HOW IT ALL STARTED

“Did you lock the garage door
last night” asked my wife, “of course I did, I always do, why?” I
said. “Well it’s wide open now and blowing in the wind”, she said. “You
are joking aren’t you” I said in disbelief.



Well my wife wasn’t joking and the bikes were gone, for the second time in 11 months.
This tale will be familiar to many, if you haven’t been the victim of cycle theft
you will know someone who has.



The insurance company were unhappy with the timing and made us wait two months for
the payment, and the premium has increased by 40%. I have even heard of insurance
companies refusing further insurance to repeat claimants.



Now, having your cycle registered on a national scheme will not stop theft, and it
most certainly will not guarantee its return. But what it will do is help to reduce
the opportunities for those stolen cycles to be sold back into the market place.




As the cycling public become aware of The Nationwide Cycle Registration, more checks
will be made on the Stolen register, either by telephone or via the Internet. You
may say that it is the responsibility of the Government to register all cycles; if
they were going to they would have done it by now.



Of course you may never have your cycle stolen, but I am sure that you will want
to sell it. The chances are that the person who reads your magazine ad has had their
cycle stolen and is unsure how to check to see if your cycle is genuine. Imagine
how much easier it will be for them if it was registered with The NCR and was placed
on the Cycles For Sale register, problem solved.



All this for just one payment of £19.50.