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Thanks everyone for your sympathies, offers to look out etc. That bike was probably the second most important thing to me after my kids in terms of the void it's left; In terms of monetary value it easily takes top spot.
Below is a breakdown of the build as a couple of parts differ slightly from the default Dolan build in the picture I linked to. Unfortunately I don't think I have a photo anywhere of the bike. (One of many regrets .. apparrently the day before this incident there was an attempted theft of another bike at the school in similar circumstances. However the guy was caught by the owner at the scene and no theft actually took place. Prsumably because he didn't get away with it no action was brought against the fucker and worst of all no warning was sent out. It wasn't until mine was stolen the next day that the school issued a warning in the form of a text. That really hurts. And the wider issue is that if an attempted theft isn't treated as seriously as an actual theft (which isn't very seriously anyway) and all that happens is the guy just hands back the bike and walks away, where's the deterrent? If he's lucky he gets to steal the bike, if he's unlucky he walks away no worse off than he was before. If that's how you make a living then you are stupid not to do that as many times as you can fit into a day's work. - I'm not necessarily recommending this as policy but I've lived in South East Asia and it's not unheard of for petty street thieves to be beaten to death by an ugly crowd for a lot less than that which an entire bus queue will look away from to avoid getting involved in the UK. It's the level of social acceptance of this kind of thing here that's sick)
Frame Size: 54cm Wheels: Navigator Street (Black)
Forks: Dolan Carbon/Alloy Road Fork (Drilling For Front Brake)
Tyres: Continental Ultra Sport Road 700x23mm (only one as I replaced the back tyre.)
Saddle: (Black) San Marco Ponza cro-mo rails
Stem Size: (10cm) 3T ARX PRO aluminium 31.8 steerer 1 1/8'' with 6deg rise, Alpina 1 1/8'' Integral Headset
HandleBars: (40cm) 3T Ergonova 31.8MM trple-butted aluminium 7075 T6 (Measured Outside/Outside
Seat Post: 3T Dorico Pro Setback 31.6 mm 350 mm Seatpost Material-Al 7075 T6
CrankSet: (165mm) Sugino RD2-Black-130 PCD
Chainring Size: (48T) Sugino RD2 1/8th Silver-130 PCD
Bottom Bracket : Sugino RD2-103mm