Stolen

martinwitnam

Awoke this morning to find my new steed missing from the shed.
It is a Ribble 7005 with carbon monostay rear end.
ITM 4ever fork.
Look Keo classic pedals.
Tiagra chainset, front and rear mech.
105 hubs laced to Open Pro rims shod with Continental Attack/Force tyres.
It's nine speed with 105 shifter/brake hoods.
Absolutely gutted.

sturmey

Martin,
Sorry to hear that.
Keep your eye out for it on Gumtree or Ebay in a week or two's time.
The thief would normally sell a cheap bike 'down the pub' but they will know yours is worth a few quid and will most likely try and sell it this way.
Or, I would trawl round any bike shops in a 20 mile radius that sell secondhand roadbikes-he may have sold it by that method.

Stellite

Hi Martin

Have you posted this in the stolen road bikes section?

If not it may be worth it as a lot of the guys check this and the local guys will keep a look out for it.

Stone Glider

+1

Also check out local pawnshops, AKA "cash converters". Make sure that you have some ID and better still, receipts, pics, etc. Obviously, you have reported it to the police and obtained a crime number which you will need for any insurance claim you make. It may be covered by your household policy even if you have not got special cover.

Best of luck with the chase.

trickeyja

I hope you manage to recover it or replace on the insurance.

My bike was stolen from a locked shed a few years ago. The police came round, checked everything for fingerprints (there were only gloveprints). Anyway since the shed was locked, it was fortunately covered on the house insurance, and two days later a new (better) bike arrived.

trickeyja

I just thought I'd add, since my bike was stolen I have always kept my best bike in the hallway - I'm not risking anything getting stolen again.

Snudge

No consolation I know, but I saw a bike thief actually getting caught yeaterday evening. I was cycling home when suddenly I heard a shout and on the opposite pavement saw a youth trying to hurriedly mount a mountain bike. Aha I thought and said to him "You won't escape me!" (or words to that effect). After a few more yards struggle he abandoned the bike and legged it, the owner by now having scaled the gate out of the unit outside of which he had just left his bike. The thief disappeared a short distance into another yard (this being St. Phillips in Bristol, a big old varied industry area) just as a police car pulled up at the lights. The hapless junkie was apprehended shortly afterward and for the policeman he was a nice easy addition to his targets. And the reason he couldn't make off? The bike was a stunt bike and had no provision for a saddle and I think (like I imagine a fixed bike would be) he was a bit confused by its unusualness (or whatever the word is). The whole thing just shows that for the unorganised criminal mind, always alert to any easy chance for their own benefit at someone else's expense, it's only a matter of time for the right opportunity to come along - or in this case a very unlucky (for the thief) wrong one. And I'm literally keeping an eye on my bike outside the library as I type this (well not literally)!

davelakers

I saw a bloke nick my bike from where I worked about 15 years ago. I chased him out of the door and he turned round an gave me the Vs and rode off. By a stroke of pure luck my mate who worked next door was driving home so I jumped in his car and we chased him. I dont know what happened but strangely enough he managed to bump into the car and he fell off. 5 minutes later he was pleading for us to call the cops...........

When the cops did turn up he tried to press charges against me. Thankfully the copper was sympathetic and threw him in the van!!

Snudge

Result! Both above cases very unlucky for the thieves.

ademort

martinwitnam wrote:

Awoke this morning to find my new steed missing from the shed.
It is a Ribble 7005 with carbon monostay rear end.
ITM 4ever fork.
Look Keo classic pedals.
Tiagra chainset, front and rear mech.
105 hubs laced to Open Pro rims shod with Continental Attack/Force tyres.
It's nine speed with 105 shifter/brake hoods.
Absolutely gutted.

Sorry to hear about your bike, but just one thing could you post a picture of your bike if you have one and then all forum members will have a better idea as to what it looks like.If somebody does see it for sale on ebay or LBS then they can PM you, just a thought.
Ademort

rogerthecat

1+ on Ademorts'point.

Angus444

davelakers wrote:

I saw a bloke nick my bike from where I worked about 15 years ago. I chased him out of the door and he turned round an gave me the Vs and rode off. By a stroke of pure luck my mate who worked next door was driving home so I jumped in his car and we chased him. I dont know what happened but strangely enough he managed to bump into the car and he fell off. 5 minutes later he was pleading for us to call the cops...........

When the cops did turn up he tried to press charges against me. Thankfully the copper was sympathetic and threw him in the van!!

Good on you, Dave!!!

Martin, hope it makes a reappearance soon, mate.

NGale

Being in Canterbury, also put a notice around Christ Church College, UKC and KAID someone may well try and sell it to the student market.

Ahhh I miss Canterbury, spent 3 happy years there at Christ Church

dilemna

Sorry to read your bike was stolen. Not a nice feeling. I speak from experiences one years ago when I was a student when my jalopy road bike was pinched by chavs (got it back) and again in 2004 when my Brompton was stolen sadly have never got that back.

Did you record the frame number by any chance?

Sirius631

Club mate of mine had his brand new Cevelo P3 stolen from his house overnight. He got it back the next day after leafleting the area with the offer of a £200 reward. The old bloke who reported it probably split the reward with the junkie toe-rag theives, but that is better than loosing it, IMHO.

Police were useless and dragged their feet.

dilemna

Sirius631 wrote:

Club mate of mine had his brand new Cevelo P3 stolen from his house overnight. He got it back the next day after leafleting the area with the offer of a £200 reward. The old bloke who reported it probably split the reward with the junkie toe-rag theives, but that is better than loosing it, IMHO.

Police were useless and dragged their feet.

Although it got the bike back it also advertised to your immediate community good and bad that you have a tasty bike and therefore can afford something like that. What else might you have you might pay to get back?

Snudge

That's what's called a dilemma, dilemna,

Sirius631

dilemna wrote:

Although it got the bike back it also advertised to your immediate community good and bad that you have a tasty bike and therefore can afford something like that. What else might you have you might pay to get back?

I doubt that those who took it really recognised it as a 'tasty bike' but as something that they could pass on for a few quid for their next fix. Going for a split of the reward is safer than trying to sell it on. As it wasn't a mountain bike, the average punter down the pub wouldn't know what to do with it. Someone might have offered the scrotes £20 for it, so to they probably thought that it was all their birthdays and Xmas's come together to get a split of £200.

Moral of the story: Make sure your DVD player is easier to take.

Mate has probably got bikes shackled to ground loops, and fixed door with armoured locks.