David Timoney, a member of Dublin Cycling Campaign (DCC) who was surveying bike thefts had his own bike stolen while meeting a staff member from Dublin City Council to discuss the issue. The bike was stolen from around 50m away from a cafe in Temple Bar where the meeting was taking place.

Timoney was speaking about the findings from the survey on the ‘Morning Ireland’ programme on RTE Radio One, and he outlined the importance for cyclists to invest in good locks.

“The single biggest change that can be made is that people use better locks. We found that 10pc of people didn’t lock their bikes at all and a further 45pc used cable locks. Now I know from my own painful experience, cable locks aren’t adequate in Dublin.

“I mean this time last year I had a €800 mountain bike taken in Temple Bar. I was using a cable lock. I was actually in a meeting with somebody from the [Dublin] City Council on the subject of bike theft at time.

“It’s a lesson I haven’t forgotten so the single thing people can do is buy good locks,” he said.

See here for more information about Dublin Cycling Campaign http://www.dublincycling.ie/

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