Stolen bikes

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I now have a crime report and received advice from the police regarding my stolen Brooks saddle. I toild the officer that I will go to Brick Lane on Sunday morning to look for it.

Here is the reply:

I am really sorry for your loss it is a huge problem in London right now.
I was about to say exactly what you have already said go to Brick lane and look on the stalls to the rear of the market.
If you do spot it please call the police straight away and do not try and recover it yourself as there are a number of gangs operating in the market.
We are working on Sunday but are deployed on the London to Brighton ride.
It's also worth keeping an eye on Gumtree as well
Sorry I cannot really advise anything further at this time

I love the way they know the exact location of the stolen saddles and thieving gangs but yet, if you don't have tangible proof (ie a serial number or your name engraved on it) that a saddle is yours, the seller can have as many Brooks saddles as he wants without fearing an arrest.

The case is, unfortunately, closed.

I had a brick lane wheel retrieval episode where I did as told and called the police, first they said one hour, an hour later I'd been "downgraded", but in the end the vendor just gave it back no fuss.

So.. it could be worth just asking. But take friends. Big ones.

Folks! Stay vigilant. I know LFGSS is London focussed but Cambridge has a something of a small FGSS scene too.

Last night my front wheel was stolen from outside of the Cambridge Brew House, King Street, Cambridge.

Not sure how likely it is to turn up here (or anywhere!) ...but just in case anyone posts an Alex Rims DF 2.3 cyclocross wheel, basic shimano hub with 700x23c Continental Gatorskin tyre, would welcome a PM...

The rim is fairly worn out actually, nearly dead, but still annoyed its been taken. Also the tyre is fairly new and quite expensive, for me anyway!

Probably be a small token reward for any information leading to its discovery...

Any other specific things to look out for on the bike? I live quite closeby so I might spot it on my commute in to work

There was one on ebay with two folding pedals which is unusual.

Here...

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/151308448663?_trksid=p2055120.m1438.l2648&ssPageName=STRK%3AMEBIDX%3AIT

Oops missed the 3 speed bt sorry.

https://www.facebook.com/HelpforHeroesOfficial/photos/a.195893517094699.59277.175338329150218/896587113691999/?type=1

Wow. That's really low.

Hi Guys. Had my bike stolen yesterday from Hanger Lane (Central Line tube) station from overground parking lot. Had it locked through both wheels, frame , but didn't. Bike and and lock are both gone. Bike is Boardman MX Sport 2014.

Looks like this.

If anyone have any info please help me finding it. I did report to police already yesterday.

Had my bike stolen last night from Columbia rd, e2, already reported to the police, but given it's fairly distinctive.....bright red frame, bright green bull horns, bright green hubs, and bright green saddle. looks a bit like santa claus....

Had 2 bikes stolen last night from West Norwood. They were locked in my garden

Koga Miyata Road Speed L
Mongoose Maurice 2010

Not holding out much hope. But if anyone spots either of them being sold please mail me at

Thanks guys. Really gutted about the Koga.. I loved it. :(

Just found a dahon folding bike down an alleyway all folded up nice and neat next to a lamppost. Should I call the police it was very odd

You probably should

Had 2 bikes stolen last night from West Norwood. They were locked in my garden

Koga Miyata Road Speed L
Mongoose Maurice 2010

Not holding out much hope. But if anyone spots either of them being sold please mail me at

Thanks guys. Really gutted about the Koga.. I loved it. :(

Any further specifics? Colours etc and any usual spec changes.

Also were they locked at all, it's useful for us all to know which locks are vulnerable

rang the police on 101 to report the bike i found and to say i had stored in my garage. The lady on the other end of the phone didn't seem to care gave me a reference number haven't heard anything back that was 2 days ago, How long before it becomes legally mine ?

Think it's usually six weeks but you have to take it into the station and leave it as evidence

Think it's usually six weeks but you have to take it into the station and leave it as evidence

Isn't it only evidence if its stolen ? For all i know it might have not even been reported stolen. Id like to think if it had been reported stolen they would have contacted me within 2 days. Having said that maybe not i caught some trying walk out of my back garden with my bike. punched him through the fence after asking him to drop the bike then put an arm bar on him and shouted my old dear the call the plod. 45 mins later im still holding said thief in arm bar in my neighbors garden luckily he come home from duty as he was special at the time. so i borrowed his cuffs. an hour after the original 999 call the plod turned up very surprised to see someone cuffed awaiting arrest. When this copper asks him what he knows about the bike lying on the floor the cheeky fucker says he never seen it before in his life. Well he got found guilty and got a community rehabilitation order whatever one of those is. I should of just given him a few slaps myself would of been quicker

Um, if it wasn't stolen, what are the alternatives? I can think of two

1. Somebody abandoned it. This seems very unlikely.
   
2. Somebody placed it there, intending to come back for it. Now they can't find it, because you took it away.
   
   

If option 2 is the case, then you taking it away and telling the police was a good thing, because you prevented it from being stolen. However, I'm a little uncomfortable if you are now leaning towards "How long before I get to keep it?".

I think its a perfectly legitimate question you would have to be a very strange person to leave your bike unlocked in an alley next to the estate i was on .Also apart from calling the police i has asked online on local forums asking if anyone is missing a bike. So are you saying should keep it stored indefinitely until i can find the owner ? or are you saying i am a tosser for removing it from a place it would of been stolen from within an hour. I only ask how long till it becomes mine because of the complete lack of interest anyone has shown in claiming ownership. Also i have enough old shit of my own in the garage to do with bikes without somebody elses that i have to constantly keep moving out of the way to get to something

Provided you have taken reasonable steps to find the owner (of which informing the police probably counts), subject to whatever lost & found policy the police have, you will doubtfully get into any trouble holding onto the bike*.

The bike would still be the owners though - they could still ask for it back next year.

I'm sure there's a test for reasonableness though - After how long could you reasonably assume that the bike had been abandoned. There's no stated rule or strong precedent, as far as know.

• I'm not a lawyer. Anyone taking this sort of advice to heart from an internet stranger should probably just hand themselves into a police station now and ask for a shoeing,
  

Just got back from stokey police station. Lots of rusty bangers, didn't find mine.

One of note was a white orlowski frame with rainbow UCI stripes, Thompson seat post and a metallic blue rimmed rear wheel.

Very sad to say my Parlee was taken out of my flat's front hall on Friday (on Upper Street, Islington). It's bit of a one-of-a-kind so really hoping it will turn up somewhere. If everyone could keep an eye out it would be much appreciated!

Description:

Parlee Z1 frame with horizontal (track) dropouts and unbranded Enve Road Forks. Chris King black 'sotto voce' headset. Ritchey carbon seatpost / stubby (seatpost is integrated into the frame). Gates Carbon Belt drive with Sram Red BB30 cranks. Planet X Stem with some Chinese Carbon bullhorn bars. The down tube logos are Parlee, in sliver/ghost paint, and are very subtle. In addition to this, there is a P logo on the headtube, and also the ‘Lightweight’ logo painted inside both frame legs, and also on the inside of the chainstays. Wheels are MACK track hubs laces onto Stan's rims.

http://www.lfgss.com/picture.php?albumid=2181&pictureid=16572

Any further specifics? Colours etc and any usual spec changes.

Also were they locked at all, it's useful for us all to know which locks are vulnerable

Sorry,

The Road Speed L had a non-stock Mavic front wheel which was slightly buckled. It was a light yellow colour. Beige suede seat also non-stock.

The Mongoose was essentially a beater. No break shoes. Pretty knackered wheels. Generally in crap condition all round.

They were locked together, but stupidly, not to anything. The lock was an Asus D-Lock, but this wouldn't really make any odds as they weren't locked to anything (The assholes broke through the gate and round the back)