Stolen bikes

Bit of a long shot but you never know, a bike shop in Cornwall was done over at the weekend and they made off with quite a few brand new bikes. No images, just a list of the stolen bikes and footage of the thieving fuckers in action

https://www.cornwalllive.com/news/cornwall-news/cctv-footage-shows-masked-thieves-1928972

Some cuntbag nicked my Kaffenback from my back garden in N17. Long shot but if anyone sees it can you let me know. Ta, Ed.

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Did anyone have a yellow fixed Fondriest stolen recently?
-edit did it get posted in here?

Just had Specialised Tricross sport 2010 nicked from outside Arch Climbing Wall (wrapped in inner tubes, was supposed to help thieves ignore it)!
Fulcrum quattro wheels (rear wheel with bad curb incident scratch)
Brand new continental gator skin hardshells 25x 700c.
Navy blue bar tape.
Cane creek cross bar levers.
Mat Black Pannier rack

Culprit: by a big nosed skinny 6'2" ish bald white guy wearing white and blue Nike 95s and carrying bolt cutters in a nifty lil rucksack. (Seen the cctv which he clocks and then puts hood up LOL, bet police do nothing)

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Yes Dalston/ Stokey/Hackney shifters/cockpits get snipped a LOT!

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My mum had her very distinctive and colourful paint splattered Trek nicked from front garden in Bermondsey last night.

£50 reward :)

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Plod has found this BLB, if it's anyone's on here

https://twitter.com/MPSDeBeauvoir/status/1032945919468208128

Wahhh had my Cinelli Tutto stolen from outside my flat in Stoke Newington, cut through the lock overnight.
Kind of feel like someone in my block is in on it, my old bike had an even shitter lock and survived 3 years.

Included:
Zipp service course stem
Fabric saddle
Panaracer gumwall tyres

Don't know why I bothered having a nice commuter.

If you see it for sale can you post here or lock it? If I get it back I'll give a reward £££

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Got a call from the cops in Glasgow on Saturday night at 930, saying "Did you report two bikes stolen last month?" So obviously I got my hopes up that they'd found my Cadex and Kona... turns out they just wanted me to email them some photos of the bikes (which I'd offered a few times before anyway!). What a time for a phonecall!

Hopefully they've had a haul and want to check against all the extant stolen bikes.

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Hi there,
Last night I had a bike I bought last week from this forum stolen in Angel. Here is the description and picture.
https://www.lfgss.com/conversations/324717/

Columbus Aelle frameset, re-measured as 55cm square ctc. Circa 1990, branded "Xerro 3" on one side (stickers are removable).
The frame is made of 7 Columbus Aelle tubes, hand welded in France and is quite light. Downtube is oval / aero, which is a nice touch. The forks are cro-mo steel, made in China and are not so light.

Specification:
◦Campagnolo Chorus threaded headset which is lovely (BSA threaded);

◦Shimano UN55 BB in 112mm which was new last year and is still smooth (BSA threaded);

◦Sachs New Success chainset with single ring bolts, 46t TA Specialities chainring;

◦New YBN blue chain, Atom 16t freewheel (new last year), unbranded chain tensioner;

◦90mm silver quill stem and bars, wrapped in new marbled cork tape;

◦Shimano RX100 aero brake levers with good hoods;

◦Sachs Rival 7000 brakeset with new Jagwire pads at the front;

◦Front wheel has a Mavic hub on a Rigida SHP6 rim;

◦Rear wheel has a Sachs New Success hub with sealed bearings on blue Ambrosio Excellence rim. Flipped the rear axle and redished the rear wheel to optimise chainline;

◦New Vittoria Zaffiro clincher tyres in 700 x 23mm ;

◦New Retro rivet saddle in yellow.

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Will offer a reward if the above bike is found! thank you, people.

Found this grinded lock outside the Dove in Broadway Market, Sunday 3pm, with a Spesh Align helmet. Bike obviously long gone. Anyone recognise it?

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Out of interest how long does it take to grind through one of those kryptonite locks. Have they joined the ranks of ‘pants locks’?

It’s a Kryptonite Evo, a decent enough lock and with a thicker shank than my Messenger at about 10mm. I’ve cut a few locks off in my time for people, and I reckon about 30-45 seconds minimum with a decent 18v cordless grinder.

What gets me is that it’s not exactly a subtle process. Lots of noise and sparks, people can’t help but notice. Problem is, no-one wants to get involved. Sad fact is that if someone wants your bike then there’s not a lock that will stop them if they’re determined and no-one interrupts them; not even a New Yorker or the Fahgettaboudit can resist an angle grinder.

Problem is, no-one wants to get involved.

Even if you wanted to, in the case of an angle grinder it's not best to try and approach them and short of shouting to spook them, what else can you really do?

I attempted to stop someone nicking a bike in Surrey Quays once and got punched for my trouble, it's not really advisable as the person stealing the bike is likely to have a higher propensity for violence than you do.

I've broke a key on mine few months ago, asked builders working next door to cut same lock for me. It took about 15 seconds.

So depressing... so the only thing stopping bikes with Kryptonites getting stolen is that there are even shitter locks out there that don't need an angle grinder

Black & white CAAD10 taken from my “secure” underground car park in Highgate early hours sat morning.

They didn’t bother breaking the Kryptonite lock, they just took the post it was locked to.

True, although armed with a Park workshop pedal spanner I once had a face-off with a thief in broad daylight on the Holloway Road, that was interesting.

Guys who want to get their bike back need to roll deep if you spot it again in person or online.

I had a little crew a few years ago and we would roll 6 man deep down to brick lane market, reply to gumtree ads and different estates and recover bikes. Haven't done this in a long time since...settled down now but I miss those days sometimes.

We would match the stolen bike up as described by the owner.
Owner would give us crime ref number they reported to police in case real police show up.
One person tests the bike.
Then commandeer the bike while the other 5 surround and read the riot act.

2 choices give up the stolen bike and walk away or citizens arrest and any resisting bumps by the 6 of us.

Owner usually gave us a reward.

Police never got involved after calls had been made
once 2 officers just walked by so we continued anyway

Claimed back 7 stolen bikes this way before suffering a cycling injury to my knee but man we used to celebrate after. LOL.

So maybe us as a community should arrange some take backs again.

may be tempted to do this again if anyone else is down...

Raleigh Criterium Elite STOLEN from Lower Mall, Hammersmith, London (D lock and cable lock both snapped off).

Please share as widely as possible:
https://www.facebook.com/joey.inneshopkins/posts/10156169948311888

I'm devastated and would love to get it back.

Have reported to police and various forums.

Joey

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Does anyone know what the common offloading technique is for bike thieves these days, do they strip the bike down and sell the parts on Gumtree? Do they roll up to a market somewhere?