Joined: 21 Jul 2006Posts: 14Location: Honolulu, HI
My red 2006 Fuji Track bike was stolen tonight between 8:00 and 11:00 pm. It was locked to a bike rack in a secured garage near Westlake and 7th. It looks a lot like this, but with bullhorn bars and a front brake. The bars have rubber grips not tape. The seat has a small chunk torn out near the back.
I'll be trolling the local bikeshops over the next week. If you see my bike please let me know when and where ASAP.
My cell # is local area code 669-6428.
Thanks,
-Paul
Aaron
Posted: Sun Jan 28, 2007 1:05 am
Joined: 25 Jul 2005Posts: 4645
Shitty,
Let this be a reminder to ya'll to record your serial number. It is usually located under the bottom bracket.
A serial # is proof positive that the bike is yours.
lantius
Posted: Sun Jan 28, 2007 1:38 am
1337Joined: 22 Jul 2005Posts: 6705Location: right over
this is why whenever i see a nice bike locked up somewhere i look on the bottom bracket and write down the serial number. if it gets stolen, i can go prove that it's mine!
Aaron
Posted: Sun Jan 28, 2007 2:06 am
Joined: 25 Jul 2005Posts: 4645
lantius wrote:
this is why whenever i see a nice bike locked up somewhere i look on the bottom bracket and write down the serial number. if it gets stolen, i can go prove that it's mine!
I knew some smart ass would comment on my lack of clarification.
The rules go something like this: When you buy a bike, get a bill of sale (receipt), with the serial number (VIN so to speak) written on it. Make sure it is dated as well. If you report your bike stolen and it is found by the police, the person with the most recent bill of sale with serial number matching is the person they will release the bike to.
It happened to me.
One of my rental bikes was stolen. One of my former employees found it at a pawn shop. I had a reciept and serial number. The police met me there and the owner of the shop had to give me my bike back. He did not get a copy of the bill of sale from the person he purchased the bike from. BECAUSE IT WAS STOLEN!
BTW, the bike shop you purchased the bike from should have a record. They all are required to by the manufacturers in case of recalls. Most bike shops keep shoddy (read paper) records.
Many bikes are recovered by police, universities, etc, but are never returned.
There is a national bike registry if you are interested. www.nationalbikeregistry.com
With the price of some bikes (upwards of 10 grand) it amazes me that there is not better cooperation between police departments. The crime of bike theft these days could easily be a felony due to the price of some bikes. I am sure the .83 legal department can chime in on the threshold value.
pete jr
Posted: Sun Jan 28, 2007 2:31 am
Joined: 13 Dec 2005Posts: 1930Location: balls deepx
i have one of those, but i swear i didn't steal it. it fell off a truck!
keyholefish
Posted: Sun Jan 28, 2007 5:26 am
Joined: 25 Jul 2005Posts: 268Location: somerville, ma
I've heard of (on TV cop shows, don't know if that makes is less of an urban legend) police stings where they deliberately leave a $5k+ bike laying around to inflate the penalty.
sflanker
Posted: Sun Jan 28, 2007 10:28 am
Joined: 21 Jul 2006Posts: 14Location: Honolulu, HI
I have to receipt w/ serial number. Plus a witness of it being locked up and then missing 3 hours later. Plus a police report, Plus I think the guys at counterbalance can back up my claim that the bike is mine based on components (assuming it doesn't get parted out). Basically if I can locate the bike I should be able to recover it.
I'm also locking up with a U-Lock and a cable lock now, and you should be too (I wish I had taken your advice earlier Aron)!
Aron, what pawn shop was your bike found at? The shops in down town Seattle don't buy bikes (except the one on Capitol Hill).
-Paul
lantius
Posted: Sun Jan 28, 2007 10:32 am
1337Joined: 22 Jul 2005Posts: 6705Location: right over
yeah, but it's not like having the serial number on my 1981 schwinn traveller that i got off the free rack is going to turn into getting my bike back should it get stolen?
that's why i take pictures, know component lists, and have insurance. i have no expectation that if my bicycle gets stolen that any authority will give it back to me.
sflanker
Posted: Sun Jan 28, 2007 10:33 am
Joined: 21 Jul 2006Posts: 14Location: Honolulu, HI
keyholefish,
I think we ought to leave a high priced bike locked up in some area with a high risk of bike theft. Then we stake out the bike for a night, and when somebody comes around a tries to steal it, we beat the crap out of em, and leave them handcuffed to the bike rack.
-Paul
Disclaimer: I'm not seriously suggesting this, as it's certainly illegal and dangerous, but its how a feel at the moment.
pete jr
Posted: Sun Jan 28, 2007 10:56 am
Joined: 13 Dec 2005Posts: 1930Location: balls deepx
sflanker wrote:
Then we stake out the bike for a night, and when somebody comes around a tries to steal it, we beat the crap out of em, and leave them handcuffed to the bike rack.
didn't some dudes in portland do this? ten dudes in a van waiting for a tweaker to show up and rip the thing off, then beating him up and leaving him tied to a tree with a sign that says "i steal bikes."
lantius
Posted: Sun Jan 28, 2007 11:09 am
1337Joined: 22 Jul 2005Posts: 6705Location: right over
pete jr wrote:
didn't some dudes in portland do this? ten dudes in a van waiting for a tweaker to show up and rip the thing off, then beating him up and leaving him tied to a tree with a sign that says "i steal bikes."
well, the film was at filmed by bike, but it's actually god's children, and it's about some folks in prescott, arizona.
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