Stolen bikes

These 2 were stolen in Cambridge this week (not mine) while on a cafe stop ... theft in Cambridge is out of control at the moment. Loads of videos of theives brazenly using angle grinders in broad daylight ...

but these are certainly going to stand out from the usual crap that people ride around here:

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Keep an eye out on the intl sites people have mentioned here, there’s little chance those bikes will be shifted locally or even in the UK.

yeah I agree. My ritchey ascent (RIP) has not been seen on any UK sites.

even if you find it on an international site there's no real hope of getting it back is there?

you basically need to catch it via some sort of drug dealer before it leaves or its over.

has anyone compiled a list of the international selling sites?

i'm a noob and cant seem to find them here

but these are certainly going to stand out from the usual crap that people ride around here:

That top one especially. Rubbish to hear it's happening like that. is it because there are so many fewer students in town? I went to Cambridge a few months ago and it definitely seemed a lot less busy than I remembered it.

I don't know. There is definitely less foot traffic and so it's easier to get away with. They've gotten more brazen ... more willing to do stuff in broad daylight, are coming better equipped ... there was a video on a cambridge stolen bikes group of a guy angle grinding a bike lock, and kept doing it until someone spotted cops coming over at which point he fled ... tons of photos of theives just carrying bikes away and don't care who's watching ...

I read something about how when students fled they didn't sell back their bikes so there's been a student bike shortage. But I also imagine covid has made everyone more desperate for quick cash. I basically decided to replace my town bike with a £45 shopper but I'm not convinced that's safe either ...

Fingers crossed. Thanks for the info. When the students are back, everybody can moan about them again. :)

they are back ...

I work at the university. We're all bracing ourselves for the covid carnage ...

we have our own testing system and, not suprisingly, rates are going up ... lots of poor uni students trapped in college rooms.

here they are being served: https://twitter.com/NicholasGuyatt/status/1322194312919162881?s=20

Ah, I thought it was still the case that many students were studying remotely.

Do they have 'Covid parties', too? I don't think I'll ever understand why people do that with a virus that is still not known well enough.

Any idea what to do with this?

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I’d tell the security guard at the Sainsbury’s in case they remember someone saying their bike was gone. Putting a paper sign on whatever it was locked to might help but also might fall afoul of littering etc laws.

From Reddit yesterday. https://en.reddit.com/r/londoncycling/comments/jlzzfx/brompton_stolen_while_riding_in_islington_please/

Anyone lost a Di2 Cervelo P5 TT bike? Because there’s a guy doing his shopping on one in Dalston right now...

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Absurd.

Lol can we have a photo of him TTing shopping home in full aero position

Pretty sure that guys been riding stupid bikes round Dalston for years now, usually discs and spoks.

Impressive but I bet he still does a bike switch for the the climbs.

New page fail.

What is the current forum recommendation for recovering a stolen bike advertised on gumtree? Arrange to meet via text message then call the feds as mentioned in the 1st post of the 'what to do if your bike is stolen' thread? What if they can't be bothered to turn up? Other thoughts? Thanks in advance...

Arrange to buy and collect it, turn up with as many big people as you can gather

(Probably not the official forum recommendation)

Turn up, Hand then fake wallet with a fiver in to test ride then sprint.

Harpoon

Claud Butler 531 stolen:
https://twitter.com/bikeregister/status/1323963841429065729

Has anyone lost a 2014/15 Cervelo S2 with newer Shimano 5800 groupset and R700 Cranks? Ad shows proprietary seat post missing and saddle gaffer taped to top tube/seat tube junction?! Wtf?!

Front wheel seems to have been replaced. Price is very very low for what it is. Ad is from a new poster, is a few days old but there is a number on there for the seller...07923324622

https://www.shpock.com/en-gb/i/X5xR2P4mayoRYWVh/cervelo-s2-105-mens-carbon-racing-bike

I know who this belongs too- he is a forumenger but have just messaged him. Thanks for spotting!