If you think your bike was stolen outside Baker St. station...

Jim Price wrote:
I cycled down to the J.D.Wetherspoons over Baker St. station this
evening to meet up with some friends. Outside the station, there is a
steel railing which had three bicycles locked to it (one of them my
friend's). I happened to walk outside just at the moment the third one
was about to be removed by two men with a five foot long bolt cutter!
When asked what was going on, they explained they were from London
Underground, and that my friend's bike was now inside the station. The
one they were about to cut off was a rather smart and new looking
On-One Il Pompino. I persuaded them to give it a minute and went back
in to the pub to try and alert the owner, via the manager, who duly
asked almost everyone in the place if they owned a bike locked up
outside. It turned out that my mates bike and the other bike had
already been taken, and the On-One owner just got out in time to save
his lock. The other two were not so lucky, although they did get
their bikes back.

The moral of the story - don't lock you bike to LU property, even if
it isn't very well signposted as such. My friend is an ex-employee, so
there may be an update as to whether he gets the cost of his destroyed
lock back.


Did they say why they were destroying people property?

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AndyMorris wrote:
Jim Price wrote:
The moral of the story - don't lock you bike to LU property, even if
it isn't very well signposted as such. My friend is an ex-employee, so
there may be an update as to whether he gets the cost of his destroyed
lock back.

Did they say why they were destroying people property?

Unfortunately, I was a little too busy trying to orchestrate saving what
remained of other people's locks using tact and diplomacy to really get
into discussion with them about that. (Plus I'm not going to argue with
someone wielding five feet of steel without superior weapons). However,
if my mate gets any feedback, I'll post it here. Don't hold your breath.
Anyone who knows about the legal situation is welcome to comment, as the
fence was the opposite side of the pavement to the underground station.

--
Jim Price

http://www.jimprice.dsl.pipex.com

Conscientious objection is hard work in an economic war.

In message , Jim Price
writes

the fence was the opposite side of the pavement to the underground
station.

The fence and the ground it's on probably belong to the highway
authority (in London is that the borough council?)
Your best bet for finding out is to ask LU whether they're asserting the
fence and land are theirs, and to prove it.

--
Sue ]|(