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serious...this story is true...you havent noticed that the chain wasn't there ?
hmmmm
there are things that do not exist....
and
where nothing is can not "" replace"" anything..
btw
if I push my bikes around I must to pull the clutch because always a gear is inserted... .its my "handbrake" on that way always if i park the bike somewehre
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Well that's a bummer. On the other hand it could have been way more expensive and inconvenient.
But the question stands: who would steal a chain and why?
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(08-06-2019, 07:32 PM)cookiemech_imp Wrote: How is it even possible to steal a chain??? This is an endless chain, so would require a chain breaker and/or a grinder, or a cutoff wheel.
I'd like to hear the rest of this story.
No kidding!
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Sounds more like a sad prank. In the age of cordless power tools, anything is easy to do now.
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One more rationale for shaft drive!
Ben
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In working with the general public for many years I have noticed one sad fact. If it is not bolted down someone will take it. And sometimes even if it is.
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(08-06-2019, 11:30 PM)Bheezy27403_imp Wrote: In working with the general public for many years I have noticed one sad fact. If it is not bolted down someone will take it. And sometimes even if it is.
It's a sad commentary on what society has evolved to - but I suppose petty theft has always been with us.
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(08-06-2019, 11:19 PM)Ben70_imp Wrote: One more rationale for shaft drive!
Ben
You are speaking sweetly Ben.
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You might look at the 12 step program......
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True, someone will steal anything given the chance. But this is baffling. Why a chain. If they had the apparatus to steal the chain, they could have easily just taken the whole bike.
Got to work a week ago, and the street was flooding. Someone had gone down the alley behind our row of shops, and cut off the water regulators for each shop. Six pieces of brass, each of which probably netted one pound of scrap value, and they were obviously nearly drowned in the act of the theft by all of the gushing water that was flowing out of the now open pipes. At least they turned in the scrap brass and got a few dollars. But a chain?
