STOLEN!!!!!!!!

[Rob]

last nite between rougly 8 and 1 in the morning, someone broke into my garage in order to steal just my cannondale and new pinarello prince.im not happy, as my prince was only 4 weeks old, with a value of £3,700.......

description:

Cannondale F700 matt black with silver lettering... front disc break rear hydraulic break....tyres were panaracers, black with large red stripes around the rim....seat was a large specialized comfort type of seat.bikes like 4 years old, but looks brand new!

Pinarello Prince 2003 was a dark blue, with the centre being freckled black with prince written on top tube in white, and pinarello written on downtube in white. full dura ace, itm millenium bars- stem,an slr seat, blue michelin tires, and spinergy tilium carbon wheels with huge spinergy letters around teh deep rim in white!!!

if you see anything, or any dirty pikie tries to sell you anything to do with bikes, enquire a little further please to try help me recover my two buddies!



rob

[Robert]

Rob,
Suggest you let the local bike shops know. Especially as the pinnie was pretty high spec, it will certainly stand out if someone tries to flog it. You might also want to contact Cycling weekly private sales and see if they will keep an eye out for anyone trying to sell such an item in the private ads. Also post something on other cycling forums. Does that mean you are without wheels?

[monty]

You saved for so long to get that Bike

I hope you get it back & bust the bandits!!!!!!!

[Rob]

i am without those wheels that caused me so much grief...although butlers took back the carbon spinergys and gave me carbon tilium spinergys instead...so ive seriously lost out there

i still got ma good old bianchi though!!!

hopefully the good ol insurance will pay up!!!!!

[Katrina]

Sorry to hear about your loss. Glad you're insured though. My bikes were stolen recently too, and I was talking to the police at the Bike Show and they suggested checking out Brick Lane Markets. I called all the local bike shops, but never saw them again.

It's the thought of some pikey thief riding your pride and joy that makes me really mad.

[steve c]

sorry to hear of your bad news rob
if you ever catch the low life's
put e'm in the town square stocks.
or remove some of the offending lightfingers.

[Rob]

just to let people know, they come back teh next night for the bianchi, but a passer buy scared them off...theyre your typical scooter riding scum, and theyre obviously local!!! so i know my bikes in teh area somewhere...so i guess its now a waiting game!!!!

[ajay khandelwal]

Sorry to hear about your bike Rob. The culprit should be flogged with inner tubes. If you want a film to capture the experience, watch the Chinese film Bicycle Thief...its a whole film about a Chinese cycle courier attempting to retrieve his stolen cycle.

[ninder]

I think Ajay means Beijing Bicycle (just call me Barry Norman), sorry to hear abt your bike burglary too Rob. Isn't there anything else you can do to try to track them down? Are there specialised black markets for such good bikes? I am too terrified to leave my 'dale anywhere outside - but then I do live in Lambeth.

[Rob]

im too scared to leave mine out oo, they were safely looked up in teh garage! so the aprents are buying a new air tite door, and fitting some alarm system which is hooked up to the cops and like 160 Db's, gonan bel loud, so i cant see thsi happening again!!!


does anyone know of any black markets?????????

[the muur]

Sorry to hear about your theft. I come from very near Brick Lane and it's unlikely that they'll be there on a Sunday, the bike market there is prety much new and cheap mtb's and the like. The days of 'Matey' selling something he's nicked and selling it on a kerb there are well gone. They've seen you about, seen where you live and know it's valuble and wanted it. They probably live quite nearby or wil be parking in a field in another part of the country soon, aged between 12 and 16, and even if caught-not much would happen regards the police.

Just remember that people like these are stealing bikes up and down the country, day in and day out and the police are almost powerless to do anything when they're caught. Remember that the next time you have to vote...............What you worked and saved damed hard for, some toerag has just stolen. I hate em.

[Neil R]

Rob that is terrible!!!! I have been without the internet for a few weeks so have just found out.... That really does make me angry
The prince was gorgeous, you must be absolutely gutted.... If there is anything I can do to help you out give me a shout, and that includes helping to castrate the little sh*ts when you find them

[virek]

Rob,

This isn't yours is it?

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll? ... egory=7298

Matthew

[Rob]

no, but thanks for trying..heres mine just so everyone knows.....u really got me excited there, i thought my baby was coming home!!!!!


http://f1.pg.photos.yahoo.com/ph/lifes_ ... pg&.view=t

[virek]

Sorry Rob, didn't mean to get you going.

I scan ebay a lot and stuff of dubious propriety often come up so I thought I would give you a nod at least.

I can see why you're thoroughly pi$$ed off.