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Stolen... Trek Soho single speed, from the inverted-U stands on Duke Street Hill/Tooley St opposite London Bridge station. Stolen earlier today (12 Oct 2008), some time between 9 am and 7 pm.
22.5" frame.
Stock bike, no customized parts, nothing particularly distinguishing about it.
Lightly used, in good condition.
Had an Abus chain lock wrapped around the top tube (it was attached to my mini-D with one of those Kryptonite cables... infinitely stupid, I know, see details below).
The pic below is the 2008 version, I'm not sure the stolen bike is exactly the same, but it's very similar.
This bike was my boyfriend's (I can't help it, I'm already using the past tense, sob sob). He's only had it a few weeks... he was looking after it for a friend who recently moved to Hong Kong, so he sort of got it for free (he'd never spend money on something so fugly).
Anyway, we were in a rush to get out of the house and catch a train this morning, and he forgot his keys, so he couldn't use his Abus chain lock. He discovered this only after we got to London Bridge. We were supposed to do the Go Ape thing in Kent, but I advised him to forego the outing and keep his bike safe instead.
He said no, he thought it would be ok, and simply looped his Kryptonite cable thingie around his bike and attached it to my Fagheddaboudit mini-D. I advised him against it, but he thought I was being paranoid. I didn't want to nag him, so I bit my tongue.
Well, turns out I wasn't being paranoid. My bike was fine, it was locked Sheldon-style, but my boyfriend's Kryptonite cable was cut. I'd been hoping against all hope that maybe it would be ok, but I suppose I was being even more optimistic than a banker who irons 5 shirts on a Sunday these days.
We're both kicking ourselves now... him for not listening to me, me for not nagging him.
I'll scour Gumtree and eBay, and we'll try Brick Lane next Sunday. But I figured I'd post this up here out of due diligence, even though I'm not particularly hopeful.