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RE: Quick Trip Update: My Bicycle Was Stolen in London
Life lesson.
Keep your friends and most valuable possessions close.
Keep your enemies closer. (in your mind that is)
Situational awareness is one of the most important life skills anyone can have.
Your instincts were correct, next time follow them, keep what is important to you safe.
Yup, but the hostel had no places inside... I even thought about spending all the night awake and just using the hostel to take shower eat. But.. what is done is done.
No lock? A good lock might have bought you some time, especially a high quality lock securing your bicycle to a fixed object, even a low cost u-lock can't be broken or cut quickly without making a lot of noise.
That said, even the toughest locks and chains only take a few minutes to cut with a battery powered angle grinder, if it was my most valuable possession, it wouldn't leave my sight if I felt it was unsafe.
Bicycles are great, and usually replaceable, always factor that into your travel expenses.
Sorry for your loss, thieves are everywhere.
London is world famous for many reasons, especially theft.