Reims - avoid ..!!

[johnnyboy]

A bike with flat tyres is easier to lift. It’s lighter, see.

Maybe they re-inflate with helium.....

 

[JohnnyBoxer]

They still can lift the bike in to the back of a van

Yep
But it slows them down
Have you ever pushed (or even moved slightly a big GS (or your 1290) with 2 flat tyres ?
Even one flat is a nightmare

 

[JohnnyBoxer]

And take the core out for good measure;

Slip it into your pocket
I am going to use a plastic pouch to put the valve core remover in, along with the cores (and a few spares)
That’ll fox ‘em

 

[snelly]

Maybe they re-inflate with helium.....

Not without cores in;

 

[Engineer]

Which part of Reims? Tinqueux?

 

[wessie]

Which part of Reims? Tinqueux?

the OP of the original Fb post states in a follow up:
Novotel Suites Reims Centre

Street View · Google Maps

Ort in Google Maps noch intensiver erleben.

maps.app.goo.gl

 

[brianmaslen]

Well it’s been going on for years, we had a new GS stolen from the centre of 12 bikes after they moved a couple of older RT’s to get to it. The Mercure Hotel in Reims. Unfortunately the owner didnt get a response from Datatool as he had turned his phone off. I spotted it at 7:00am after my morning jog. Recovered by the owner form an underground garage with the unwilling assistance of the Police.

 

[EPG_19]

Just avoid any type of pikey

 

[Engineer]

the OP of the original Fb post states in a follow up:
Novotel Suites Reims Centre

Street View · Google Maps

Ort in Google Maps noch intensiver erleben.

maps.app.goo.gl

Thanks - I dont have Facebook
The IBIS Tinqeux has always been my overnight stop on the bike when heading south

 

[wessie]

Thanks - I dont have Facebook
The IBIS Tinqeux has always been my overnight stop on the bike when heading south

I use the now Campanile Reims Centre Cathedrale, with its own underground parking. The entrance is in the city centre one way system so unlikely to be targeted by thieves with a van. Something like that Novotel with surface level parking has easier access for them as they only need to use the pedestrian gate and it has easy access to the city's exit routes.

 

[Wapping]

Stay away from big cities & towns

Is that all towns or just some?

 

[Redboots]

The IBIS Tinqeux has always been my overnight stop on the bike when heading south

Tinqueux is where the Enzo is as well

They are trying to get shot of the Gitanes there

 

[JohnnyBoxer]

Is that all towns or just some?

Anything over 10,000 inhabitants

 

[Engineer]

Tinqueux is where the Enzo is as well

They are trying to get shot of the Gitanes there

I think there are 2 Enzos?

 

[Wapping]

Anything over 10,000 inhabitants

By way of reference, Ludlow.

 

[Wapping]

I think there are 2 Enzos?

But only one, Dino.

 

[TIJ650]

Hang him and then deport him. Bloody foreigners, coming over here, eating all our vegetables.

………and buying all our cheap hair products from Lidl and Aldi!!

 

[Redboots]

I think there are 2 Enzos?

Just one as far as I know.
Kyriad

 

[DJ123]

And the French police too cowardly to do anything about it despite knowing exactly where the bikes were.
They have a well known history for cowardice. Wankers.

If they were Italian, at least they'd change sides when it came to the crunch!

 

[Paul Young]

You could always try staying at the Royal Champagne Hotel, halfway between Reims and Epernay, at something like £800/nt. I bet they have the sort of security that will bury the bodies of anyone trying to tamper with anything in their car park. There were some stunning vehicles there when we stopped for lunch…