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@Velocio
I lost a bike in similar circumstances a very long time ago. Perhaps the worst thing is that unlike organised bike crime in which you can be reasonably sure that the bike might appear down Brick Lane or on Gumtree, this is very likely to just have been an opportunistic theft. Your main hope is that the person who swiped it doesn't want the bike and will put it on Gumtree or eBay, or that you see it in the neighbourhood (as opportunistic thefts usually involve someone local who happened to be walking past).
Eyes peeled, but you should definitely watch the neighbourhood as it's more likely to pop up there than down the fence on Brick Lane.