Letter: Bike thieves have made my life much harder
Thursday 29th July 2010, 7:00AM BST.
Letter: Thanks to whoever thought it fine to trespass on private property and steal my bike in Underdale on June 13, despite the bike being locked.
The bike would have been worth very little to them but a great deal to me.
As a consequence of their actions I locked myself out of the house, missed an urgent appointment and have been late for work twice.
As a single mother struggling to work daily with the crippling discomfort of ME, through grim determination alone. I also rely on my bike to take the weight of my weekly groceries.
I am forced through circumstance to work in the evenings and must now walk home alone at 11pm through town in the dark since I have no friends or family to rely upon.
I appreciate that on a world scale this event is barely worth of a mention but it does demonstrate the ripple effect caused by the greed and selfishness of others.
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I haven’t had to suffer the aggravation of having my bike stolen, so I can only imagine how annoyed this lady must be.
If she would like a replacement bike, there is always the Re-Bike scheme. Two of my friends have purchased re-cycled (pardon the pun!) bikes which were very inexpensive (around £65) but have proven to be excellent machines.
The Bicycle Hub in Jackfield has some Re-Bikes available.
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What a dispicable act! Sincerely hope they are shamed into returning the bike to this lady, who certainly deserves a bit of good fortune.
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Sheer spitefulness. That’s terrible. How frustrating.
You can’t leave anything anywhere now without folks pinching it, the lady even locked her bike up.
She can have my bike if she likes x
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low life people around, surly we ave a cycle shop who would like to gift this lady a bike?? for some free publicity.
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Claire
I do appreciate what you’re saying but my guess is there is nothing spiteful in this crime. Spite would suggest something personal and it is more likely this was for immediate gain. As for the initial contributor issuing thanks I suspect your ironic sarcasm is wasted as I doubt very much that the thief will read your letter. My thoughts are with you though as any theft is annoying to say the least.
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