Stolen bikes

A friend has had his Brompton nicked from Brick Lane market this morning:

2018 Brompton M6R Black Edition in Matt Orange.
Distinctive features: Black edition has black wheels, bars & seatpost. Hardly any of the Black Editon have a rack but this one does. Also front dynamo hub and telescopic seat post with 2 QRs

If you see any sign of it please send a message

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Had the handlebars, hydro shifters & rival 1 RD nicked off my arkose at some point today, was locked up outside UCLH. No idea if they knew what they were getting or just instinctively knew to filch the priciest bits 😤

They are after the shifters which they know sell well.

Have seen quite a few in the past couple of months, photos below of one of which the handlebar, stem and shifters were nicked from Hoxton.

How the cables were cut indicates that the culprit had quite some time to cut them off. Pair of scissors perhaps?

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Just Stolen from Kingston

Kinesis Aeithein Evo Disc 53cm - New Purple Colourway, Mavic open pro rims on hope silver hubs and spokes, zipp service course sl stem 120, Dura Ace 9120 groupset - very distinctive as not many about and brand new colourway.

The fucker was in lycra and sped off into Kingston town centre - if anyone comes across it please let me know!

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Anyone missing a small Cinelli Experience? Not a tingle in the shorts... this on gumtree looks well dodgy over in Lambeth - £250 and willing to deal... here

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Gutting. Particularly when it "looks" like one of our own. He must have locked his bike somewhere so probably came back later for his ratter. Actually probably wrong there, as I know it makes robbers less conspicuous wearing the kit as there was a guy at a tube station. Piece of crap human anyhow. I wish you the best of luck. It my be worth seeing if there are any other video cameras on that street.

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/marin-gestalt-gravel-pushbike-grey-Minor-marks-on-it-all-perfect-working-order/372865472277?hash=item56d0839715%3Ag%3AcHgAAOSwwlJd6S5%7E&LH_ItemCondition=3000

is this anyones?

Dodgy is having 7 ads for 6 different bikes at the same time

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@coventry_eagle Unfortunately this seems to be getting worse. We have 4 bikes in the workshop awaiting new parts. This is the latest batch. In the past 6 months I think we've had to replace the front end of around 10 bikes.

Same with us too...

Wonder if the Cycle Task Force ever bother to read this thread. That fucker in Lambeth needs jailtime.

... and wtf with that Kinesis being nicked, parked outside a bikeshop?

Here in N16 we’ve had three in the last week. We’ve probably seen about 30-40 bikes with their cockpits stolen this year.

Any idea on how well equipped thieves are these days? Trying to decide if it’s worth to go on a look for these bolts

Probably not that we'll equipped but I'd be more inclined to go down the Hexlox route just for peace of mind

https://hexlox.com

Exactly what I’ve done. Two stem faceplate bolts, one stem clamp, headset top bolt, both brake lever clamps, saddle clamp and seatpost bolt all fitted with Hexlox. Not cheap but neither is losing your entire front end.

She deserves a visit from some keen cyclists in the Met. She's like a Mrs Fagin for bikes. Good spot on the others.

Damn right.

Should we request police to ask ‘Jan’ about how they come by a seemingly endless supply of nearly new bikes?

Yes I'm sure she'd be happy to explain being such an avid cyclist with an interest in varying frame sizes.

This is the guy that did it. Looks like every other cyclist around the shop!

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Anyone lose a Ribble carbon something or other?

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Looks like an R872?

Saw a lovely polished reilly bike locked up in Kings Cross outside beer and burger a few days ago. Disc build with zipp wheels. Thought it was too nice a bike to be d locked outside a bar!

Wonder if the Cycle Task Force ever bother to read this thread. That fucker in Lambeth needs jailtime.

It doesn't exist any more, as far as I know, unfortunately. It's a real shame.