Stolen bikes

Fair enough just seemed like a bit of an assumption. Plenty people I know (including myself) wear and commute in hoody and jeans to work

man seen on bike

Exactly 😂

How gender-binary of you

STOLEN: E2, Mile End. Last night between 19:00 and 09:00 this morning.

Red Merlin steel frame. Black 26" wheels on slicks with all stickers removed. Black Marzocchi forks missing right hand crown lock out lever and also stickers removed. Shimano Disc Groupset.

Police have been alerted but the more eyes on the prize the better!!

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Friend was mugged and bike stolen at knife point on regents canal tonight at limehouse. My old bike brought off here, Kona Paddy wagon with bull horns, currently has black tyres on it with metal pedals and no clips

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Regent's Canal near Limehouse, eh? Whereabouts exactly? That's my ends.

Will keep an eye out.

I have no connection to this person or their stolen bike, other than it coming up in my Twitter feed, so posting it on their behalf.

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On which section of the canal towpath did it happen, though? That's quite important to know. The Regent's Canal actually doesn't go anywhere near Limehouse, where the canal is called either the Grand Union Canal (the roughly north-south bit; just about every on-line map gets that wrong) or the Limehouse Cut.

Really? Map from Canal & River Trust:

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Note that it doesn't name the sections in question, and doesn't name the Hertford Union, either. :)

Regents Canal goes to Limehouse Basin, where it meets the Thames and the Lea.

Edit: (source)

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In 1894 the Grand Junction bought the canals which now comprise the ‘Leicester Line’, then in 1929 the Regent’s, Grand Junction and the two Warwick Canals merged and were renamed as the ‘Grand Union Canal’.

Which would mean Regent's Canal is a section of the Grand Union Canal that passes through Limehouse, no?

Apparently, yes. I was responding to the assertion that Regents Canal doesn't go anywhere near Limehouse Basin.

Me too, forgot to click 'Reply' on Oliver's comment. Oops.

Ha, gotcha.

Back to the original story, I hate to hear about violence/theft on the canals. Hope your friend is OK, @murphyti.

Lost & found...

Er oops, turns out I've got this wrong--I was relying on an old map which I've found to be usually more reliable than other maps, but it seems to be wrong here. Sorry about that.

I'd still quite like to hear on which section, e.g. between which entrances to the towpath, it happened.

Which would mean Regent's Canal is a section of the Grand Union Canal that passes through Limehouse, no?

There's clearly a close connection somehow, but I always find histories like that are difficult to disentangle. I had previously assumed what you say, without adequate verification.

stratford cash converters have a continual stream of bikes going through the shop

any one lost a white charge ( plug ? ) with silver drops ?

(Cambridge)

Aventon Mataro low (matt black)

Bike was stolen very close to trumpington road
D-lock around the back wheel to the frame, front tire was flat at the time. Would of had to carry it or put it in a car to take it away....
Bike was stolen between 1:30-2:30pm Friday 15th jan 2016.

Looks as shown in the picture, also has BLB foot straps which i recently added.

If anyone sees it or knows someone that might have seen it, please get in contact.

I'd just like to say this was finally recovered in November! Thanks a lot for the help!

A mate got her moss green Tokyo bike stollen from her garage on Old Ford Rd long Victoria Park the night between tues 19th and Wednesday 20th. NO COOL.

Congrats! How did you manage to get it back in the end?