Having a bike nicked really sucks

Yep, yes it really does. Nothing other than death and divorce is worse than having a bike stolen. Id honestly rather get punched in the face, really really hard. If your like me and you put the hours in fetling, perfecting, tailoring a bike to your needs (you probably have several bikes to meet your needs:) then the loss is frankly sickening. Thats why if you live in Bristol, and you love bikes, you should favourite this blog and keep an eye out...

http://www.stolenbristolbikes.com/

here are my two babies past, one was stolen, the other stripped. The photos were taken before I got 'the skills that pay the bills', so forgive their crappyness :)

Me in 97, I was 15! My Marin Pine Mountain was a steel hard tale with Manitou Mach 5 SX forks and full XT groupset. She was stripped down to the frame and wheels, and eventually came back as the first iteration of 'road bitch'





This was my Gemini, stolen from my place of work. A Canondale Gemini 900, Manitou Sherman forks, sucky hays 9's, buy wow she carried speed like a rolling stone down a hill. It was Bittersweet, gutting that was she was taken, but as I bought her second hand I made a pile off of the insurance claim and bought my first Santacruz :)