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After all the accusations and insinuations this thread has become hard to follow.
From what I can see Nikolai was well intentioned by buying the bike. Cue many posters slagging off - you shouldn't put money in the thief's pocket etc
Maybe I missed it but what should have been done? I've seen posts saying phone the police but reading through the thread it didn't seem that would have helped in this situation i.e. opportunist sale where the thief would have fucked off sharpish.
My thoughts are as follows but would be good to see how others think the best way to handle this is. In other words try and provide advice rather than criticism.
Maybe try to stall the thief? Need to go to cash point - meet back here in 5 mins? And then phone the cycle task force rather than police?
Can someone post the cycle task force number as I want to put it in my phone.