• My bike got nicked while traveling in Europe. I had stopped in Paris and left the bike inside a small house, locked, behind a gate and a digicode. Just recently built with the beautiful Ritchey Breakaway titanium frame I got from @Bonj0ur a few months ago. To say I was devastated was an understatement.

    SUPRISINGLY, I found the bike online an hour later online, and four policemen hidden around the meeting point helped us recover the bike. All the accessories are missing, so I'm now looking for replacements for:

    • my Apidura framebag. It's a 56cm frame so all but the largest framebags will fit.
    • a decent lightweight road pump
    • a decent multi-tool with chaintool and Allen keys
    • a small rear light to replace my Exposure light
    • I'll probably get a new helmet in store, but if you have an unused (new) large helmet, lmk
    • a small travel lock
    • sunglasses (I had a very nice pair of Serengeti, RIP, but anything that can help me cycling facing the sun will be appreciated)
    • cool bike casquettes to replace my ECMC casquette are highly welcomed :(((((((((
  • Glad you got the ride back at least!

    I've got a spare Park Tool AWS-11 allen key set that you're welcome to if you want it?

  • I've got a pair of Nike skylon exp sunglasses with dark, orange and clear interchangeable lenses in a nice case you can have if you chuck in a couple of quid for postage? I can post pics this evening if your interested?

  • Excellent, thanks @Frerman and @Retro_bastard, I’m into both, will message you :)

    PS. Not sure if it was clear enough, but I’m not looking for free stuff, will pay 💰 for what I need to replace of course.

  • Sorry i misunderstood i thought you needed help getting up and running again. These are the sunglasses and i don't want anything for them and they'll be going in with a bunch of freecycle stuff on the forum next week otherwise if you don't want them.


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  • Congratulations on finding your bike.. unfortunately can't help you with parts but surely if the police are involved already the 'seller' should cough up the rest of his loot, he's basically been caught red handed.

  • Likewise with Retro - it's a tool I inexplicably have a double of - so it's just sitting in a drawer. You are more than welcome to take it off my hands!

  • I have an Altura vortex 2 framebag (old style), bought in extremis and used a sum total of once

  • Unfortunately, the theft attempt happened in France. The police caught three people, but it's quite unlikely I'll get anything. They're only charged for reselling the bike, they might be insolvent, and even if they have the money I'm not sure they'll reimburse me easily.

  • Are you still in Paris?

  • Technically yes, but ready to board a train to London. Why? With the quarantine in place, I might not come back soon.

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Help me replace all my stolen tool: framebag, multitool, pump, rear light, mini lock, sunglasses, moar casquettes…

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