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@addie
Hi there,
Sod's fucking law, my bike was stolen this evening (or morning) and I would be ever so grateful if you could keep an eye out. There's £50 in it for anyone that recovers it, so if you see it on Brick Lane (I'll be looking this Sunday) by all means pay that for it (I'm filing with the police first thing in the morning) and I'll give you that in return. Thank you!
I rode it on the Brooks run, the last two London-Brightons, the Tweed ride, and a couple of others so should be fairly easily recognisable. It's entirely handbuilt, so is also v hard to confuse. If you could all please spend one minute familarising yourself with it, karma will love you. As will I. And my impoverished waller as best it can! x
It was stolen from a lamppost on the corner of Brewer Street and Lexington Street in Soho at approx 1:30am on Friday morning/Saturday night.
The bike was chained with a Kryptonite mini d-lock to a lampost so they must have lifted it over. How nobody can notice a couple of guys lifting a large bright red bike over a lamppost on a busy Friday night in the heart of Soho is beyond me. But that's how London goes. Fuckers.
THIS IS HOW IT LOOKS, WITH DIFFERENT WHEELS AND AN OLDER BROOKS SADDLE:
Specs as follows:
Red Ribble track frame, approx 57cm top tube c-c and 59cm seat tube c-c
The frame has several chips along the frame, has a strip of black inner tube wrapped around the front 1/3 of top tube with white insulating tape over it.
Decals are a bit scuffed, reading only "BBL" on the front of the head tube.
Forks are white Colnago straight road forks. Drilles. Decals in black and 1". Had them hand cut to take a threaded headset.
Stem is a no-name in 70cm with 40cm track drops wrapped in white grip tape. The tape on the top of the right hand drop is pulled slightly away.
The seatpost is probably from the '80s-'90s, being black from the front and back, with chrome on the cut-away on the sides. Don't remember the brand righ tnow.
Saddle is a black Swift from the Brooks run, with a single semi-circular indentation on the top of the seat.
Wheels are un-machined all-black Arayas, box-section. Front hub is a silver 32h Miche, rear is a black 32h Gran Compe. Both are hand-built by me: front is 2-cross, rear is 3-cross both with silver spokes. Sapim, if I remember rightly.
Frame is un-drllled at the rear, front fork is drilled running a black cross-top lever to a Campag Chorus caliper with black brake cabling.
Cranks are Sugino Super Mighty with the right bolt removed after I stripped the threading accidentally. Chainring is black, probably Stronglight, I'm not sure.
Pedals are MKS Sylvan track with black double Toshi straps and I believe MKS toe clips.
Obviously I'm absolutely shattered. Not to mention totally fucked without my bike. I've built that bike myself by hand. All of it. Even the wheels. So if you could please, please, please put this up then I would be so grateful.
Many many thanks,
Addie
PS. There is a £50 reward for anyone who gets my bike back. And/or some v. expensive booze I have from my last job. Please contact me on mail@addiechinn.co.uk
Thank you all!