Stolen bikes

My friends bike has been stolen from outside Nando’s on Sydenham high street, it’s nothin’ special but he uses it a lot.

Please let me know if seen in any of the usual places

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Long shot but my brother's new bike got stolen this afternoon from outside Old Kent Road Tesco Superstore : (

... (sorry)

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Not helpful

Keep a lookout for this Brother.
@thomas. on here.

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Wow crazy how many great bikes are added to this thread.

Mine was nicked from inside my building in Haggerston (Hackney) yesterday after lunchtime. It’s a small frame (48cn) and It’s pretty easy to spot because if it’s colours. If anyone sees it please shout out.

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Sorry to hear about your loss. Was it in a communal parking area in a new(ish)-build in Haggerston? There have been more thefts reported from there than from any other single location that I'm aware of. Many such storages seem to be badly-managed and keys seem to have got out. Thieves always know they're going to find something in there and if they come at night they'll most likely have hours without disturbance. That hardly helps you, though. Have a look here if you haven't seen it yet:

https://www.lfgss.com/conversations/176548/

Good luck with finding it.

Nah it was outside my door. Top floor. Left it there for 10 mins unlocked... got swamped with work and 10 mins turned into a couple of hours. I’ve done it many times and never had an issue. Opened the door to head back out and it was gone though. Learned my lesson haven’t I!

Good to know though, thanks.

Ah, thanks. That is a lesson, yes. It does sound as if it may have been someone living in your building, though. :(

scumbag stole my brother kepler outside my flat. Yellow/pink version. rival cranks, xo 2x9, slx brakes. USE carbon seatpost/handlebar, fizik gobi. Front deore/dt swiss 533d purple nipples, rear xt/pacenti.

Friday 31st of July, 7pm, North London N7 0LU

Thanks

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Thanks my love

Hello,

My boss's custom pinnacle has been stolen from Shoreditch, Its a medium custom sprayed in copper with Di2 alfine 11 gears laced to hope enduro rims, its super distinct even if they have sprayed over everything.
I have pictures of the frame number somewhere should it be needed but here is a pic..

It is using a pinhead security lock on the rear wheel Shimano brakes, cranks, lights in the seatpost, dynamo XT front hub - proper custom job... So disappointed that it disappeared.

We think it was stolen this morning but not entirely sure.

Please let me know if you see anything at all!

Thank you

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Anyone tall and missing a ratbike? It's on Facebook market place for £90

My amazing Canyon Infite was stolen from my flat in Dalston last week.

Very distinctive - black kinked top tube, Hunt wheels, gold chain, and one very sad ex owner.

No CX season for me this year.

Please keep an eye out :( :(

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It's really fucking depressing that so many bikes are being stolen from people's flats now as well as when they're locked up on the street. :(

It's horrible, and so little you can do about it.

Turn strava off before you get home, always double lock your doors, install an internal anchor to lock to and keep an eye out for people keeping an eye out ...

They've got more chance of tracking me down by the stench of failure than by Strava!😂

Yes, but thefts from homes have always been the majority of bike thefts. This was mostly from sheds or gardens, and I do think that it's novel how many bikes are taken in burglaries. I haven't seen numbers on that for years, though, and I suspect the figures include a large number of (more or less opportunistic) thefts from hallways, e.g. the spate in Lower Clapton a few years ago.

It's horrible, and so little you can do about it.

I think the two most important things anyone can do about it are:

1) Don't trust communal bike storage places to be secure. Find out how they're managed and whether entry systems are constantly reviewed. There should be a caring organising intelligence behind them. If that isn't the case, don't move there or keep the bike in your flat. Don't move into a place that doesn't allow you to keep the bike(s) anywhere but in the communal facility, or doesn't allow you to take bikes up in the lift. Limits options, I know. :(

2) As you say, lock bikes in the flat. Ideally to something, but I know how difficult that is--some landlords may permit the installation of an anchor, but I suspect most wouldn't. Therefore, if you have several bikes, lock them together, and they'll be a pig to move. While all locks can be overridden, burglars don't want to spend too much time in flats or make too much noise, and it's a much better deterrent there than on the street.

Other things:

3) Don't keep bikes in hallways or stairwells if at all possible, or at least lock them there. Again, I know that's difficult if you're strapped for space.

4) As before, don't keep bikes in sheds or gardens if at all possible. Well-locked cellars are often OK, as they're unlikely to be targets for burglars after electronics or other valuables usually found in flats, but can obviously be targets for bike thieves.

(5) If at all possible, don't keep your bike(s) in the same spot all the time. Many thefts are the result of people seeing predictable patterns and coming prepared based on their surveillance.

Burglaries are horrible and often leave victims feeling very vulnerable. Many people I've talked to who've had bikes stolen said they moved soon afterwards. For proper bike fans, it may be an appropriate move to find somewhere with better bike security and not an admission of defeat.

Hi all,

I’m the owner of the stolen bike that my brother @cyclelove posted about in post #15385 on the page previous to this one.

After three days of scouring the obvious places since it was stolen on Friday just gone, I’m sure I’ve found it on eBay. The details and the photos match up. The seller’s profile shows that they’ve sold 3 bikes in the past month, and are currently trying to sell 9 different bikes including what I think is my one.

I reported it to the police on the day it was stolen, including the frame serial number. When I found it (or found what I believe to be my bike) I contacted them this morning to explain. They said it has been assigned to an officer and couldn’t tell me what they’ll do next and when to expect to hear from them.

I’m sure I read somewhere earlier in this thread that, whilst the police aren’t allowed to pose as a buyer themselves, if you set up a viewing in an open public space with the seller and inform the police, they’ll be able to show up in your place to seize the bike and check the frame number...but the operator on the Met police’s Crime Management Service phone line today said they wouldn’t be able to do that.

Whilst most of the advice online (and my own fear) says I shouldn’t set up and go to a viewing to try to see the frame number myself, I feel really frustrated.

Has anyone has success in getting their bike back this way and has advice? I don’t know how I’d be able to get a look at the underside of the frame to see the frame number...

Thanks

100% go get it back. Take as many people as you need to feel comfortable

@Señor_Bear thanks - that’s what I thought to do too, get as big a group of friends together as possible hanging around close to the meeting point for the viewing. Do you mean to confront and ask the seller up front when I get there to see the frame number, or continue pretending to be an interested buyer and try to surreptitiously get a look at the frame number before riding off?!?

Have read articles online saying “don’t risk getting stabbed” etc...😬

You need to decide yourself but if it were mine, I'd get my hands of the bike and then say this is mine and I'm taking it back. While said friends arrive to help the seller leave.

Explain that you're happy to call the police and wait for them.

Thanks for the advice - if I can recruit enough of my most intimidating friends to attend with me then I’m thinking it will take this in order to get it back, the police (not surprisingly) just don’t seem like they’ll do anything in the end.