London is awash with bits of bikes left chained to something. Anything from wheels to saddles get nicked even if they can't get the whole bike.
Which did make me wonder about the morals of the average biker, since some must be nicking or buying these parts?
As any interviewed on TV etc do tend to come across as 'holier than thou' ;-)
Start up the digger. Reach over the wall with the hoe, and dig up some loose earth. Make a ramp. Drive out. Easy-peasy! :)
Or drive up with a flat bed truck with a crane, like the ones builders merchants use.
There's only so much you can do, isn't there?
All you can do is delay the scrots, and hopefully make them have to announce their presence by the noise they have to make. Digger will be immobilised and alarmed as will the gate.
Andrew
Just like car bits then!
+1. They are relying on having one end fixed very securely while bouncing on the other. (Still impressive demos, though).
I can't see opportunistic thieves having bolt cutters to hand. Certainly the burglary at our house used the fork in the greenhouse to get in (rather than a crowbar). It avoids the risk of being prosecuted for "going equipped".
On the other hand, one of my crow-bars was a "gift" from a burglar.
But how did they break into the greenhouse? ;-)
and at our theatre the would be burglars left behind a good quality angle grinder.
The very reason I won't buy secondhand power tools at boot fairs or on ebay. I'm sure a very significant proportion are nicked.
Peter.
Just wear a high-viz jacket and no-one will take nay notice.
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