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was it insured seperatly? otherwise, the max ull probably be able to claim is £500 off the house insurance.
and yeh.. they will make you get a pre-built. my lovely Cove Stiffee was nicked last year, and they insisted i get a £2000 replacement.. however, of course, none of the big companies make a £2000 hardcore xc hardtail frame... had to get full-sus spesh.... bastards!
just check the local estates, found a bmx of mine at my local once.
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was it insured seperatly? otherwise, the max ull probably be able to claim is £500 off the house insurance.
and yeh.. they will make you get a pre-built. my lovely Cove Stiffee was nicked last year, and they insisted i get a £2000 replacement.. however, of course, none of the big companies make a £2000 hardcore xc hardtail frame... had to get full-sus spesh.... bastards!
just check the local estates, found a bmx of mine at my local once.
Didn't have separate insurance because at the time it was gathering dust as a bike to use when it was pissing down, or for when the fixed was out of action. Then I went out on a friend's full on DH rig and it took me back to the days I used to race downhill and dual, and ended up buying new forks and some discs. 160mm is a bit big for the Zaskar, but it didn't half look good - shame I never got to ride it though...
It looks like I can get around £1,000 from the home contents (with a £150 excess), and if Halfords don't give me what I want I'll push for a cash settlement, as I can get a half decent FS '07 bike for £100 either side of a grand. Maybe a Kona Stinky or a Specialized Big Hit
I'm 100% sure it was planned though - the bikes are behind a 7ft wall and you just don't know they're there. You don't randomly decide to climb someone's wall on the off chance there's a classic Mercian and a fully loaded downhill bike behind it...
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they will knock off more than £100 if you go for cash. i was offered £2100 for a pre-built. or £1000 to make my own. just not worth it
this looks like ur best bet.... might be able to get better pedals or something for the £100 spare.
Halfords do sell frames tho, so might be able to get them to build you something
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they sell Kona, GT and Voodoo these days.... not that im trying to defend halfords!
Still not relevant, being an MTB and all, but Halfords actually offered me £1,500, which puts me in the market for a Kona Stinky. They're selling them for almost £200 above the Kona RRP though, so I think I'll need to have words.
Obviously I'm now pretty damned anxious about the tea leaves coming back - you hear all these stories about people getting knocked off, getting brand spanking new kit on the insurance, only for the teeves to come back and take them too. Even moreso now that the Mercian is rideable.
I've ordered a Krypto 'Fahgeddaboutit' mini-d to complement my Krypto Series 3 and wall anchor with heavy duty wall bolts, but unfortunately the 'Fahgeddaboutit' is out of stock. Should I hold out for that or cancel it and go for a normal mini-d?
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heck. may as well get the best lock you can afford. and it will be a little while before you get the stinky from halfords?
ur into dh/play bikes then i take it? last time i picked up a stinky, it weighed close to 40lbs!
According to Halfords, they might even be able to get it in a few days. That depends on how quickly they send my claim voucher through and how they respond to my trying to knock £200 off their price. If not, I'll start getting difficult, but that takes time...
I was into DH and jump a few years ago, but only got back into it recently. I was pretty lucky in the sense that the bike had been sat unused under a tarpaulin for a few years and I only took it out recently to fit new forks and disc brake on. Up until the other week, it only had a '97 Rockshox XC with the long travel (80mm!) DH kit on it - which makes me think it being nicked wasn't a coincidence. Halfords weighed up the cost of buying in the custom parts, the cost of buying the equivalent Zaskar (now firmly in XC mode I see) or handing me a voucher for something different off the shelf.
Of course if the Stinky is 40lbs, then that'll be a little more for gravity to grab hold of. Might take some effort to get it off the ground though - and I'm not sure the momentum will help when I'm charging towards a tree at 40mph...
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Stolen Condor. http://www.gumtree.com/london/25/25950725.html
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And the phone number comes up with other people's names too via Google (ie not Antonio, he's "billy" somewhere else).
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I was pissed one night in dalston with a friend coming out of a pub. my mate was punched hard in the face while he unlocked my bike for me and two blokes ran off with my bike.... as a result, shortly afterwards i bought my first fixedgear bike, and i've never looked back. plus i'm more vigilant about bike theft. I think my mate getting punched in the face hard was a price worth paying. The moral of the story is that dalston is a shit hole though.
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Genesis Flyer with distinctive bits on Gumtree -http://www.gumtree.com/london/24/26095924.html.
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Hi, unfortunately I have to post on here, as my bike was stolen from me at 2pm on Saturday on Circus Road in St. John's Wood outside of the Tesco. The perp was even caught on CCTV. As you can imagine I'm quite gutted.
The bike is a 2005 Gary Fisher Cake DLX 1, a quite distinctive and rare bike, especially since I built the bike up from the frame. Its blue and black with carbon seatpost, straight handlebar, and bar ends. it is a 21 inch frame, so anyone shorter than 6'5, will odd on the bike. The man distictive feature is the front suspension, a Marverick front fork, which looks like a dirtbike suspension, the shock being on the bottom. The bike also has a cat eye computer mounted on the handlebar. It also has clipless peddles. It's in mint shape, as I just got a replacement frame from Gary Fisher less than a year ago(cracked frame)
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;)I've already been to Brick lane, any other spots to look for it(besides gumtree/craigslist/ebay)? Is there any network of stolen bike Id's that are circulated to the bike shops so they are able to notify the owner if a stolen bike comes to them?
Please contact me if you have seen the bike or have any information on it at 07515167483.
Thank you.
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Bad luck man.. Pics aren't working yet..?
What lock did you use?
I suggest you go to your local bike shops with a picture + info - if it was opportunistic then the thieves may be locals. As far as I know there is no network as such. Also report it to http://stolenbikelondon.blogspot.com/ and the official register - www.immobilise.com. -
ok i'm new here and i did not read the whole thread, but i've seen that lots of bike where stolen while they where locked with £100 d-locks, and i really can't figure out how that could be possible.
arent they supposed to be broken only with mechanical tools? duh.
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man that's incredible.
but what do they use?
i mean, those things should resist bolt cutters and handsaws, do they use grinders? jigsaws?
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I've put it on southerndownhill.com, and I've also provided a description to my LBS, who in all honesty didn't seem fantastically interested, but they probably get this all the time.
Just trying to go through the works with the insurer to try and get it replaced, or at least to get an equivalent. They've referred me to Halfords as their preferred supplier - hard to explain to someone who doesn't know bikes that it's a unique build and you won't be able to get a bike the same as this anywhere. I have a strange feeling they're going to try and fob me off with a £199 Saracen or something.
I'm most relieved at the fact my Mercian is still here. My heart stopped when I saw both the fixed and the MTB had gone - although my GF's hybrid was still there. I don't know how I saw it, but looked out of the window and saw the Mercian lying on its side just up the road, abandoned on the street corner. As I said earlier, the cranks are off because Singletrack Bikes have so far taken almost two weeks to send me a BB. Since they couldn't ride it away they dumped it. That would have been hard to explain to Direct Line if it had been taken - 'It's a 1955 Mercian with 48 Nervex lugs, a Brooks seat, 1980s vintage Dura Ace stem and a Campag aero seatpost'.
The bastards scuffed my Brooks when they abandoned it though - any idea how to sort that out?
I know I'm never going to see the MTB again - it's too unique for someone to just sell on. Every part of that bike was lovingly selected by me and it's probably all been sold off for a wrap.