Stolen Parts

[FrEeRiDiNg-KiNgY]

Has anyone had the problem of insted of thoses little junkies stealing ur bike they steal parts, e.g. seat/seatpost quick release, or letting down of tires.... got ne tips??? :?: :?: and i dont want the "tip" just dont take ur bike out or ride it around, because what the fuck is the point of having the bike,,, BORING!

[Jordy]

find em and punch them in the face ?..... or tighten the quick release up soo tight that they cant undo it and if your on a bash-a-round bike just glue the valves on ?

[FrEeRiDiNg-KiNgY]

hmmm, nup im not on a bash around bike...... little fucking bastards at scool always steal shit, for some kind of high in there sad little lives,,, u know what the scools say??? just dont ride to scool,,,, um well excuse me but arent they supposed to encourage interests and sports?????



SQUID!!!

[Rik]

Stop them... easy:
allen key skewers instead of QR, make sure EVERYTHING is bolted down tightly.

[junior]

take your bike to class :)
i do, i leave mine in the a class room, any 1 touches it there gone. or riks idea.

[parallax]

Go Army style: lay in ambush with other spirting equipment eg: baseball bat.

[lotec]

tighten the quick release up soo tight that they cant undo it
i did that and the mechanics at ba couldnt get it un done lmao

[FrEeRiDiNg-KiNgY]

Go Army style: lay in ambush with other spirting equipment eg: baseball bat. good idea, i think ill use a rifle.... more ghetto and i might try taking my bike to class, if they dont like it they can stick it!, oh and thank you for the allen key idea

[parallax]

glad to be of service. :D

[FrEeRiDiNg-KiNgY]

Any one else got anyother tips to prevent parts theft??? ohh and does and one know the stabillity(ease of break in) to the bike cages at warringah mall brookvale??? are they decent to put our pride in? or should i just not risk it

[nicklouse]

get a thin kriptonite cable that goes through the seat. see pic.
http://www.farkin.net/forums/album_pic.php?pic_id=4488

[luckyphil]

dude, wouldnt that shit be a little heavy to lug around? sweet idea tho. but yeah, just ride your shitter to school, and i get over having to be seen on your best steed. no one cares.

[nicklouse]

dude, wouldnt that shit be a little heavy to lug around? sweet idea tho. but yeah, just ride your shitter to school, and i get over having to be seen on your best steed. no one cares.

no its not that heavy. but if i was doing a regular comute to work/school i would leave it (the lock) locked to where i park the bike.
btw i used that lock when i could not drive for a few months.

oh i do have a pub bike as well!

[FrEeRiDiNg-KiNgY]

yeah i allready use a cable through my seat, hahahha the little junkies trying 2 steal it didnt know wat hit em hahaha junkies!~!!!! im just gunna find a safe class room/ lockable room n throw it in there!!!!!! this weeks boutny of stolen goods from my bike........ 2 raceface stickers on the frame.... kinda sad!!! who would waste there time on stickers wen 1 ripped anyway!!!!! they were the highlight of my stickers 2!!! little bastards!!!! :!: :!: :evil: :evil: :twisted: :twisted:

[skinindustries]

hey dude in the back ground of the pic is that a scott high octane 03 model freeride bike

[bazza]

go to the police auctions or st vinnies or something and get a 20 dollar bike and ride that to school. unless you like possing with your bike at school or something....but yeah you can always cable tie QR levers as well, that works.

[Rexy]

just get a couple of small chains and locks that should stop the little bastards

[FrEeRiDiNg-KiNgY]

yes it should stop the little junkies at scool, but not in the city or manly, but usually people are 2affraid because there to many people around

[ruthlessgirl]

if you put your chain up into the highest gear on the back before ya park your bike it makes it heaps harder to steal your back wheel... ya know in case they already got past your lock...

[Avanti_Racing]

hey heres an idea, take the seatpost/seat out and chucck it in your bag, put lock tits on your vavle caps and scre em on, theyll come off but not with out hard work and just put a bolt thru on the wheels, or just buy one of the shitty fake security cameras and chuck it above your bike and put wires all over the shop

[FrEeRiDiNg-KiNgY]

Fake sec urity camera??? if they mean buiseness they will just throw a farkin brick at it before they start,,,,,,


JUNKIES!!!!!! FUCK U ALL!!!!!!!! STEAL MY BIKE PARTS FOR DRUG $$$

[Avanti_Racing]

well just get heaps of poeple bikes and stack em ontop of yours then lock em all together

[igothp]

hey FrEeRiDiNg-KiNgY, what school do you go to? i had some little fuckwit put chewing gum on my semi-new grips.
my school has a mad under ground thing that has a door that only people who skate to school use, but the school said i can use it if i wanted, and i can just lock my bike to a pole in there all day!

[FrEeRiDiNg-KiNgY]

Igothp, i go 2 NSW SHIT HOLE,,, oh i mean Cromer Campus, Northern beaches u???...... i found a new place to put my bike... the carrers room kitchen/storeroom....Perfect,,,, FUCK OFF JUNKIES!!!!!

[igothp]

i used to go to freshy, but now im leaving so pffft

[FrEeRiDiNg-KiNgY]

Oh ok,,,, Freshwater is a decent scool now,,, compared to what it used to be.....

[FrEeRiDiNg-KiNgY]

Today in BBF i noticed a cryptonite cable, it was a decent length cable with good eyelets in it, it was only $30, does anyone have one?, used one.... what are they like????

[Daver]

don't run a seatpost qr? or qr's on your wheels? My commuter had never been touched when i was running bolt up wheels and a bolt up seat clamp. Also, maybe have a look in the local trading post for a $50 bike or something thta you can use as a *hack bike? I would never take on of my real bikes to class or anywhere where i can't see it for less than 30 secs.

*read- a bike you really don't care about...

[Archi]

Any one else got anyother tips to prevent parts theft??? ohh and does and one know the stabillity(ease of break in) to the bike cages at warringah mall brookvale??? are they decent to put our pride in? or should i just not risk it

they are pretty secure providing you have the right sort of lock(ask Horvath).ive seen downhill bikes and other good bikes locked in there without being touched(and mines never been touched).

also, with the amount of thoroughfare that goes past those cages,it would be pretty hard to nick something without getting caught.

[smarty]

Go Army style: lay in ambush with other spirting equipment eg: baseball bat.

hahahaha.. :D

[FrEeRiDiNg-KiNgY]

What happended to horvath's bike in one of those cages,,, theres not always alot of throughafare to the cages in the carpark, next to the travelator..... and yes a solid lock is need, Master make good ones

[Maggot]

Hmmm at my school, they know anyone will dob em in, then i'll have my justice.Also a respect thing, not sure why :?

[_J_]

hey,
does anyone know of/had a bit stolen off their bike. Like, have u locked ur bike up and came back a bit later and someone has flogged ur forks or wheel etc etc.. :shock:

[FrEeRiDiNg-KiNgY]

...... yes _q_ thats kinda what this disscussion is for..... i had a seat/seastpost, stickers..... just stuff like that

[LTR]

bullet caps of dhooooooooom :shock:

[alexMc]

at my school there is a cage for bikes and theres a few riders so the chances of something getting nicked are pritty small.
The idea of the cable through the seat rails is pritty good and what about changing to french valves that might confuse them.

[FrEeRiDiNg-KiNgY]

Yeah! it confuses them to the bullshit!!! stupid fucking idiots! plus i need french vales for 60 Psi in the bling blings!



Getting a Norco SHore!
And HFX- for the Stuff

[nicklouse]

hey dude in the back ground of the pic is that a scott high octane 03 model freeride bike

well not 100% correct but almost.

see link for latest pic!

[danv]

Suggestions:

Think about replacing some of your allen head bolts with those star head type bolts if you can get them.

Tape a nice little baggie of white flower under your seat so junkies think they've hit the jackpot, and they forget about your bike. (I take no responsiblity for beatings sustained from dissapointed junkies or suspicious cops)

[FrEeRiDiNg-KiNgY]

hahaha sus cops n junkies! Very good!

[big_pete]

Oh ok,,,, Freshwater is a decent scool now,,, compared to what it used to be.....

Sick kingy so are you going to freshy for sure if so what grade ill be in year 12 next year!

[FrEeRiDiNg-KiNgY]

Yo Big Pete! Yeah im going to Freshy next yr... yr 11, cant fucking wait to be honest, 5 mins away on the Stuff!

And is that CHODE eating maccas on your avatior... can u send me the pic through E-Mail? cheers!

just_riding_along14@hotmail.com
kingy_978@hotmail.com
Theres my addys for the pics!


Hey big pete! are those Seagulls next to the fairy???

[norcoperson]

once you find out who it was, the best way to solve the problem so it won't happen again is to go after them with a 3pc. crank in a pillowcase. works every time.

[Spooky]

once you find out who it was, the best way to solve the problem so it won't happen again is to go after them with a 3pc. crank in a pillowcase. works every time.

biggest gravedig ever!! :roll:

[VicRiders]

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v287/DHshart/472.jpg

[thewayitis]

how ironic is it that that bike in the picture has a flat front tyre? sorta defies the point of locking it to start with

[sawtell]

bahhahaha, with the money they spent on locks (close to $900 by my quick estimation) they could of bought close to 200 of those bikes!!

[Carl]

I wouldn't mind a bike like that, that only costs ~$4.50.

[donkay]

The Vandaliser only managed to take the bars... oh wait...there are bars there...well he/she only took one grip then and deflated the front tyre lol

[donthucktoflat]

quick tip if you're going into mc D's or something for some quick food. put you bike into the hardest gear and flip the bugger upside down... then loosen the rear QR so that if someone DOES start tryin to pedal the wheel will pop right out. just dont forget to tighten everything back up afterwards :o

put a little bit of red loctite on all your QRs to make it a little more difficult for the said junkies to steal stuff off your bikes

[dmwill]

Yeah I'm a bit paranoid about locking my bike anywhere where I can't see it. When I used to goto school I just happend to have a set of keys to a store room :P. Well it was the Cadets store room and I was the Quater Master at the time (Guy who looks after all the crap). That did me fine, though i still locked it up incase anyone found their way in there. People gave me weird looks when I pulled my bike out of there at 3:10 every afternoon though :D Maybe I could have made a proffit by allowing others to park their bikes there, $50 a semester!

I occasionally ride to TAFE in Joondlaup (Perth people will know where it is). In recent years the amount of dodgy people has sky rocketed, mostly 13-16y/o homies. If possible I lock it up inside a stair well, but sometimes people beat me to it, So I have to resort to a bike rack or pole outside. The TAFE gets pretty quiet at times, so its a bit risky. I just lock it up with a nice 1inch thick steel cable lock...it's light too and I run a few cables off that to my seat/wheels. Generally I lock it up where I can see it from the window...saves me running out every 10mins to check my bike is still there!

But yeah, best thing is to change skewers to allen bolts. My mate has a $2500 flat-bar road bike and actually has a motion activated alarm on it. It's a pretty small unit which fits to the bar, though you could probably fit it under the seat. Probably won't deter every theif, but it's loud enough to wake the dead! He had it locked outside a shop before and it went off as someone tried to steal his drink bottle!

[Dicko888]

i use a high tensile lifeting chain and a high tensile pad lock. the chain will shatter bolt cutters before the chain will brake. you can cut it with an angle grinder but you will go through a few boxes of discs first.

[pigman]

buy 1 of those diskbrake padlocks hehe, at my school we just put our bikes in a wood tec room this is good seeming the room is not often used

[Ozza]

When you put your ibke in the rack take your seat post and seat out and put it in your bag!

[scottmeister]

Just get a non-QR seatpost clamp and carry allenkeys around, like me :p