Freshly Stolen

Hi all,

My bike, pictured below, has just been stolen- between 14.30 and 17.30 today in Greenwich, near Deptford Creek.
Also stolen was a purple Cannondale singlespeed with Bontrager Race Lite wheels, Miche crankset and white bar tape.

Please contact me on either neil at hammet.eu or 07866 779 510 if you see either bike.
Thanks,
Neil

Just to clarify both wheels are 700C, the rear is a Mavic Open Pro on a Surly flip flop hub, the front is an Alex Rim on a Deore disc hub.
The tyres are both bright Orange Conti GP 4000's.

thats sad but that bikes unmisible ill keep my eye out

Thanks Max, my thoughts as well- who the hell are they going to sell it to?!

i'll keep my eyes peeled.

as max said, it's unmissable.

what a fucker. keep an eye out on gumtree too...

Cheers *FRANK, been down the Deptford Arms already- they said to come down tomorrow when the Faces would be there....

Just to give everyone a little motivation I will happily give a £200 reward to the person(s) that let me:
a- get my bike back
b- exhaust myself kicking the thief to death

how was it locked up ?

No lock- it was outside my front door, but to get to there you need to be able to unlock the main door, so it is private/secured access property.
Sadly that has not stopped the shoulder surfing thieves, who I suppose just followed somebody else into the block.

why do people allow others to tailgate? I don't get it. Security doors are their for a reason.

People hold the security door open for people at my uni's bike store, when it says in huge writing on the front not to. Ergh!

was it insured?

why do people allow others to tailgate? I don't get it. Security doors are their for a reason.

People hold the security door open for people at my uni's bike store, when it says in huge writing on the front not to. Ergh!

Sense of community, goodwill, etiquette?

Because these places are too big for everyone to know each other you face the dilemma of whether to appear rude to your workmate/fellow student/neighbour or whether to appear friendly.

Anyone who thinks a security door provides any security will get to learn that it doesn't through experience. Not that I think they deserve to, because no-one deserves to lose a bike, it's heartbreaking... but as a security door will provide little security it's just not that surprising.

I regard anything outside my front door as outside in the street. The security door won't slow anyone.

I agree, the security door is to be honest a false security if you see what I mean.
Just slightly annoying that I lost £3,000 on a Sunday afternoon...

No lock- it was outside my front door, but to get to there you need to be able to unlock the main door, so it is private/secured access property.
Sadly that has not stopped the shoulder surfing thieves, who I suppose just followed somebody else into the block.

no offence, but this is london, you lock your bike everywhere!!

Dammit did you come over Waterloo Bridge on Friday on that bike?

If so i saw you past and thought 'What the fuck??' I'll keep them peeled for sure

Sense of community, goodwill, etiquette?

Because these places are too big for everyone to know each other you face the dilemma of whether to appear rude to your workmate/fellow student/neighbour or whether to appear friendly.

I know that people do it to be polite, but I think people need to see it from the view that they could be screwing someone over by allowing a thief into the store in the progress. The fact that these places are huge means that I can't trust anyone when it comes between me and my bike. If everyone simply asked "do you have an id card?" it would simplify things a lot but people don't like to, which is understandable.

Tailgating will all be over soon though, because some turnstiles are being installed. No idea how big they're going to be to fit bikes in :S

My Rush and my Allez were both locked, the fixed gear wasn't because a friend was moving in, and the bike needed to be moved out of the way.
You live and learn.

I'm pretty much convinced that the bike is going to be in the Thames by now- who the hell would they sell it too? It's not as if there are lots of highly polished Cannondale fixed gear bikes out there...

I know that people do it to be polite, but I think people need to see it from the view that they could be screwing someone over by allowing a thief into the store in the progress. The fact that these places are huge means that I can't trust anyone when it comes between me and my bike. If everyone simply asked "do you have an id card?" it would simplify things a lot but people don't like to, which is understandable.

Tailgating will all be over soon though, because some turnstiles are being installed. No idea how big they're going to be to fit bikes in :S

have you heard that there has been a rise in thefts off the campus since the work has began. including a friends 1mth old road bike. mine is staying in my lab closet, don't give a toss about fire regulations.

Nah, I haven't. Reckon it's the builders who are nicking them? I guess they'd have the tools. Have you seen the turnstiles? Reckon they'll work?

Yeah I'd put mine in a closet if I was in the same place everyday. I saw a notice in the biochem lifts the other day saying not to bring bikes in, hardly going to stop people.

Nah, I haven't. Reckon it's the builders who are nicking them? I guess they'd have the tools. Have you seen the turnstiles? Reckon they'll work?

Yeah I'd put mine in a closet if I was in the same place everyday. I saw a notice in the biochem lifts the other day saying not to bring bikes in, hardly going to stop people.

Blackett has always had a no-bikes-inside rule, unless it's folding.

To be honest, if you don't want your bike nicked, and are locking it outside IC, then use the bike park between Huxley and Blackett, it's got a lot more CCTV, and I haven't heard of a bike being stolen from there in 8-9 months (nothing I can see on ICBUG either).

I tried to protest against the ridiculous idea of turnstiles - but alas, they are going ahead with it anyway. Makes little difference to me, I graduate this June.

Neil,

I'm the guy you bought the front wheel off at Old St, I can't believe it's been stolen, I know how long you took on building that bike, what a fucking shame, but as I can tell you, stuff can get recovered, I had my Phil Wood wheelset stolen (from a gated courtyard with security guard!) and I got them back through members of this forum keeping an eye out. Lets just hope someone spots it, it's hard to miss.

Good luck mate

Tris

Thanks Tris, I have wandered around a lot of the bike shops now with photos of the bike, with the way that it looks I only hope that someone will spot it.
I'm perfectly happy to pay a fair reward to anyone who helps me to get it back.

I'm going to go down to Brick Lane Market at the weekend, bright and early.
I know the odds of spotting the bike are pretty low, but just in case I do what's the advice on how to go about trying to get it back?

ring the police

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