{"id":150049,"date":"2017-05-23T07:15:54","date_gmt":"2017-05-23T07:15:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.welovecycling.com\/wide\/?p=150049"},"modified":"2017-05-23T07:15:54","modified_gmt":"2017-05-23T07:15:54","slug":"berkhamsted-pensioner-gets-bike-stolen-act-kindness-ensues","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.welovecycling.com\/wide\/2017\/05\/23\/berkhamsted-pensioner-gets-bike-stolen-act-kindness-ensues\/","title":{"rendered":"Berkhamsted Pensioner Gets Her Bike Stolen and an Act of Kindness Ensues"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Among all those high-profile cycling events, prestigious race coverages, and novelty cycling inventions, it\u2019s easy to overlook just one little personal story with a happy end to it.<\/strong><br \/>\n<!--more--><\/p>\n<p>Mary Hampton, an 89-year-old Berkhamsted, UK, resident, cycled to do her shopping in a local supermarket one Thursday morning in March, leaving the bike unlocked just as she had done for the previous 85 years since she first climbed into a saddle. Some culprit thief therefore concluded it\u2019s up for grabs and when Mary returned with her groceries her beloved Raleigh Shopper was nowhere to be seen.<\/p>\n<div id='gallery-1' class='gallery galleryid-150049 gallery-columns-2 gallery-size-medium'><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/d2p6e6u75xmxt8.cloudfront.net\/2\/2017\/05\/95643040_bike1.webp'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"245\" src=\"https:\/\/d2p6e6u75xmxt8.cloudfront.net\/2\/2017\/05\/95643040_bike1-300x245.webp\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-150050\" srcset=\"https:\/\/d2p6e6u75xmxt8.cloudfront.net\/2\/2017\/05\/95643040_bike1-300x245.webp 300w, https:\/\/d2p6e6u75xmxt8.cloudfront.net\/2\/2017\/05\/95643040_bike1.webp 624w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-150050'>\n\t\t\t\tBERKHAMSTED CYCLING CLUB\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/d2p6e6u75xmxt8.cloudfront.net\/2\/2017\/05\/95643042_bike2.webp'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"230\" src=\"https:\/\/d2p6e6u75xmxt8.cloudfront.net\/2\/2017\/05\/95643042_bike2-300x230.webp\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-150051\" srcset=\"https:\/\/d2p6e6u75xmxt8.cloudfront.net\/2\/2017\/05\/95643042_bike2-300x230.webp 300w, https:\/\/d2p6e6u75xmxt8.cloudfront.net\/2\/2017\/05\/95643042_bike2.webp 624w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-150051'>\n\t\t\t\tBERKHAMSTED CYCLING CLUB\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n<p>As she couldn\u2019t afford a new bike right away, this obviously saddened her a great deal. When news of the inconsiderate act started spreading through social media platforms, a local cycling club decided to take action. Berkhamsted Cycling Club pooled their money to surprise Mrs Hampton with a brand new folding bike, while others hearing about the cause also chipped in to provide her with resources for a bike lock and a handlebar basket. And what a lock she got!<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019ve bought a huge padlock. I\u2019ve never seen such a big padlock,\u201d Mrs Hampton told the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.bbc.co.uk\/news\/uk-england-beds-bucks-herts-39600252\">BBC<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The whole fundraising and bike-gifting process took only about 10 days since the date the original bike was stolen. Here\u2019s a clear proof that when the intentions are un-selfish and helping, awesome things can happen in a very short period of time. As Mrs Hampton fittingly puts it: \u201cOne bad action happened, but think of the wonderful kindness and caring that\u2019s come from it.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Among all those high-profile cycling events, prestigious race coverages, and novelty cycling inventions, it\u2019s easy to overlook just one little [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":12,"featured_media":150055,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[330],"tags":[1101,1100],"global-categories":[],"class_list":["post-150049","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-urban-cycling","tag-berkhamsted-cycling-club","tag-mary-hampton"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v25.3 (Yoast SEO v25.9) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Berkhamsted Pensioner Gets Her Bike Stolen and an Act of Kindness Ensues - 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