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I'm agreed from the experience I've had with them so far...The theft took the Klein and also a red Carlton with wooden handlebars (so both v distinctive), which has also been seen by someone on this forum, at Hackney Wick station. Called the police and they couldn't help in anyway and were somewhat rude. Clearly hundreds of bikes are stolen every day but I always assumed they'd have a reporting system in place that they could follow up on with CCTV, etc.
Re Brick Lane: It has to be a PR exercise. If the police force had any common sense and functioning internal communications they'd have a list of the bikes stolen in London that week to look out for at the market. The fact that mine is bright orange, clearly v expensive and that I gave them a comprehensive descrip (down to the make/type of forks, gear make and model, etc) makes it all the more baffling that not one of them picked up on it.
I absolutely despair.