The Biter Bit

2014, 9 minutes

Cath has her precious bicycle stolen. Seeing it for sale on the internet, she confronts the seller and rides it away, not without a fight..

For her 21st birthday, Cath's father presents her with a gleaming new Dutch bike, personalised with her name. Leaving it briefly locked up outside a friend's house she is devasted to find it missing when she leaves. Searching the streets to no avail she returns home. A friend recommends she searches on a website which lists every bike for sale in the area. Amazed to find her bike, still with her name on it, she rings the seller and arranges a meet. At a scruffy house in Hammersmith the seller is suspicious of her and is reluctant to allow her to test ride the bike. Hoping for a sale, he finally relents. After she starts disappearing into the distance he streaks after her and grabs her by the saddle. She escapes by hitting his wrist very hard with the bike pump and accelerates away home.

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