Stolen bikes

maybe people should start marking their bits with unique scratches / initials / something that would make it possible for an forumengers to see if it was a londonfgss bike

i presume nobody here sells stuff to the guy who was selling the saddles

can we not set up a heat map here so people can post and show where there bikes got stolen
google earth with the ability to reference spots
i guess it is a good start to targeting the areas where bike thiefs are operating

@ dave k ( head honcho ) ( velocio )
is this something you can facilitate dave ?

I suspect someone sells him crack...

theres a map on chrish cras's blog.
Someone could pick up the mantle?
http://stolenbikelondon.blogspot.com/

i'll pm him and see if he doesn't mind us using that

i'll go through the stolen bikes database and get some details of bikes stolen

at least it's doing something

I bet there's a large backlog of emails to read..
PM me if you need help with clearing it and any data entry.

cool
thanks for the offer

@ parav / anyone

any idea how i add location to the map ?

can't seem to see any function that allows me to add a marker / location ?

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what about a mini version of one of these that can go inside tubing / under saddles

movement detector one that links in to a mobile

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seems like a good idea to start with

Down brick lane sunday, guy on last pavement sale on right before Rocket, had about 10 brooks saddles, and shit loads of seat posts, Condor etc, plus random wheels including front formula hub/Mavic open pro. Looked V dodgy. Worth a look if anyone lost/looses a seat this week.

i saw him when i went down to look for mine. i had to hold myself back from kicking him in the head.

can we not make up a3 posters that say things like*:

**a stolen bike will always be a stolen bike
buying stolen bikes is bad kharma
most of these bicycles are stolen

*that sort of thing, and put them up all around brick lane?

can we not make up a3 posters that say things like*:

*a stolen bike will always be a stolen bike
buying stolen bikes is bad kharma
most of these bicycles are stolen

I like the idea of a guerilla campaign.

bad vibes lots of stolen bikes or bits..haven't checked this thread in while :(

i like idea of the poster campaign but you don't wanna cause trouble to a legitimate bike seller...but on the other hand if they handle one stolen bike knowingly then fuck em!

at the end of the day the police won't catch them in the act there just there to stop us kicking the funk out of them keeping the peace..i'd like to know what the police are doing tackling bike crime?

I like the idea of a guerilla campaign.

I prefer the idea of F1 pit girls holding hoardings up

had my marin quake7.0 slalom racer stolen, bought it 10 years ago, for my 21st, been with me throught thick and thin, it brought a tear to my eye, and then my first single speed aswell, id like to put there balls on a block and let them no how painfull it felt, wankers

Pictures would help in getting possible sightings.

How about a mugshot thread? Obviously dodgy sellers at BLB and similar, take a photo stick it up here, then if you ever see these people loitering around bikes you can be sure the guy nonchalantely undoing that Brooks saddle while making conversation with you is actually stealing it.

Not sure where you'd stand legally with that though.

I'm also thinking the camera thing's a good deterrent, I mean if you see someone you suspect is nicking a bike then get a photo (and make it known), you don't have to actually go up and hassle/dropkick these people if you don't want. Leverage the CCTV 'if you've got nothing to hide' line of thinking.

anybody recently lost a pair of wheels with ambrosio large flange flip flop hubs?

That fucking sucks. like my post above. it doesn't fail to amaze me down Brick lane how many blantantly stolen bikes,parts are for sale in the open. seen some fucking chav riding round an estate on a fucking brompton!?

Any chance it was an orange brompton? Mine disappeared last week.

My pretty colnago got nicked last night - http://www.londonfgss.com/thread20083.html

If you get it back for me there's £500 in it for you. If you happen to hospitalise the thief in the process...

my mate spotted a blue mercian fixed conversion missing a saddle with black wrapped drops not locked! outside waterloo main, Stolen? anyone lost a bike still could be there.

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Tuesday 14th, sometime between 9.00 and 5pm, from the bike racks at the King William Street entrance to bank tube, some sh*thead nicked my favourite bike. Here's a pic on the offchance that someone spots it... the only differences since the picture are a) now has Sugino Messenger 44t crankset, b) now has pale blue bar tape, c) now has a condoe seat d) mudguards off for the summer.

I love this bike.

My Parlee was stolen from near the Angel tube station on Friday 17th, between 11.30am and 4pm. It's a pretty unique bike, so should be easily noticed if anyone happens to see it.

The spec included a white Prologo saddle with 'David Arthur' printed on it, a SRAM Force groupset, Powertap rear wheel, Oval carbon bars and stem, Dura-Ace pedals. If anyone spots it, I would be most grateful...

Here's my most recent pic (but with different wheels and cranks):

Thanks in advance

Sorry to hear about these thefts Nick & David. Eyes peeled.
That Parlee can't just disappear, and the Dawes is in good nick so is somewhat unique in that respect!