Absolutely raging....furious in fact.

Friends of mine live in a lovely house on what is considered a "good" road in there area. There 4 children had bike stolen so often that the insurance company refused to cover them!

Katek it does seem some consolation that the bike is insured, but of course in the longer term it means that the premium usually goes up

KateK I can so sympathise and understand your anger. When my son was 16 he got a holiday job on a local farm cutting courgettes. He worked all summer , in all weathers just to buy the bike of his dreams.

He cycled to school on it for two days before some low life stole it from bike shed. It too was locked with a big secure lock. He was heartbroken and I was

My friend has an expensive bike, but has had to get a cheap one to use most of the time, because of the risk of theft. Even the cheapie got stolen when locked up outside the village store! I wonder how these thieves react if their property goes missing, I bet they are up in arms!

What bad luck Katek, must have been a really good bike, just what the thieves wanted.My son-in-law always takes his own and DGS bikes on holiday to caravan sites, and they have never been stolen.Either luck of the draw or too ordinary for thieves to take an interest.

I wonder what went wrong with -" do not touch" "do not take what is not yours" Unfortunately the thieving few make it hard for us to trust anyone these days, and where once we could leave things knowing they would be safe, now we have to insure them, lock them and hope for the best. I am sorry this has happened Kate, and hope that your son in law will be able to replace his bike without too much trouble.

Oh dear that's the trouble these things are very high cost and highly desirable now.

Fortunately yes Marelli, so should get it replaced eventually. Thieving little toads can't leave anything alone.

Oh Katek- that's such a shame. The absolute b...ards. Is the bike insured?