We need to do more to combat bike theft, I know from bitter experience

September 14, 2022 | Cycling Weekly

“Last weekend, someone stole my bike. Living in London, it was almost inevitable that it would happen. I rode out to Hampstead Heath, chained it up and went to meet some friends in the park. When I came back two hours later, my bike was gone.

Reader, I didn’t have bicycle insurance

As it turns out, I’m in the majority there too. The latest figures from insurance company cycleGuard, published in 2021, estimate that more than 80% of cyclists don’t have bike cover.”

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