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Just catching up here. "I've found more cached results"
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hahaha Dodgy bastards! All blatantly stolen parts. It seems that my frame must have been sawn in half and then taken through the lock and although the most expensive part of the bike, it allowed them to breakdown and sell off the rest of it.
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I can't for sure say this is my bike though, if you're referring to the OMA Bikes seller.
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Cool. Will do. Thanks for the advice
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wheel seller
I can't act on anything in terms of buying parts for at least a month mate. I haven't even got money to eat this week. Flatmate has been furloughed and owes me £2000 rent. I owe my landlord around £8000 and not working. Circumstances may change. I'm self employed and assessing options in terms of help available to me. I haven't applied yet because I'm waiting to see if my gf from LA can enter early June for a month so we can see an immigration lawyer regarding her visa options. She was going to apply for tier 2 work visa as a chef but no one will be recruiting for the foreseeable, so we're looking at spouse visa options for the calendar year. So, basically, until I know 100% how what I apply for in terms of financial help affects her visa options, I can't help for financial help yet. So cash flow for now has to go on food, literally and then rent. That's what I'll get my old frame and see what I need to build for it and can get now in terms of donations. Someone offered me a really crap bike for £10 on DM in Facebook. If that stands I may go for that for now so I can at least cycle about a bit and get to Westfield and do a food shop on my bike etc Sorry for the long explanation. Appreciate the help though
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What are you referring to. Sorry I'm confused. Dealing with multiple post replies right now
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Long term, I'll defo get my frame built up. But if this is going for free now, I'm happy to collect and grateful!
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OK will post in there when I get the frame out and see what it is and size. I can post image of it in here and current projects section. Let me know re your parts bin. Many thanks
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bottom bracket
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No I can't be sure re the guardrail. As for picking the lock, I don't think they'd have put the lock back together though?
Wednesday 29th April was one of those days, where I just wanted all the suffering to be over. I’ve had a shit few years and the start to this year (my Dad passing) and then COVID (not being able to progress with any work, not being able to get my bone graft surgery nor able to have my girlfriend able to visit from LA), has made it way shitter.
Therefore, certain things when I’m in such a depressed state can really push me over the edge. In any other time of my life, I could laugh them off.
I set off around 5pm to Stratford on my bike. I needed to do a big shop. To save money, I actually visit several stores. Wilko for cleaning stuff as it’s the cheapest, a few key things at Lidl, most stuff at Morrisons and I’ll pop by M&S or Waitrose on the way back (to get a few jazzy nice bits: wine, deli stuff, posh snacks) to Hackney Wick through Westfield Stratford City.
As I had so much stuff to carry back, I left my bike locked up at the Montfichet Rd / Station entrance to Westfield, where M&S is. It was attached with the Abus lock you can see in the images. Right outside No.1 Stratford Place and the escalators up to the first-floor entrance to Westfield. I spotted two cameras in the ceiling (see images) controlled by Westfield and one on top of the traffic lights on the opposite side of the road.
I locked it up at 18:15. By the time I did all the shopping, walked back home and put it all away and walked back to my bike, it was 22:30. The bike was gone. The lock wasn’t cut open. But the rail bar had been bent. I’m still uncertain exactly how they managed to get the frame and wheel through the lock.
My heart sank and a bit of a panic attack set it in. My ankle was totally swollen from walking around for 5 hours and with all that shopping, most of which was in a huge back pack I carry around. This bike is my only mode of transport to get around easily right now and with summer coming, my only form of exercise and freedom. As my ankle is still broken (I have two pins holding my tibia together) and I’m unsure of when I can get my bone graft, my choices of exercise are severely limited, especially as swimming pools are closed. It was quite expensive when I bought it and I’d recently upgraded the pedals and foot straps and both wheels and tyres.
I can’t afford to replace it / buy a decent bike right now. As with most people, I’m not earning at the moment and I’m in arrears and the future is uncertain. I’ll probably have to forget about being able to cycle this summer now. I’ll try to snipe bike parts and have someone build me a custom number, as it’s way better value for money. But that’s way off. I’m skint right now.
Within 24 hours, the response I got from the police was “An investigator from the Metropolitan Police Service has looked carefully at your case and we are sorry to say that, with the evidence and leads available, it is unlikely that it will be possible to identify those responsible. We have therefore closed this case.”
There were 2 Westfield Cameras facing the rail and one camera on top of the traffic light of the pedestrian crossing. So, I know they haven’t even bothered to check footage as only 1 day had passed before I’d received this e-mail and they’d have had to check 4 hours of footage!
So, I’ve made a list of all bike stores in the area and have contacted them all with the details of the bike and images, in hope someone tries to sell it to them.
Please keep a look out for this bike. It’s bright pink and has the brand “FUJI” written on the frame Fujibikes .
The pedals are silver / brand new with leather foot straps.
. White handle bar grips
. Silver stem and silver seat post.
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Hard to miss basically. Over the coming weeks, if you’re online please do a quick google whenever you can remember and have a moment spare, to see if it’s for sale, and a quick search on gumtree and ebay every few days, it would be much appreciated!
See my profile pic for what it looks like
Thanks
Coops x