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thrown out of tesco's supermarket.
Just went to tesco's for some stuff and the same security guard i had problems with last time stopped me and said to leave that at the door. Last time he was happy for me to carry it. This time though i said "you can't garantee it's safety so i'll carry it". He chased me down and promptly "well i'm gonna have to ask you to leave". I asked to see the manager and was sent to the front door to wait for him. I questioned the manager about why i can't bring this into the store with me and he said that we don't allow them into the store like skateboarders and bicycles and we provide a place around the corner there to lock up your bikes classing my uni as a bicycle. I was happy to point out that the the security guard in question is the only one on duty which has a problem with it and I've been in dozens of time with it in the last few weeks. He said that his decision would be the final one and it was his choice to not allow me to enter. I thought fair enough, so i go around the corner to check out where you lock up your bikes. I find 2 lamp posts with 2 signs on it. Bike Parking, and Bicycle Parking. No bars for locking up your bikes, nothing, just 2 signs and 2 lamp posts. Can say I'm quite infuriated. Damien -- zippy ------------------------------------------------------------------------ zippy's Profile: http://www.unicyclist.com/profile/11885 View this thread: http://www.unicyclist.com/thread/49768 |
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thrown out of tesco's supermarket.
sucks to be in england supermarkets then :P -- giraffe evil-nick wrote: Trials biker after seeing me jump off a concrete barrier: "How do you keep from squashing your nuts!?" Me: "I use those for cushioning!" ------------------------------------------------------------------------ giraffe's Profile: http://www.unicyclist.com/profile/9372 View this thread: http://www.unicyclist.com/thread/49768 |
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i just leave mine with the gaurd hes a big stroung guy and he will remember my face no1s gonna try to steel it whith him stood there oh and one i just put it in a trolly and he didnt notice it was there and i pushed it around in the trolly -- dale_dale biggest set/gap = 4 set ------------------------------------------------------------------------ dale_dale's Profile: http://www.unicyclist.com/profile/11459 View this thread: http://www.unicyclist.com/thread/49768 |
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Why don't you just have a lock? I carry a chain and a master lock with me. I'll lock to anything I can find... gutters, signs, posts or whatever. The nice thing about the chain is it's flexible and can go around/through just about anything. I posted a thread a long time ago about how I went to work but the door was locked... and I usually left my uni inside the backdoor of work, so I went into another shop to wait and left the uni right outside... like an hour later someone came and opened the door and I totally forgot about my unicycle, I guess I was just so used to putting inside and not worrying about it. Anyway, few hours later I remembered it was outside only to find it gone forever -- thayr ------------------------------------------------------------------------ thayr's Profile: http://www.unicyclist.com/profile/8957 View this thread: http://www.unicyclist.com/thread/49768 |
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Looks like you have two choices: 1. Shop at Tesco's, leaving your uni with the guard or locking it up outside like many other businesses will have you do. 2. Shop elsewhere. Caveat on #2: They may have the same rules. Their store, their rules. At least maybe the'll have a bike rack. I've never heard of a locked unicycle getting stolen. If you ride urban, and want to make stops/errands, having a lock is probably a good idea. -- johnfoss John Foss "jfoss" at "unicycling.com" -- www.unicycling.com ----------------------------------------------- "The worst thing you can do on a unicycle when you land is stop dead." -- Kris Holm, world's expert on high-consequence unicycling ------------------------------------------------------------------------ johnfoss's Profile: http://www.unicyclist.com/profile/832 View this thread: http://www.unicyclist.com/thread/49768 |
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johnfoss wrote: I've never heard of a locked unicycle getting stolen. My friend had her Koxx one stolen from a bike rack that it was locked to, so now you have. I've left my giraffe leaning against the door of my tesco metrol and asked the gaurd to keep an eye on it late at night a couple of times, no problems. -- kington99 Dave - what a thoroughly post-modern subversion of the cycling genre - ------------------------------------------------------------------------ kington99's Profile: http://www.unicyclist.com/profile/9417 View this thread: http://www.unicyclist.com/thread/49768 |
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Hmmmm, I see your problem. Your shopping at Tescos. You see, Sainsburys is where its at. Mike -- swarbrim add me at 'i like things big' Amanda 'I prefer "badunkadunk", myself' Dudewithasock ------------------------------------------------------------------------ swarbrim's Profile: http://www.unicyclist.com/profile/11005 View this thread: http://www.unicyclist.com/thread/49768 |
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Argh I meant Sainsbury's Local, not tesco metro. Where sainsbury's is 'at' is the end of broard street whereas the tesco is all the way down the cowley road, and I can't giraffe that far so I've never found out what their treatment of unicyclists is like. -- kington99 Dave - what a thoroughly post-modern subversion of the cycling genre - ------------------------------------------------------------------------ kington99's Profile: http://www.unicyclist.com/profile/9417 View this thread: http://www.unicyclist.com/thread/49768 |
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kington99 wrote: My friend had her Koxx one stolen from a bike rack that it was locked to, so now you have. DOH!! %&@#** thieves. How did they liberate it? Bad locking job or "good" thieves? -- johnfoss John Foss "jfoss" at "unicycling.com" -- www.unicycling.com ----------------------------------------------- "The worst thing you can do on a unicycle when you land is stop dead." -- Kris Holm, world's expert on high-consequence unicycling ------------------------------------------------------------------------ johnfoss's Profile: http://www.unicyclist.com/profile/832 View this thread: http://www.unicyclist.com/thread/49768 |
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johnfoss wrote: DOH!! %&@#** thieves. How did they liberate it? Bad locking job or "good" thieves? Well it was a fairly meagre chain with an integrated combination lock, I wouldn't be surprised if they cut the chain or cracked the code, they didn't leave the chain at the crime scene so we never found out. Her insurance paid out in the end. There are rings of professional bike thieves in Oxford, aswell as a load of pikey s**** who would nick anything that looks interesting, so who knows. -- kington99 Dave - what a thoroughly post-modern subversion of the cycling genre - ------------------------------------------------------------------------ kington99's Profile: http://www.unicyclist.com/profile/9417 View this thread: http://www.unicyclist.com/thread/49768 |
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