March 19, 2005
thieves
Someone get this computer out of my reach because oh my god I am going to LET RIP.
WHAT KIND OF FUCKED UP SHITTY SOCIETY DO WE LIVE IN WHERE THIEVES PROSPER FROM STEALING WHEELS LESS THAN 2 MINUTES FROM THE FUCKING POLICE STATION?
This is not an isolated event, oh no, fuck no. This is the THIRD TIME I've had some pissant arsehole shithead steal my fucking bike wheel, on top of the four times I've had a bike stolen.
If I get hold of whoever did this (small chance but let me vent) I will hammer their head into bloody splinters with the remainder of my bike. I will feed them bike parts until their only plea for mercy sounds like the click click of chain on cog. Goddamit I will bludgeon them to death with the blunt end of the bike lock they scorned.
Someone point me to the nearest exit from humanity, this place FUCKING SUCKS.
Posted by flickr at March 19, 2005 2:54 AM
Hey, there's a wheel missing on that bike?! ;)
Posted by: Steven Noels at March 19, 2005 4:48 PMI'm probably missing something, but why aren't you putting your lock through the wheels and frame? I started doing that after having my front wheel nicked 8 or 9 years ago. It sucks that I need to do that and have a locking nut on the saddle stem, but that's how seriously the Norfolk plod seem to take bike crime.
You got me. Yeah, I used to fastidiously run a cable through the wheels of my old Raleigh (may it rust in pieces), but the cable accidentally got thrown out by a friend with the remains of that bike and I never replaced it.
My budget for the last bike was �100, so by the time I'd bought the bike (�40), paid delivery (�10), bought lights (�20) and a lock (�15) and a cycle computer (�15) I'd broken the bank.
I'm going to set the same budget this time, so as I already have the lights (they left those on) and the lock, I can spend money on a wire cable to go through the lock and wheels.
I should have a bit of cash spare, so if anyone knows where I can buy a large capacitor and a high voltage battery, I can put Defensive Plan B into effect too. Bwahahahahahah.
(Options involving compressed air and nails also welcome.)
Posted by: Andrew Savory at March 20, 2005 11:44 AMSorry for reminding you. Better luck with the next one.
If you go for either of those extra anti-theft devices, can you move somewhere I won't be paying towards your hospital bill after you walk out the pub and fail to unlock the bike? ;-)