Imagine, if you will, that you drove your car to the local station to get to work, parked up, locked it, and then caught a train, as usual. When you got back, nine hours later, you find your car is gone, stolen. Naturally, you call the police, tell them of the crime, but, shockingly, you're told that there's nothing they can do.

Thankfully for the car drivers out there, this is an unlikely scenario. However, replace drove with cycle and car with bike, and this is apparently just how things are.

This week, the BBC reported that the British Transport Police (BTP) will not investigate bike thefts outside stations when the bike has been left for more than two hours. Two hours, so that immediately excludes almost everyone, unless you're locking your bike up to nip inside. There aren't a lot

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