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my bike has been pinched - help?

Postby Alex S » Tue Feb 09, 2010 12:47 am

So my bike was stolen this week from my parents house in wallington (shed in back garden), if anyone sees it lurking around town give me a shout.

Its a tricross with a distinctive green front wheel (they dont make these this colour anymore) and it sounds VERY clicky when it rides. see pic:

[img]http://i48.tinypic.com/2zgtgyr.jpg[/img]

Keep half an eye open for it please!!
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Re: my bike has been pinched - help?

Postby sonic909 » Tue Feb 09, 2010 2:14 am

Whats the crime reference no?
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Re: my bike has been pinched - help?

Postby Dombo » Tue Feb 09, 2010 9:22 am

Bad news. Post on here to get wider coverage: http://www.bikeradar.com/forums/viewforum.php?f=40027

and scour ebay, scumtree, craigs list
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Re: my bike has been pinched - help?

Postby Rob Q » Tue Feb 09, 2010 10:18 am

[quote="Dombo"]Bad news. Post on here to get wider coverage: http://www.bikeradar.com/forums/viewforum.php?f=40027

and scour ebay, scumtree, craigs list

As already said, keep a eye on Gumtree, as a lot of stolen bikes seem to land up there.
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Re: my bike has been pinched - help?

Postby George » Tue Feb 09, 2010 11:43 am

Unlucky about the bike.
Insurance seems a lot these days I thinkits best to try and secure them to the ground and alarm the shed.
Still probaby done you a favour, just think of all those dog eggs on that lower bottle cage.
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Re: my bike has been pinched - help?

Postby Alex S » Tue Feb 09, 2010 1:11 pm

crime number was 4001421/10, I don't know how that helps though.

Ive been looking on gumtree, ebay.com, ebay.co.uk, craigslist and GOOGLE for new ads, but nothing yet.
I dont know what to do if i do see it on gumtree though!

EDIT: And i've just bought a Xena XX10 motion sensing alarm that can go around a chainring.
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Re: my bike has been pinched - help?

Postby Andrew G » Tue Feb 09, 2010 1:33 pm

[quote="Alex S"]
I dont know what to do if i do see it on gumtree though!

Call the Police, give the crime number and then you can arrange to buy and collect the bike with your friendly local bobby from thieving/fencing git.
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Re: my bike has been pinched - help?

Postby adrian » Tue Feb 09, 2010 1:47 pm

[quote="Andrew G"][quote="Alex S"]
I dont know what to do if i do see it on gumtree though!

Call the Police, give the crime number and then you can arrange to buy and collect the bike with your friendly local bobby from thieving/fencing git.

..and then send him dog poo in the post every couple of weeks or so for up to a year.

Bad luck - hope you get some joy.
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Re: my bike has been pinched - help?

Postby sonic909 » Tue Feb 09, 2010 11:01 pm

[quote="Alex S"]crime number was 4001421/10, I don't know how that helps though.


I work in a bike shop that often has stolen bike brought in (how much is this worth mister?) and i also have a police radio (paints a picture of the world we live in!) so if we see a bike we know is stolen then we can radio it through and the police react. If we have a crime ref then we can be more specific.

And this does work, i have been involved in 2 recoveries, one was a £800 black GT mtb and one was a £200 WTP BMX, the second one was particularly rewarding as the kid got his bmx back!

Its always worth quoting the crime ref no as it adds weight to your contact to the police- "this fellas here and hes done it before" or "the person wanted for CRXXX is here with the item (usually a card or vouchers in my work!)"

Plus the police are usually quick to respond to a detectable case.
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