This bike got stolen the second time i rode it to uniSome BA***RD cut the chain...
Spending £100+ on a bike is asking for trouble. I'm gonna try and wear mine in a bit before next year... when I'm gonna need it daily.
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Spending £100+ on a bike is asking for trouble. I'm gonna try and wear mine in a bit before next year... when I'm gonna need it daily.
Abaddon
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Home sucks.. i'll be sticking in this great city through the hols, i have pretty much since 2nd year. I might go home for a few days or so.
Narz
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I want this bike!!
Desmond Hawkins
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I cannot see it! I wanna see it. I love bikes.
I saw this guy cycling around the other day, I do not envy him:
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This is what my baby looks like, except the colours are inverted: mostly black with a bit of silver to frame the black writing (amongst other minor stylistic differences).
Bikes are fun... they make you look good naked.
Bikes are fun... they make you look good naked.
nonconformist
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This bike got stolen the second time i rode it to uni
There's a pretty simple answer.
I've ridden my bike for around a year, I never, ever lock it, and I've never had a bike stolen.
You want to rough your bike up a bit, and also get famous for having no brakes.
Noone wants to steal a bike with no brakes.
That's fine, just so long as there are no hills...
nonconformist
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Hills can easily be countermeasured by the skill of bike-skiing.
MjM
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This is a very fun sport. Brakes are for wussies.
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catch u on the flip scythe
I saw this guy cycling around the other day, I do not envy him:
Everything I've heard about the West Country is true!
Mirc
Not mIRC!!!
Now, what a lot of coincidences!
My bike was stolen too, a while back!
Even more interesting: on Thursday I got a new one!
(bought it with what I won for some concerts; that's pretty much what I live from)
I don't have a picture of it.
Maybe, if I'm going to get a digital camera too.....
My bike was stolen too, a while back!
Even more interesting: on Thursday I got a new one!
(bought it with what I won for some concerts; that's pretty much what I live from)I don't have a picture of it.
Maybe, if I'm going to get a digital camera too..... 
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My sympathies. A fun and effective way to stop anyone stealing your bike: paint it in the most ridiculous colour scheme you can think of. Mine was red with spots and stripes all over, in white, blue, yellow and green; I also had my surname and postcode in five places. Otoh, I also had a really massive D-lock.
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As a general rule, when you go to buy a commuter bike (a hybrid is generally best, due to the ability to stray a bit from well-paved roads, and to sit a bit more upright), try to get one that looks as bland as possible. A brand new bike with a simple, dull colour scheme will look a lot less attractive than an older, crappier bike that looks flashy (at least to the average, ******** thief).
I would never commute with my road bike...
Mirc
Not mIRC!!!
You know, that's actually a good idea.
But I'm afraid the gipsies here would steal it anyway!
Everything I've heard about the West Country is true!
Thats not actually the Westcountry...
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Sorry about being insensitive about your bike Abbadon. I didn't realize this thread was being updated from last year until way after I posted. I read the first post and said "wow, sweet! He got a bike!", and then failed to read through the whole thread and find out it was stolen.
That sucks buddy, and few things get me so angry as bike thieves.
That sucks buddy, and few things get me so angry as bike thieves.
I saw this guy cycling around the other day, I do not envy him:
i always wondered how they stopped at traffic lights on a hill...
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