tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3949781078882383341.post8055516441744900006..comments2023-10-19T01:13:47.983+09:00Comments on Tokyo By Bike : Cycling in Tokyo and around Japan: Three types of Japanese bicycle thievesByron Kiddhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11827875619267980053noreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3949781078882383341.post-36503713452631887592014-11-27T15:09:04.262+09:002014-11-27T15:09:04.262+09:00About two months ago I bought my son a new road bi...About two months ago I bought my son a new road bike as the one I bought him six years ago was getting ridiculously small. One month ago (after endless nagging from me for him to care for it more) it was stolen from outside the medical clinic he was visiting. Needless to say I was fuming. $2000 down the drain. I made him print out many "lost bike" leaflets and got him to distribute them to nearby shops etc. 50 metres from where it was stolen is a hair-salon whose owner is into road bikes. On Sunday, on his way to work, he spotted the bike outside a local Ramen restaurant and noticed it had a permit allowing parking at a local university. He phoned us, and we staked out the Uni, and lo-and-behold the bike thief and bike turned up on Tuesday. Under-cover cops swooped on the thief and we got the bike back. happy ending so far.Gutted In Tokyohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03074430842277091106noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3949781078882383341.post-2568887360869217392014-10-27T17:10:27.299+09:002014-10-27T17:10:27.299+09:00Hi Anton,
Did you ever see your bike again? My So...Hi Anton,<br />Did you ever see your bike again? My Son just had his locked Trek Madone stolen this weekend from outside Yabe Eki KanagawaGutted In Tokyohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03074430842277091106noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3949781078882383341.post-24604834573421459312014-05-04T15:45:54.761+09:002014-05-04T15:45:54.761+09:00I just had my $6,200 Cannondale full Dura-Ace Syst...I just had my $6,200 Cannondale full Dura-Ace System six stolen after leaving it for 20 min at the front door of Tokyu Store across from Naka-Meguro station.. my key had fallen out of my chain so I just leaned it up against the door area... gone.<br /><br />Gutted.. the best sprinting frame cannondale ever made, discontinued because it cost them too much to build with the carbon aluminium bridge.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15081264048314251664noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3949781078882383341.post-32503738863035001462014-04-07T15:13:20.241+09:002014-04-07T15:13:20.241+09:00I just couldn't resist stealing an abandoned b...I just couldn't resist stealing an abandoned bicycle. It was sitting there by the station for days with 3 violation tags on it, and a key in the lock. And no registration sticker on it. It was a cheap-o bike with near flat tires. But I have a friend coming to visit and she'll need some wheels, so why not? Filled the tires with air and it rides just fine...Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3949781078882383341.post-31473634495498817072014-01-06T18:54:27.039+09:002014-01-06T18:54:27.039+09:00My bicycle was stolen today This makes the second ...My bicycle was stolen today This makes the second time I had a bicycle stolen. I left it at the bicycle parking at my apartment. Yes, it was locked and yes, it was registered. But like the last time, I'll probably never see my bike again. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3949781078882383341.post-82785508577475510712013-11-01T00:27:30.946+09:002013-11-01T00:27:30.946+09:00If you value it, lock it up. Common sense really!...If you value it, lock it up. Common sense really!Petehttp://www.lockrite.org/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3949781078882383341.post-3763439214798542162013-01-30T01:55:57.357+09:002013-01-30T01:55:57.357+09:00I had mine stolen two days ago outside a station n...I had mine stolen two days ago outside a station north of Tokyo. Obviously my own fault for leaving it unlocked while I was at work in the city and it must have seemed abandoned. Nevertheless there were at least a dozen other bikes within 10 metres at any time of the day outside the station. Sometimes they are impounded for being parked in the wrong place (mine wasn't, I checked) so it was stolen and did not appear the next day, so must have been a petty thief. It was though a very old bike that rattled as you went along which makes me think the thief did not think it worthwhile bringing back. Seems then you should avoid very very good bikes and rubbish ones and go for the most average one you can, and lock it.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3949781078882383341.post-31507398980837151702012-11-21T03:59:28.108+09:002012-11-21T03:59:28.108+09:00Haha, Anonymous, I hear what you are saying. It mu...Haha, Anonymous, I hear what you are saying. It must seem daunting to a thief to have to choose just ONE to steal...and with so many, if you forget to lock it, it doesn't stand out. Peterhttp://www.alwayslocksmith.co.uk/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3949781078882383341.post-20509076753729194332012-10-28T15:11:25.981+09:002012-10-28T15:11:25.981+09:00And one more thing the stupid Japan lovers do not ...And one more thing the stupid Japan lovers do not mention is that Japan has a lot of bicycles. So, if you leave it unlocked, you leave it among other hundreds of bikes parked at the station. Of course the chances of a thief going exactly for yours are slim, it is all about the numbers. But anyway, after living in Jp, I have noticed that there is no logic or reason in those who are so in love with that country.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3949781078882383341.post-66336457817188976252012-08-25T15:29:34.813+09:002012-08-25T15:29:34.813+09:00I left a pair of Rayban sunglasses in my mamachari...I left a pair of Rayban sunglasses in my mamachari basket at a busy Fukuoka eki, easy to see by anyone passing by, they were still there when I returned that evening.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com