My Bike, The Thief, His Bag And The Bolt Cutter

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Fixx, Molesworth Street, Dublin

This morning.

DRAMA.

Cath writes:

I know you don’t normally do this but…this one is for the cyclists! This morning I took my new bike on its maiden voyage and stopping for a quick coffee with a friend at Fixx on Molesworth St, I sat outside determined to watch over my new trusty steed.

Lo and behold within half an hour I watched as a man in his mid-30s wearing a dark grey hoodie attempted to make off with my bike!

As I chased him a knight in shining armour (well, a light blue polo shirt) grabbed the bike as I grappled with the offender.

In the tussle I held on to his bag and eventually he escaped but I was left with his bag containing a bolt cutters and a snipped lock belonging to another unfortunate (former) bike owner [all handed into Gardai].

With all the commotion, I never got to speak to the man in the blue polo shirt so hopefully he will see this post and feel deservedly proud of his actions. Thanks also to the friendly people who stopped to make sure I was OK after the altercation….

Blimey.

Anyone?

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63 thoughts on “My Bike, The Thief, His Bag And The Bolt Cutter

  1. newsjustin

    He must have been quick if he got away with it while you were sitting outside “guarding” it.

      1. Vote Rep #1

        I read it that he did get away with the bike. Hence, Cath chased him and caught up with him.

        “As I chased him a knight in shining armour (well, a light blue polo shirt) grabbed the bike as I grappled with the offender.”

    1. Someone

      Indeed, although you are docked marks for not kicking him in the face, and taking out the bolt cutters and bashing in his skull.

      (I have a special hatred for bike thieves)

      1. Anne

        Dealt for stealing a bike is a bit harsh really.. bolt cutters to a nut or two seems fairer.

        What the hell is going on up there with the bikes? Who’s putting in the orders for bikes?

  2. Madouveh on the dole

    Fair play. Fighting back is the only thing these scummers understand, the cops are too busy protecting water meter staff to be bothered with the ridiculous amount of street crime

    1. newsjustin

      Or to put it another way, the cops are too busy because they have to protect water meter installers doing their jobs to properly police street crime.

      1. Anne

        You mean to enforce water meters to be able to do their jobs… they’ve no need of protecting.

    2. B Bop

      Let’s all carry some bolt cutters…in collective Broadsheeters Anarchy team…if only to wallop said scrotes about their thieving little heads.
      Fair Fup’s to Cath, blue polo guy & of course BS for superb headline.

  3. edalicious

    You should’ve bolt-cuttered his mickey off.

    I’ve spent hours imagining what I would do to a thief if I found them robbing my bike.

    1. scundered

      I would try out his bolt cutter on his toes, whilst singing “this little piggy went to market…” etc.

    2. Dongle

      Imagine u locking one around the neck to a signpost breaking bad style. Be great so it would.

  4. Mr. T.

    I chased a scumbag once who had just robbed a bag from a woman as she was getting into her car. As I ran after him, I managed to get the attention of two Garda in a car who then took over the chase into Grafton Street.

    I stopped and then puked onto the pavement due to a total lack of form chasing scumbags at speed.

    I was totally uncool.

    1. Corky Duke

      I was waiting for your story to end by the robber chasing you, just like Rodney in Only Fools and Horses…..classic.

    2. 3stella

      Last week in Blackpitts a sumbag snatched a pregnant woman’s handbag on the street, guys tore out of offices, caught the sumbag, retrieved the bag and then handed him over to the cops who were on the scene pretty fast.

    3. Dόn Pídgéόní

      That is cool. Well done, especially on the holding the puke in until it was safe to do so

  5. Clampers Outside!

    *licks palm to comb back hair, tucks shirt into underpants… runs out and buys blue polo shirt… grabs coconuts*

    Your good Knight is on his way !!

    *bangs coconuts*

  6. Anomanomanom

    The garda are useless when it comes to bike thieves. Two lads stole my bike, looked directly into the cctv and their faces as clear as day. That was 6months ago and it heard nothing. And surprise surprise the scum get protected, I can’t have a copy of the cctv or even a picture of them to post online myself.

    1. ReproBertie

      Perhaps their uselessness is down to disillusion with sentencing.

      “A father-of-one was caught trying to steal a bicycle that had been planted on a city street by gardai mounting a sting operation, a court heard. Undercover officers watched the bike from a fast food restaurant until Derek Stanley (29) came and tried to take it.The operation had been set up to target a surge in bicycle thefts in the city centre, Dublin District Court heard.

      Stanley, of Dominick Street Upper, pleaded not guilty to attempted theft and possession of a set of bike lock keys with intent to commit a theft. Finding him guilty, Judge Anthony Halpin adjourned the case for a community service suitability report, recommending 200 hours instead of a six-month sentence.”

      http://www.independent.ie/irish-news/courts/garda-sting-caught-wouldbe-bike-thief-31224642.html

      Gardaí go to the hassle of setting up a sting and catching a scumbag and the judge sends him on his way, possibly on a stolen bike

      1. Joe Dolan

        Two guards set up a sting in UCD. Then waited 24hrs for the thief. Who duly turned up and stole the bike. While they lads were getting a coffee, and not looking…
        Proper Oceans 11 type stuff…

  7. Hellvetica

    Bike Baiting and Shaming is the only way to go. Lock up a nice bike with a cheap lock and wait for the scumbag to arrive then video the whole thing and get his photo. Post all the photos on a bike thieves Dublin website and stick their photos up around town.

    I actually saw a Dublin street cleaner (unless he was pretending to be one) checking locks on a bike rack. He saw me looking at him and moved on.

    1. dhaughton99

      I was watching an old cops from 2001 the other night. They used a mercedes benz mountain bike as a bait bike which was worth over $1500 so they could get them for a feloney theft. Each fecker was face first into the pavement with 6 cops piled on top of them.

      1. Anne

        Isn’t there a series on called Bait Car? Yeah… there is –
        https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bait_Car_%28TV_series%29

        They leave really expensive cars unlocked with the key in the ignition, in dirt poor areas, wait an hour or two and film the thief from inside the car.

        The guards could do the same thing here.. record the thieves in action, robbing the bikes, and have it on RTE.. a remake of Garda Patrol.
        I reckon it’ll be bigger than Saturday night with Miriam..

        They used to be looking for antique chairs n all on it even.. surely bikes would be worth as much.
        https://youtu.be/dVUBQs04nMk?t=316

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