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

Arrests are made in just 2.5% of bike theft cases

Bike Theft
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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.

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Tom Davidson
Senior News Writer

Tom joined Cycling Weekly as a news and features writer in the summer of 2022, having previously contributed as a freelancer. He is the host of The TT Podcast, which covers both the men's and women's pelotons and has featured a number of prominent British riders.

An enthusiastic cyclist himself, Tom likes it most when the road goes uphill and actively seeks out double-figure gradients on his rides.