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@gazelleimpala
I don't think bikes often get resold in the form they got stolen. I had my Orange Patriot stolen and a carbon road bike. The patriot is rare enough that I'd spot it on eBay/Facebook but I think they get broken up. There's a few sellers on eBay who list hundreds of parts week after week - where are they coming from? The link below is to someone selling what are almost exactly my cranks, but how would I know for sure unless every part was tagged, and how do I know he's not genuine either? It would be interesting to see if there was a way of spotting a few of these sellers and seeing if rare or easily spotable parts from recently stolen bikes start coming up....
https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/155389541595?_trkparms=amclksrc%3DITM%26aid%3D777008%26algo%3DPERSONAL.TOPIC%26ao%3D1%26asc%3D20220705100511%26meid%3Dfba7292ebdfd47ecb7f77c1712845fd7%26pid%3D101524%26rk%3D1%26rkt%3D1%26itm%3D155389541595%26pmt%3D0%26noa%3D1%26pg%3D2380057%26algv%3DRecentlyViewedItemsV2%26brand%3DUltegra&_trksid=p2380057.c101524.m146925&_trkparms=pageci%3Ad810de41-a3dc-11ed-aaf6-aea1409b60ac%7Cparentrq%3A18084eb51860a2a559a76447fffe6d06%7Ciid%3A1