Stolen bikes

Just been mugged for me old-man bike which I absolutely loved. If anyone spots it please let me know.

https://twitter.com/Sparkes/status/1464954366532726789

Crap news, Matt. Glad you're OK. And it's a completely bizarre incident, of course. If it cheers you up, they clearly mistook you for a pro racer on a £10k bike. Hope you get one that feels like an adequate replacement after a while, but I have old-bike-attachment-syndrome bad, too, so I can imagine how it feels.

Wtf? You ok?

old-bike-attachment-syndrome

It’s real; see The Third Policeman:

The gross and net result of it is that people who spent most of their natural lives riding iron bicycles over the rocky roadsteads of this parish get their personalities mixed up with the personalities of their bicycle as a result of the interchanging of the atoms of each of them and you would be surprised at the number of people in these parts who are nearly half people and half bicycles… when a man lets things go so far that he is more than half a bicycle, you will not see him so much because he spends a lot of his time leaning with one elbow on walls or standing propped by one foot at kerbstones.

Sorry to hear about another bike theft; even worse when it was a mugging.

I'm OK. Just miss that bike - we had a lot of adventures together. I don't think I was targeted for profit, I just think I rode past the wrong group of ne'er-do-wells at the wrong moment.

Fucking hell, glad you are unscathed but be kind to yourself for the next few days too, these things can creep up on you. We were walking near there probably around the time (Bromley Rd shops) but didn't see anything notable.

Sorry to hear that! Really scary situation. Hope you are ok!!!

Mrs Coffeeholics bike got stolen on Friday in central London. She's pretty upset, loved the bike and not sure we can find the same one again. Anyhow, the strange thing was that she found the lock undamaged, unopened still hanging on the lamp post. The only explanation I can come up with is that they must have cut the frame. There was also another bike across the street stolen the same way. Has anyone heard of people cutting frames to steal the bike?

Here a link to the post on Stolen Bike UK

https://stolen-bikes.co.uk/stolen-bikes/evans-cycles-pinnacle-arkose-d2-w-20/

Bike looks exactly like I the picture except for the rear tire being a brand-new yellow sidewall X one speed.

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There was another one 6 days ago on here with an undamaged lock. Looks like they are being stolen for parts.

In this case, and especially considering there was another one stolen in the same street in a seemingly similar way, it's unlikely that they will have cut the frame (unlike the bike above), as the frame is very sellable. If the other lock of the other bike across the street was the same type, they may have had a kind of skeleton key? I have no idea how this works, but I seem to remember that there was a period when a lock manufacturer's keys had been worked out and could be opened with such a secondary key. This was a long time ago and the problem was fixed, I think. Can anyone remember details or am I making this up?

Either way, sorry for her loss.

Friend had the handlebars stolen off his bike by Dalston Kingsland last night. Weird one considering it's not a fancy bike, neither the levers nor the bars themselves would really be worth much of anything ...

That is a possibility, we are waiting for CCTV to be obtained, hopefully that will show something. The lock on the other side of the road was an ABUS as well but a different model.

I just wonder that the thief would lock the lock back up after opening it.. we might never find out

Is is possible she put the lock around an unboltable part? Years ago I had a bike nicked after locking it around the stem when I was in a hurry.

Not entirely impossible ;) but no she's very certain it was locked through the frame as it was difficult to get it up on the thinner part of the lamp post

Yes it was the case with this bike cutting through the frame to sell parts on but luckily for me they stopped Quarter off the way through. Shimano ultegra groupset are worth a bit.

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Often wondered why cutting frames wasn't more of a thing on the high end stuff.

I found an abandoned bike in Stratford, London over a week ago and have been trying to find the owner. The police were basically useless and though there's a case id, they aren't planning on doing anymore.
It's a long shot but if you lost/had stolen a Scott bike in the last few weeks, send me a message with pics/description.
Thanks

R

Unfortunately this is becoming popular everywhere, up here in Glasgow seeing a large increase in number of bikes stolen for parts by cutting the frame, and just straight up component theft. Had a spate of about 5 bikes where the brakes had been stolen in a fortnight in the same street, stopped shortly after so either police got them, or a local corrected the thieves ways.

https://www.newsshopper.co.uk/news/19752208.appeal-thieves-steal-sentimental-bicycle-bromley/

The GFs Pinnacle Arkose was stolen this afternoon from 'secure' bicycle parking section of an office opposite Wimbledon Train Station SW19 (building behind the waitrose). They cut the D lock...

Bike is dark grey with custom spray.bike paint in a pina collada fade on the inside of the forks and seatstays,

and a custom sprayed pineapple motif near the top of the fork on the driveside.

hoping that these unique details might make it easier to spot.
other than that it had an sks rear guard and two caps missing from the cranks (shimano claris)

this day is sad :(

BUT we cyclists can work miracles so here's the best pics I have right now and if you see it around throw a lock on it please!

or if you see someone with it let me know on here and i'll despatch a crew!

🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏

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That was a nice bike aswell. The street it was stolen must be someone local to the area.

My purple Caad was stolen yesterday between 4-5pm Oliver road, E10. In front of Leyton Orient FC reception. They managed to cut my Abus Granit Steel O Flex 1000 lock. Please the picture attached.

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My pal confessed to me that she lost her bike in the summer.

Its a Ribble made from Reynolds 653 with Cinelli lugs, painted in a slightly pearlescent white. Black Ribble decals on seat tube and silver on the downtube. Drive side internal routing.

Shimano 105 headset, bit notchy from what I remember, Cinelli 1a Stem to Giro Di Italia bars I think. Light Grey bartape. White hoods Shimano 105.

Full Shimano 7 speed 1055 groupset from what I remember, downtube shifters. Silver Mavic MA Rims and standard black tyres. Triple 105 crankset.

Apparently my friend left it outside a Panda Oriental Islington, between Clissold and Newington Green early september while on shrooms... le sigh.

Here it is before we switched the bar tape up

If anyone has picked it up I would happily compensate them for a safe return.

Alternatively if you have seen it around or for sale please shoot me a pm.

Thanks
H

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What’s the move when you see your stolen bike for sale online? I’ll call the police in the morning, but do they actually come and help you get it back?