as a discs lock on my Tiger however.

 

[wazza300]

feel sorry for you op,nothing worse than that

lets hope they can recover it for you and chop the hands off who pinched it

 

[pugheaven]

*(*&(^%$$*^%&(% hope their nutts drop off

 

[Luke]

Well I'll be jiggered! Just got a call to say the bike has been recovered and the police have 3 in custody. Bike has been recovered and is awaiting forensic testing before it is released.

Anyone got any idea of police recovery and storage costs or how this tpft claim is likely to run?

Do the police release it to me to get repair quotes or does insurance handle that side of it?

 

[Luke]

What brand of disc lock did you have fitted?

Squire.

 

[wazza300]

not sure tbh,you shouldn't have to pay any storage costs imo

its not your fault it got nicked

 

[pugheaven]

WOW fantastic luck, nice one fella, made up for ya!!!!

 

[Yaayuh!]

Well I'll be jiggered! Just got a call to say the bike has been recovered and the police have 3 in custody. Bike has been recovered and is awaiting forensic testing before it is released.

Anyone got any idea of police recovery and storage costs or how this tpft claim is likely to run?

Do the police release it to me to get repair quotes or does insurance handle that side of it?

Result!!

 

[One]

Problem with bikes is you only need two blokes to put it on a pickup (with a bit of a struggle aye) and then they can get their angle grinders at the chains in whatever time suits them.

Excellent news! Hopefully damage is minimal! You shouldn't have to pay anything it will be charged to the scrotes that nicked it!

 

[bloodiedathame]

Good news! Nice that the police are doing their jobs!

 

[leigh_boy]

Well I'll be jiggered! Just got a call to say the bike has been recovered and the police have 3 in custody. Bike has been recovered and is awaiting forensic testing before it is released.

Anyone got any idea of police recovery and storage costs or how this tpft claim is likely to run?

Do the police release it to me to get repair quotes or does insurance handle that side of it?

having had a bike stolen and recovered , its 150 ish for the recovery and about 40 a day for storage but this will differ based on the recovery firms rates

 

[CaNsA]

Spread the word dude.

https://www.facebook.com/itsbeenstolen
https://www.facebook.com/groups/bikewatchuk
https://www.facebook.com/groups/409576932432607

And post in the General Bike Chat section on http://bikechatforums.com

Pics, reg and location.