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TrikerTrev
Posted: Fri Nov 09, 2007 9:55 am
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nice ride!
i sure hope it gets returned and not rattle can'd.
Seven
Posted: Fri Nov 09, 2007 9:56 am
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I've lit the bat signal, a.k.a. my girlfriend who can spot a Merckx from a mile away.
langston
Posted: Fri Nov 09, 2007 10:12 am
Joined: 25 Jul 2005Posts: 5547Location: Columbia City
watch the Craigslist, Ebay and put a word in at Recycled Cycles that it's a hot bike. Got the serial number written down?
laura
Posted: Fri Nov 09, 2007 10:15 am
Joined: 22 Jun 2007Posts: 1050Location: wherever the dance party is
Seven - tell your lady thanks!
Langston - the guys at Recycled know and love that bike. Serial # is a bit of a challenge due to the repaint - you can't make it out. :P bah! Does not help the cause, i know.
laura
Posted: Fri Nov 09, 2007 4:06 pm
Joined: 22 Jun 2007Posts: 1050Location: wherever the dance party is
Done:
- police report
- .83 forum
- CL-Seattle lost & found posting.
- CL-Seattle posting under "bicycles" redirecting to lost & found
- Cascade stolen bike listing
- Ntl stolen bike registry website
- Velo (visit & flyer)
- Recycled Cycles (visit & flyer)
- R&E (email with flyer, visit over weekend)
- Elliott Bay (email with flyer, visit over weekend)
- Flyer & chit chat with pawn shop people on Pike St.
- Yapping to friends, baristas, other people with "bike love"
- Working with previous owner to dredge up a serial #
To do: the rest of the bike shops and other pawn shops
Any other obvious things that would help?
FieryIrie
Posted: Fri Nov 09, 2007 4:24 pm
Joined: 25 Jun 2007Posts: 554Location: Wallingford
laura wrote:
Done:
- police report
- .83 forum
- CL-Seattle lost & found posting.
- CL-Seattle posting under "bicycles" redirecting to lost & found
- Cascade stolen bike listing
- Ntl stolen bike registry website
- Velo (visit & flyer)
- Recycled Cycles (visit & flyer)
- R&E (email with flyer, visit over weekend)
- Elliott Bay (email with flyer, visit over weekend)
- Flyer & chit chat with pawn shop people on Pike St.
- Yapping to friends, baristas, other people with "bike love"
- Working with previous owner to dredge up a serial #
To do: the rest of the bike shops and other pawn shops
Any other obvious things that would help?
Good luck, hot ride. Can totally be spotted from a mile away...
greggsomafixed
Posted: Fri Nov 09, 2007 4:25 pm
Joined: 26 Jul 2005Posts: 211Location: undeterminded circle of hell
Lock Make Model Type- how was it locked? how long was it locked there? was it locked there consistently? was the broken lock left behind?
I want to know.
joeball
Posted: Fri Nov 09, 2007 4:44 pm
Joined: 24 Jul 2005Posts: 6037Location: Ether
greggsomafixed wrote:
Lock Make Model Type- how was it locked? how long was it locked there? was it locked there consistently? was the broken lock left behind?
I want to know.
ditto
laura
Posted: Fri Nov 09, 2007 5:31 pm
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joeball wrote:
greggsomafixed wrote:
Lock Make Model Type- how was it locked? how long was it locked there? was it locked there consistently? was the broken lock left behind?
I want to know.
ditto
little u-lock - the smallest one
3 hours or so
yes
no
greggsomafixed
Posted: Fri Nov 09, 2007 5:42 pm
Joined: 26 Jul 2005Posts: 211Location: undeterminded circle of hell
Thanks. That bike is gone for good I think. Sucks.
ksep
Posted: Sat Nov 10, 2007 4:52 pm
Joined: 27 Jan 2007Posts: 1879Location: Westlake
Damn. The kryptonite evolution mini?
How's someone going to pull that off on a busy street at a not entirely late hour in front of open businesses? I imagine an angle grinder would have been loud and sparky. Does sticking a car jack in and cranking away really work? It wasn't one of the old open with a bic pen models was it?
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john
Posted: Sun Nov 11, 2007 1:50 am
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abamfici wrote:
Damn. The kryptonite evolution mini?
How's someone going to pull that off on a busy street at a not entirely late hour in front of open businesses? I imagine an angle grinder would have been loud and sparky. Does sticking a car jack in and cranking away really work? It wasn't one of the old open with a bic pen models was it?
Sounds like they probably used a long breaker bar... the Krypto's don't have dual lock engagement and are easily defeated.
Kryptonite locks other than the NY lock are worthless.
Period.
You want your bike safe where you leave it all the time, have a 14mm ONguard chain and a Krypto NY lock together attaching sepperate triangles to two separate pieces or structural steel. That gives 12 minutes of protection against any angle grinder or a 60" breaker bar.
The mini evolution is only slightly better (3-5 seconds) than a $12 cafe cable. I like the onguard mini a lot better as it has dual engagement.
the best solution is to never be farther from your bike than the distance you can throw your pocket knife or shoot your pepper spray.
That being said,
looked at the pic, will ask around.
I am terribly sorry for your loss... bike theft should be a capital offense. That scum deserve to be eviscerated under he baleful eye of the great winged one in the frozen plain of dis.
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john wrote:
That being said,looked at the pic, will ask around.
I am terribly sorry for your loss... bike theft should be a capital offense. That scum deserve to be eviscerated under he baleful eye of the great winged one in the frozen plain of dis.
It wasn't the bic pen lock, but as John described it didn't matter.
While the roommate wants the bike back, I think he wants to deliver a serious ass-kicking to the thief even more. If ya see it on the road, huck a u-lock in the direction of the rider and then we can administer vigilante justice. Bicycle jihad, bitches!
Joe
Posted: Sun Nov 11, 2007 1:05 pm
Joined: 15 Feb 2007Posts: 430
Something that I think your friend's misfortune really makes clear is that even a "good" lock isn't a guarantee your bike won't be stolen if that bike happens to be conspicuously desirable. One of the best ways to ensure your bike will still be there at the end of the day is to not use an expensive looking bike for your daily rider. That doesn't mean you should ride a shitty bike, just that your daily rider should be the least eye-catching that it can possibly be.
In any case, your friend did not deserve to lose his bike.
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