Stolen bikes

What time? Maybe you could organize a posse of west London riders to wait round the corner over the road and role in over if you realize it is the stolen bike and wave your hands.

'custom made 08 Genesis Flyer'

oxymoron surely!

Yu think we need more people?
What if I get hoodied up + stay unshaven + walk with a limp + chew gum + display gang hand-signs.?
^ yeah - the only customness was the cog + DA lockring.

What time? Maybe you could organize a posse of west London riders to wait round the corner over the road and role in over if you realize it is the stolen bike and wave your hands.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=92d1xtjXf8E&feature=related

^ hahah! thats the signal alright..

Where you meeting him . . its round corner from me . . can lurk on me scooter if they do a runner??

Thanks for the offer man - I've lived in Hammersmith on/off for 12 years:. we got backup. ;-)
Will give full update 2moro.

joke. how many people does it take to reclaim a stolen bike?

guess we find out tomorrow

Thanks chris, so far we have the victim + me + 2 more. Should be covered.
If you want to lurk then hang outside Macdonalds like the rest of the kids. ;-)

I done tol' you 'bout the 'straining order!

Heh heh heh.

OK man. Good luck. I would insert a clip of Cypress Hill's "when the shit goes down" here but can't find one.....

take some proof that it's his bike. Reciept, picture, anything that can't be refuted.

I'm local - will bring a pitchfork.

Let there be killing.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hgBRzPfwe8I

Thanks Slamm! That takes me back...

im excited! i want video.. and.. and.. photos.. and.. errr.. a second by second account of what happened... and most importantly.. BLOOD!!!

hope u guys can have the bike back... fuck thiefts... cuz of cctv u should call the police before, anyway i guess ur gone, so let us know...
pffffffffffffff... yeah.

hahaha

UPDATE: It was not the stolen bike. It was almost certainly stolen though. the seller said he bought it 2 months ago and didn't use it as much as his MTB. He rode off with normal trainers on the spd pedals..
The bike we saw was:
White Genesis flyer 54cm SS
Black tall risers + white grips + red alloy barends
Shimano SPD pedals + both brakes

I've had bikes stolen and thats why we had to go and check it out.
anticlimax:

damn so he wasnt the thieft? sorry for ur friend dude.
take care.

I had my cannondale road bike stolen last thursday (I lent it to my flatmate who had it nicked for me from his work!) looked on gumtree on Monday and sure e-nuf there it was, no pic, and the kind of sketchy description you would expect 'after using this bike for over a year as a courier' - yeah right what courier would be seen dead on an R500? apparently the bike is of no use to him anymore LOL so I arranged to meet him in the arse end of north shoreditch, and sure enough when I turned up it was the very bike - The pond life selling it looked a bit sheepish when I turned up with 3 of my mates and produced a printout with a pic and detailed description down to a scratch on the chainstay and a rip in the bar tape! I told him give it back or there will be trouble either painful or legal, and he gave it straight back - result!

Never offer money to get your bike back - the scum are still getting 100% profit from their crimes, they'll just have to nick more often to get their fix/weed/cheap jewellery/grey trakkie bottoms...

I know it sounds stupid but any one put their name on the bike?? itch it into the frame..etc

I know it sounds stupid but any one put their name on the bike?? itch it into the frame..etc

Yep in a moment of stupidity I had Bob Jackson put my name on the down tube

What was I thinking... On the bright side Its very recognisable...

Hi, new to the forum but looking for your help please! I had my bike stolen on Saturday. Details here... http://barriebloor.blogspot.com/2008/05/bianchi-pista-stolen-from-london-se1.html

Any help appreciated! Thanks!!!

B

brilliant...shouldn't have given the twat any money...he's just as bad as the thief.he encourages the thievery! tosser.

to be honest, £50 is just a small price to pay to get a bicycle back, I mean, how often it is to have your bike actually got recovered? it about as easy as finding the last living dodo on Earth.

so yeah, I agree, I wouldn't even give them £50 but if you look at it the other way, it's still a small price to pay.

Hi, new to the forum but looking for your help please! I had my bike stolen on Saturday. Details here... http://barriebloor.blogspot.com/2008/05/bianchi-pista-stolen-from-london-se1.html

Any help appreciated! Thanks!!!

B

Damn that's a nice bike, sorry to hear it got nicked, at least that Pista is quite original compared to the hundred of standard one in London so shouldn't be hard to spot.

to be honest, £50 is just a small price to pay to get a bicycle back, I mean, how often it is to have your bike actually got recovered?... so yeah, I agree, I wouldn't even give them £50 but if you look at it the other way, it's still a small price to pay.

It's a small price to pay, but its selfish and encourages crime. Almost the same as buying a stolen bike that isn't yours.

£50 is a small price to pay for a new swanky bike down Brick Lane, but you shouldn't pay it.

(disclaimer: I obviously also recognise that emotional attachment sometimes overrides morals, and would probably pay £50 to get my bike back if it was stolen)

that's two post in a row with no real opinions.

come on, at least be decisive!