17,555 bikes stolen in Cambridge since 2005

...says Britney in today's Nooz.

I wonder what the true figure is? If I have a bike worth less than a hundred quid or so that gets nicked, I don't bother reporting it. Looking around the city, I'd estimate that a good three quarters of all bikes in Cambridge are worth considerably less than that, so they probably don't get reported if stolen either.

I've had 7 stolen since I've lived in Cambridge and haven't reported any.
What's the point they were all junk.
since I've had good bikes, none have been stolen, thank god. Mind you I very rarely leave them lock outside any where.
It's so gutting to get a bike nabbed, the culprits should be chained to bike racks so the victims can throw vegetables at them

I have lost 8 or 9 since 2002, plus two have been smashed beyond repair when locked up. I also had one where someone stole the back wheel and gears, and the cost of buying a new wheel was more than replacing the bike. I've not lost any since 2010 when I was able to keep them indoors overnight.

I only reported one lost in 2009 because it was quite nice and I was a bit upset. More than I normally am when I find a space where my bike used to be and I have to walk to work.

I quite agree with GF, bike thieves should be locked to bike racks. Personally I'd use a D lock around their necks, like at the start of Breaking Bad.

The gall of the bike thieves is what gets me. I had a lock cut at midday at a bike racks on one of the busiest streets in Hove, and it was clearly a hacksaw job. I have a certain grudging respect for them and I'm sure like a lot of petty theft it's due to circumstances rather than proper criminal enterprise. But when you're standing at an empty rack where your bike should be they're absolute cunts.

I just don't know how you can move that many stolen bikes without eventually selling one back to its original owner.