Stolen bikes

During one of the Sunday operations, officers arrested 41-year -old Leroy Spencer, who stole the wheels from a bike parked and locked to a rack on Bethnal Green Road. The owner returned to the bike to find them missing and approached officers, who were patrolling in Sclater Street as part of Operation Helium. Details of the incident were circulated via the police radio and an officer who was working in the Tower Hamlets CCTV Control Centre spotted Spencer holding bicycle wheels in Brick Lane market. Officers located Spencer and the victim’s wheels nearby and arrested him. He appeared at court charged with theft and was jailed for two weeks after pleading guilty.

I remember that, that's someone on here who wrote a lengthly story about that.

yeah i remember that. cant find it though. was in its own thread. think it was a very distinctive wheel. hence ease of identification.

have a feeling it was gold. dont know why.

If any one has see's a 60cm GT Edge polished Alu 96 vintage, Kinesis chromed bladed forks, black CXP33s on Black XT disc hubs, Sugino 75s with SS set up - stolen 18th Feb from Highbury Grove - its nicked. Any advice apart from lock it up properly or get a new bike. Cheers.

Get over to Bricklane market now!

Hope you find it.

Read this thread http://www.lfgss.com/thread52193.html
Post it in the Stolen bikes thread as well.

Hope you get it back.

I dont knoe if anyones mentioned SmartWater? WHICH CAN ONLY BE SEEN IN ULTRA VIOLENT(sp.LOL!) VIOLET light. Which is registered to a police data base and your details. Ive got bikes and Vespa covered this way ! only trying to help! Ad.

So if I get angry with the bike an start hitting then I'm gonna see what is written with this smart water?

Back to the subject: Check all the most common places stolen bikes/parts are found and report it to the police.

I havent got it honest, good luck getting it back.

damn, just about to post a link to you...

good luck trying to fins it

I hate to add too this discussion, but I but I bet I've been taken for a bike thief many times, eying up the parked bikes outside tesco brixton (or any bike rack) when walkin past, or having a decent looking racer, or selling some secondhand bike on gumtree/ebay.. All in my "I dont care"-look, ripped greesey combats, hoodie, cap & hat...

Hey Sweaty
Thats my bike you saw!!!!
http://img683.imageshack.us/i/bikedropmain.jpg/
Posted on here a few days back by my friend rocksteady. It was nicked from the indoor landing inside our flats last monday. Thats my work bike and as a courier im now out of work. It seems it hasnt been stripped yet then. If you or anyone see it again lock it, steal it, buy it, what ever. I would pay 80 squid to have that back. Either way people give me a shout on 07886 191948.

Have you got anymore exact details of this was. I wanna hunt them down
Cheers

I hate to add too this discussion, but I but I bet I've been taken for a bike thief many times, eying up the parked bikes outside tesco brixton (or any bike rack) when walkin past, or having a decent looking racer, or selling some secondhand bike on gumtree/ebay.. All in my "I dont care"-look, ripped greesey combats, hoodie, cap & hat...

Nope, you sound too 'middle-class tearaway'. If you really didn't care you wouldn't be telling people ;)

I Saw that post. Pretty sure its the same bike although pic isn't exactly clear. Top tube protector must havee been removed as it wasn't on it.
Little cunts. Will investigate more tonight.

Hey Sweaty
Thats my bike you saw!!!!
http://img683.imageshack.us/i/bikedropmain.jpg/
Posted on here a few days back by my friend rocksteady. It was nicked from the indoor landing inside our flats last monday. Thats my work bike and as a courier im now out of work. It seems it hasnt been stripped yet then. If you or anyone see it again lock it, steal it, buy it, what ever. I would pay 80 squid to have that back. Either way people give me a shout on 07886 191948.

Have you got anymore exact details of this was. I wanna hunt them down
Cheers

Nope, you sound too 'middle-class tearaway'. If you really didn't care you wouldn't be telling people ;)

I wouldn't tell people if I don't care I look scruffy? Listen, I never pretend to be anything. Would you diss me to my face, or is this something you only do in front of your screen?

Anyway point is, just cause you don't look like a hipst.. sorry, lfgsser, doesn't mean you're a bike thief, or even dodgy.

Just saw a group of 3 young boys (13/14) one on a shit mountain bike, one on a
Bmx and the other on an all black track bike, deep track bars, carbon fork and no brakes riding on the pavement up holloway rd (towards roundabout) on pavement doing dOnut skids. Sound like anyones bike?

Right, so it seems that my bike is being ridden around in the vicky park area. Anyone who manages to get their hands on my bike will be rewarded by moi (no sexual favors though im afraid)

Just heard news of a bike going from the corner of Brick Lane / B.Green Rd.
2 White guys walked over to a locked bike and used something to smash it open quickly before riding off.
Lots of people around.

Can get better descriptions later if need be.
FFS.

My Bike was stolen today from Batemans Row just off Curtain Road. It was stolen from inside our in-wall lock up at Theis + Khan. Someone bust through the mesh and opened it from the inside. It's a Charge Plug Grinder 2010 in cream with black tyres and seat, has Knog Frog lights in white and has had all the manufacturer stickers removed. The handlebars are Charge, but I sawed them down last week, so that's the distinguishing factor between other Charge Grinders. Also, Charge released a load of bikes without serial numbers stamped on. Guess what, mine was one of them. Thanks Charge.

Click on the link for a picture (I hadn't changed the seat height in the photo):
http://www.thomaswingevans.co.uk/Viva_Kirsa/Grinder.html

Also, if anyone sees it can they get hold of me straight away on 07809702011. This is a replacement bike for the same one that was stolen two weeks ago and my friend kindly replaced it for me. So that's a lot of money lost! Thanks guys!

Tom

Sorry, here's the pic of the bike

Hey guys,
I just got my bike stolen from the Nuffield Chelsea Sports centre just off Kings Rd. A guy I met there recommended I joined this forum so hear I am. My bike was a Norco (a company from Vancouver) full Dur race (including wheels) with Richley carbon seat post and handle bars and new gator skin tyres. I loved that bike to bits and am so upset it's gone. I got hit by a car a few years ago and thought I would never get on a bike again but I fell in love with that bike and started riding again and now I was riding it everyday. I wish I had a picture to post but I don't. I would be unbelivably grateful if anyone can help me. It's a pretty unique bike to around London, you can only buy Norco mountain bikes in the UK. Thanks so much.

got any snappy snaps?

they help

Hey guys,
I just got my bike stolen from the Nuffield Chelsea Sports centre just off Kings Rd. A guy I met there recommended I joined this forum so hear I am. My bike was a Norco (a company from Vancouver) full Dur race (including wheels) with Richley carbon seat post and handle bars and new gator skin tyres. I loved that bike to bits and am so upset it's gone. I got hit by a car a few years ago and thought I would never get on a bike again but I fell in love with that bike and started riding again and now I was riding it everyday. I wish I had a picture to post but I don't. I would be unbelivably grateful if anyone can help me. It's a pretty unique bike to around London, you can only buy Norco mountain bikes in the UK. Thanks so much.

Gutted for you! From Vancouver originally and used to own several Norcos...also live nearby there so will be keeping a beady eye out....as above some piccies would be great so that I d-lock the right bastard and not some other unlucky vancouverite....

Kylie if you haven't got your own pic of your bike, how about a stock pic from the Norco website and a few more details. I live out West as do many others here, so with a pic we can keep an eye out.

Also read this thread http://www.lfgss.com/thread52193.html

Hope you get it back.

Saw some dude take two hire bikes out of a stand near Oxford Street this morning and put them in a Europcar van. Legit? He looked a bit shifty, but he might've just been looking for traffic as he crossed the road.

I wouldn't tell people if I don't care I look scruffy? Listen, I never pretend to be anything. Would you diss me to my face, or is this something you only do in front of your screen?

Anyway point is, just cause you don't look like a hipst.. sorry, lfgsser, doesn't mean you're a bike thief, or even dodgy.

Did you miss the winky smilie? I think after 20 years of living in south east London (plus 20 years of not) I know what dodgy looks like. As for trying to call me out as some kind of keyboard ninja you're barking up the wrong tree mate. Come to souths drinks (I'm well overdue a visit this year) and I'll buy you a beer.

Would I diss you to your face? Yes if I thought you were being a twat. And I wouldn't expect anything less in return if I was being a plonker to someone in public.