Stolen Mercian

One of my guys has just had his lovely blue Mercian nicked on Grays Inn Rd WC1, yellow deep v on the front, purple on the rear, reward from me if its recovered etc

keep em peeled peepz

fucking hell, this is getting crazy. some VERY unique bikes being nicked.

That's wank! Wherabouts and what time? I work just off Gray's Inn Rd, I'll have a look about....

some fuckers have been doing their homework, hope he gets it back.

Photo, location, time and description of the bike please!

And... was it locked and what with?

Who'd have thought that so many scrotes read The Observer. Those bikes are worth THOUSANDS.

How do so many bikes get nicked without turning up anywhere? Are they being saved for the summer?

more than likely stripped and sold on ebay

And hes got it back! dont have full details but involve a female crackhead, a squat etc

some good news at last

Woulda hoped someone would have noticed if that was the case...

Badrider, the Vivalo and this: all had Depp Vs

These are hipster thieves

lol quick work! ..break that junkies neck

velocity boy

And... was it locked and what with?

Yes, I already asked in the stolen bikes thread if Chris could collate info on what locks are being broken so you could have an idea if its the lock that are being targetted rather than just nice bikes.

straightedgeandy And hes got it back! dont have full details but involve a female crackhead, a squat etc

some good news at last

yay, we all need some of this, nice one.

adoubletap [quote]velocity boy

And... was it locked and what with?

Yes, I already asked in the stolen bikes thread if Chris could collate info on what locks are being broken so you could have an idea if its the lock that are being targetted rather than just nice bikes.[/quote]

yeah - please free up the lock knowledge, need to get another one soon so it'd be good to know if any in particular are being targeted..

straightedgeandy And hes got it back! dont have full details but involve a female crackhead, a squat etc

some good news at last

Clearly we need the full story now.

Fuckin junkies!

Yeah!!!!!!!!

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I think we need to start looking at the real issue here, and thats demand. Somewhere there are people buying very specific, niche bike parts on the stolen black market.

This is either being done to order or people are nicking bikes and using the parts to build other rides to sell to a booming market.

Two years ago these scum would have been targeting mountain bikes, and now the scene has become so big and fashionable they have switched to fixes and s/s's.

Where are the bikes and parts being sold if they are not on ebay/gumtree or bricklane market??

could be a number of places, even ebay.de,fr,es maybe even velodrome jumble days around Manchester, Newport etc. def a lot of money to be made especially of you as organised and equipped like the guys in the vans hitting the George etc.

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spot on larryred.....how many people on this forum? 1000+ I imagine this must be a significant portion of the market for fixed wheel bikes in london (or not?) .... so lets just make sure that no one here buys any of that shit. it should be promoted as a key aspect of the london "fixed gear subculture" (if i may)..... don't buy anything you don't know where it comes from.

I will have a word with Mark and find out what lock etc and the full story and post here soonest!

Happy that your mate got his bike back.