[hoffbrandm]

What to do when you are riding next to someone who does not look like they fit on the bike they are on – clothing, demeanor, bike control, equipment, actual fit, response to the name printed on the frame…

It looked so odd, so out of place, just for peice of mind I’ve tried to follow the most likely chris on strava to then message him.

Hope it wasnt actually stolen, very nice bike.

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[sergius]

The OP hasn’t done anything

The OP hasn’t done anything wrong here.  I remember still the day I saw some fat teenager in trainers riding a £3-4k Aeroad with SPD pedals around my local train station.  He even dumped it on the ground outside one of the local newsagents to pop in.

 

Seeing someone who “doesn’t look right” riding a bike isn’t wrong, at least this time the owner of the bike – if it was stolen – may come across his pride and joy.  If those sticker packs weren’t so damn expensive I’d have them on my bikes.

 

 

[don simon fbpe]

Simboid wrote:

HenHarrier wrote:

Wondering why the sarcasm? The OP was just asking for advice on seeing a possibly stolen bike, right? Bet we’ve all seen someone who doesn’t seem to be ‘right’ for the bike – yes, maybe they’re just nipping down to the shops on their pride and joy, but maybe some scrote had just nicked it. Most of us are rubbish at challenging people, but have to say if I was close enough to read a name sticker and I had my phone I may well fire off a couple of photos. May help, may not, but better than doing nothing and might just lead to an arrest or at least someone getting their bike back. If I’d just had my bike nicked I’d like to think that some other rider might be curious enough to want to help another cyclist out.

 

It was a joke, Hen. Obviously.

Is it not possible he was riding someone else’s bike with permission?

 

If you were close enough to read a sticker and fired off some photos would you stop first or ride along on your high horse single handed? THAT’s sarcasm.

With HenHarrier on this, we could look for a million reasons for the OP not posting this and any number of reasons why a rider looks odd on a bike. Let’s hope the bike isn’t stolen and let’s hope we can keep up the humour. You were being humourous in you challenge, weren’t you Simbiod. Let’s hope that one of your stable is never stolen Simbiod.

I am actually surprised that Team GB kit wearing Leviathan hasn’t already got his name on his bike.

[Simboid]

HenHarrier wrote:

HenHarrier wrote:

Wondering why the sarcasm? The OP was just asking for advice on seeing a possibly stolen bike, right? Bet we’ve all seen someone who doesn’t seem to be ‘right’ for the bike – yes, maybe they’re just nipping down to the shops on their pride and joy, but maybe some scrote had just nicked it. Most of us are rubbish at challenging people, but have to say if I was close enough to read a name sticker and I had my phone I may well fire off a couple of photos. May help, may not, but better than doing nothing and might just lead to an arrest or at least someone getting their bike back. If I’d just had my bike nicked I’d like to think that some other rider might be curious enough to want to help another cyclist out.

 

It was a joke, Hen. Obviously.

Is it not possible he was riding someone else’s bike with permission?

 

If you were close enough to read a sticker and fired off some photos would you stop first or ride along on your high horse single handed? THAT’s sarcasm.

[HenHarrier]

Wondering why the sarcasm?
Wondering why the sarcasm? The OP was just asking for advice on seeing a possibly stolen bike, right? Bet we’ve all seen someone who doesn’t seem to be ‘right’ for the bike – yes, maybe they’re just nipping down to the shops on their pride and joy, but maybe some scrote had just nicked it. Most of us are rubbish at challenging people, but have to say if I was close enough to read a name sticker and I had my phone I may well fire off a couple of photos. May help, may not, but better than doing nothing and might just lead to an arrest or at least someone getting their bike back. If I’d just had my bike nicked I’d like to think that some other rider might be curious enough to want to help another cyclist out.

[Simboid]

I’ve just seen someone riding

I’ve just seen someone riding a bike with Chris Boardman’s name in massive letters. Should I tell him?

Chris Hoy didn’t even respond to my many emails, I guess he’s got plenty of bikes.

[Leviathan]

Maybe I should get a name

Maybe I should get a name sticker for my bike; for security, because you know I wouldn’t want people to think I had it for other reasons. 

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