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My friend Beth had her KOXX freestyle nicked from a bike rack in town, even tho it was chained up. Was one of only two in the country at the time but it was never found again. -- 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/58502 |
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Aye ive had my Koxx Devil stolen outside Tescos where I live and yep I got it back after a week it had been dumped round the back of a church and my mates found it. I now lock it up if I leave it and I suggest you do the same. Joe -- Rodgeriego 'MySpazz' (http://www.myspace.com/uniboyjoe) ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Rodgeriego's Profile: http://www.unicyclist.com/profile/9014 View this thread: http://www.unicyclist.com/thread/58502 |
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Unicaw89 wrote: I just never let go of mine, it even sleeps with me, well that is when my g/f is gone but even then its hard to choose . Nah but you should lock it up, the most common reason people steal unicycles is that they usually find them very "unique" something fun to try, but they dont know where to get one themselves... dude threeway w/ the uni hmmmmm i always leave my uni locked and in a place where it isnt obvious ( i spelt it right) -- dan de man dudewithasock wrote: *MMMM PEARL JAM GEWD* ....oo ~WWFSMD~ ....~~~~ ------------------------------------------------------------------------ dan de man's Profile: http://www.unicyclist.com/profile/11403 View this thread: http://www.unicyclist.com/thread/58502 |
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I've had four unicycles stolen over the years: 1. 24" Miyata, 1983. It was inside my car. They took the car. Unrecovered. 2. 2 MUnis, 2000. Stolen out of my car, parked in front of the house. Recovered because the genius thief brought them both to a local bike shop, asking to have the (splined) cranks removed from the DM. He had to give the shop his name and address to get the service done. They had previously gotten a call from me to be on the lookout for "unusual" unicycles. That was easier to do then than it is now, but it worked. I got to see the kid get arrested in front of the bike shop (possession of stolen property). 3. One-of-a-kind 24" racing unicycle, 2000. Stolen from the grandstand at Unicon X in Beijing, China. I actually met the thief, as she was carrying my *other* unicycle down. I didn't realize she was a thief at the time, I just thought she was helping bring everything down as we were done racing for the day. But the other unicycle was already gone. Unrecovered. People steal stuff. How much of a problem this is depends very much on where you are. I'm very impressed with Bevan's luck so far in San Francisco! It's a sad fact, but if you leave stuff lying around long enough, in this country, eventually it's going to disappear or be destroyed. In Japan, I'd feel pretty safe leaving valuables lying around. Not so in China! -- johnfoss John Foss Email: "jfoss" at "unicycling.com" -- www.unicycling.com ----------------------------------------------- "pretty much every trail that we've done on the California or Moab Muni weekends is an XC trail." -- Kris Holm, on XC from a North Shore point of view ------------------------------------------------------------------------ johnfoss's Profile: http://www.unicyclist.com/profile/832 View this thread: http://www.unicyclist.com/thread/58502 |
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There is a saying that goes" Locking something up is only helping to keep Honest People honest." and that is all it does. If they want to steal it they are going to find a way to steal it. If it is locked up they have to think first and then take the chance of getting caught. I have been lucky so far, none stolen. Then again if I go anywhere I locked my Uni´s up. Just for the love to them.. -- FatBoy-Dave http://www.municycle.com/ Dave ------------------------------------------------------------------------ FatBoy-Dave's Profile: http://www.unicyclist.com/profile/11161 View this thread: http://www.unicyclist.com/thread/58502 |
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johnfoss wrote: People steal stuff. How much of a problem this is depends very much on where you are. I'm very impressed with Bevan's luck so far in San Francisco! It's a sad fact, but if you leave stuff lying around long enough, in this country, eventually it's going to disappear or be destroyed. In Japan, I'd feel pretty safe leaving valuables lying around. Not so in China! Bevan's actually in Swarthmore, PA at a small college. Betcha can't guess which one! I've had a few things stolen over the years in different incidents, usually in small, local settings ... a bicycle, cash, and most notable a backpack with all of my exam materials (text books, notes, expensive calculator...) three days before finals began. The thieves were all caught, but my belongings were never recovered. That last one was the final straw - I don't trust my possessions left alone anywhere anymore. -- entropy Shut up and ride. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ entropy's Profile: http://www.unicyclist.com/profile/5816 View this thread: http://www.unicyclist.com/thread/58502 |
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I never lock up my unicycles. I don't want the extra weight of carring a lock- what a hassle. I've had two unicycles stolen but I am not sure locking would have helped. I had a Wilder Lightrider 6160c which I spent about NZ$4000 on. I imported it myself from Unicycle.com America shortly before Unicycle.co.nz came online. I had it for about a year and had upgraded the seat to a CF airseat with reeder handle. I left it in one of the common rooms in my flat instead of putting it in my room where I was sleeping, and I guess it was an opportunist thief that robbed our flat, while my flatmates were partying upstairs (front door unlocked). I foolishly didn't have house and contents insurance- I probably couldn't afford it anyway. I live in a relatively small community and I am quite well known so I expected it to turn up since I have thousands of eyes looking out for it for me- I put an article in a local paper about my loss and a lot of people read it. It never turned up, but I took it as a lesson in being detached from material possessions. Another time, I got another article in the paper about unicycling, and the journalist student Greg Wynn who wrote it was interested in trying to learn to ride. I loaned him my 24" unicycle which had been rebuilt with the hub & cranks from my brother's 20" unicycle, and it had a KH seat. One day I went around and swapped the KH seat that was on it for Ben's KH seat that only had two bolts left. Greg left town and moved somewhere else- without leaving my unicycle or contacting me. I was glad I swapped seats with Ben first. Greg's email (my only way of contacting him) expired cos he stopped being a student, but about a year later I got some stupid email from him inviting me to sign up to a SMS community thing. I signed up but couldn't track him down through the site. Greg- if you read this email me properly you idiot! My email is still the same. When I go shopping I usually take my unicycle inside and leave it near the door- out of people's way but in clear view to deter thieves. Since unicycling is becoming much more popular now, I might have to leave it outside in the future cos shops won't tolerate big stacks of unicycles cluttering up thier doorways. -- Rowan ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Rowan's Profile: http://www.unicyclist.com/profile/3772 View this thread: http://www.unicyclist.com/thread/58502 |
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Today as my unicycle club rode in the Festival of the Whales Parade in Dana Point I left an extra unicycle I had in the front driver's seat and in the rush to get all 19 of my riders where they had to be, forgot to lock the door and when I came back the uni was gone. Someone stole it right out of my car and sitting next to my car was a skateboard. I guess the thief decided to trade in their four wheels for my one. -- adambrody85 ------------------------------------------------------------------------ adambrody85's Profile: http://www.unicyclist.com/profile/12462 View this thread: http://www.unicyclist.com/thread/58502 |
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