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Originally Posted by AnTyx
It's two hundred euros' worth of gear that I can replace in the next shopping mall....right under the watchful eye of a police CCTV camera....In rural Switzerland....
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Well.....I guess much depends on where you travel. I try to go places where there are no shopping malls, and no streets w/ CCTV cams either. In such places, the loss of even a minor piece of kit can cause major annoyance. Those tend to be the same places where your sweaty, rubbishy riding clothes are definitely worth stealing, and where oddly enough, thieves can be totally shameless.
I once had a pair of hiking boots stolen from right next to where my girlfriend was sitting in a crowded railway station in Tanzania. It was several weeks and couple of countries before I found a pair of woefully-inadequate substitutes for sale. And as I said, I had a pair of shoes taken from atop my bike, out in the open at a fuel station in Argentina, while I snoozed a couple of feet away. The Swiss might not want your stuff, but other people definitely do.
Mark
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