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My friends Bob Jackson was stolen a few weeks back and he spotted someone on it, went over to the new owner and turns out he had bought it from Brick Lane Bikes and seemed a decent chap so he believed him.
The pair of them set up a comedy routine where the new owner went in and asked if they remembered selling him the bike (he had no proper receipt) and the Polish lad was "yes, of course, how is it working out for you" whereupon my pal, the previous owner piped up with the info about it being his and stolen...
Long story short BLB had some sort of half as red receipt claiming they bought it from a guy in Kent, looked very fishy, also said Polish lad got very aggressive with my friend, as someone with something to hide would.
Bit concerning that a supposedly reputable bike shop could be involved in stolen bikes? And I was just about to buy a new frame from them...