Stolen Bikes and Police Notices
 

This thread is to provide a central point for publicizing your stolen bikes. It's a closed thread, you will need to contact a staff member to get your item in, but it's free to all. If you don't have the minimum post count to send a PM, remember, there's always email, you can email me at tom(at)bikeforums(dot)net, or any of the staff at their username(at)bikeforums(dot)net.

We will post the location, year, and make/model of the bike and a picture for you. Hopefully, this will be the slowest growing thread in BF history. If you recover your bicycle, click the report post icon and tell us (the black triangle on the lower left of the post), so the staff can edit in that the bike was recovered.

Stolen Nishiki FOUND!
 

I found a blue Nishiki Olympic, looks around late 80's, probably '87. I put an add on craigslist saying I found it. If you know the owner or know where else I could advertise then please tell me!

Found in Hayward, CA

Posted for Old Fat Guy.

Posted for Nikolai (http://www.bikeforums.net/member.php...lai?do=getinfo)

Posted for frigoa (http://www.bikeforums.net/member.php...goa?do=getinfo)

Posted for Krow, his wife's bike was stolen at the finish of the STP.
http://www.bikeforums.net/member.php/84600-Krow

Stolen Bikes and Police Notices
 

http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6146/...0fffc7f5_b.jpgSTOLEN FROM OLD SACRAMENTO 7/16/11

I know its a far shot to get my bike back, but I must try everything, the bike has been passed down to me and it means too much to just let it go without a fight.

Stolen!!! 7/16/11 approx 7:00pm, @ Old Sacramento. Really Heart breaking. Please Call the police if seen, or trying to be sold. Or e-mail me @ ExcellenceForSure@gmail.com Thank you.....

1998 S-Works M2 Specialized "Grabber Green" with RED "Answer:Manitou" Forks; APC/APR wide leather seat. Has red/blue/black stitching.
"Spring Preload knob does not work, has Specialized pouch mounted under Seat, Ritchey/Ritchey Stem"

(Just like this bike but in "Grabber Green" / Kawasaki Green")

http://www.bikepedia.com/QuickBike/B...20M2&Type=bike

Stolen 2009 trek madone 5.1 san diego
 

My WSD Trek Madone 5.1 size 47" White, silver and light blue lining was stolen in San Diego near Rosencrans in front of Ross and Target. The person cut the cables in seconds. I am 26 years old and this is my transportation. I need help and I need my bike back. Please.

My condolences :(.

Keep an eye on craigslist and eBay... you'd be surprised how often they show up there.

I'm really sorry to read this.

Best wishes for a successful retrieval.

Good luck on finding your stolen bicycle. Though I don't mean this in a mocking way, isn't leaving your $2000+ Trek Madone in front of a store kind of asking someone to steal it? I have a Trek also and would never leave it unattended for any amount of time anywhere.

Here's hoping you get it back. BTW a Madone 5.1 calls for nothing less than a top-of-the-line lock if you're leaving it in public. I'd use a Kryptonite Fahgettaboudit chain or U-lock.

Bicycles Inc, Fort Worth TX
 

Our Ft Worth location was broken into early Friday morning about 3:30am. It appears that 9 Trek Madones were stolen, but we'll do a further inventory this morning to make sure that we did not miss anything else. Please keep an eye out for these bikes coming into the stores, craigslist, ebay, etc. The Ft Worth Police are very good watching the Pawn shops. The bikes are as follows:

2010 Trek Madone 4.7 compact 54cm blue, serial # wtu140ct029e
2010 Trek Madone 4.7 compact 56cm blue, serial # wtu166ct024e
2011 Trek Madone 5.2 compact, H2, 54cm black, serial # wtu169ct153f
2011 Trek Madone 5.1 compact, H2, 58cm white/orange, serial # wtu274ct096f
2011 Trek Madone 5.5 compact, H2, 58cm platinum/white, serial # wtu215ct208f
2011 Trek Madone 6.2 double, H1, 52cm, black/yellow, serial # wtu153t094f
2011 Trek Madone 6.2 double, H2, 54cm black, serial # wtu148t086f
2012 Trek Madone 4.7 compact, 56cm, H2, serial # wtu227ct004g
2012 Trek Madone 4.7 compact, 58cm H2 white/black, serial# wtu203ct014g

If you see or hear anything, please let me know.

Scott McCaskey
Bicycles Inc
817-268-6572

Posted for user notabikedork:

specialized allez elite, charcoal gray red and white highlights 61cm with century bars, grey camouflage tape

Stolen from Santa Ana River Trail, 01/30/2012, 7:15 pm.

Posted for dann h


Stolen: 1988 Bridgestone Comp MB-1 stolen from bike rack (locked) at apartment in downtown San Jose near campus on 2/6/12. Here is a link with a picture & description. It has been reported to the SJPD. Send him a PM if you have information. Thanks, all.


http://www.sheldonbrown.com/<wbr>bridgestone/1988/pages/<wbr>bridgestone-1988-05.htm

LOCATION: WARF Building, UW Campus, Madison, WI
TIME/DATE: 11:30AM, Monday, April 30, 2012
LOCK: Apparently inadequate cable

BIKE: 2009 SE Lager Black w/ Red Accents Single Speed Free Wheel/Fix Gear
60cm, Registration ICSE8E03723
Looks pretty much stock, like this http://archive.sebikes.com/<wbr>archivebike.php?prodid=917&<wbr>prodname=700c%20Lager

CONTACT INFO:
BEN
benvondra(at)gmail.com

Posted for this Ben

Posted for VaporDoc:

Here's a pic of my stolen bike from my backyard in Hidden Glen-Evergreen-East San Jose Area! w/some stuff I had! I got the bike as a gift from a close relative for my DAUGHTER WHO IS 3YRS. OLD AND LOVES RIDING IN THE TRAILER I PULL HER IN & GO PLAY IN THE PARKS OR RIDE AROUND!! PLEASE KEEP AN EYE OUT 4 IT, THE BIKE IS NOT COMMONLY SEEN AROUND AND CONTACT ME IMMEDIATELY B4/AND/OR NOTIFY POLICE!

http://i122.photobucket.com/albums/o...e/IMAG0529.jpg

http://i122.photobucket.com/albums/o...-281958272.png


-STOLEN JULY 3RD 2012, EVENING
-LOCATION: SAN JOSE,CA (Hidden Glen - Evergreen - East Side)
-CONTACT EMAIL: stolenhelp@gmail.com
DESCRIPTION: 2008 GIANT RINCON.
-BLACK/GREY w/ a little white
-Pretty much stock except for Odyssey Black Widow pedals (old-school BMX ones)
-BLACK RIMS w/ NEVELA? Stock tires
-"Fast Bicycles" sticker on seatpost frame
-red "atlas" sticker near crank on frame
-SERIAL# on bottom of frame starts FN... (forgot to copy)
-BELLll TAILIGHT under seat
-PAIR of NIKE baseball gloves were on handlebars,
- Red Donut hand protectors on worn out grips, cables coming apart.
-I have a feeling it was one of the RECYCLERS who search for cans/bottles because it was the day before garbage day & have heard some will even look over your backyard gate for more & my bike was sitting right there, the only time I ever did that because I was in a rush!


Any help is much appreciated and will put the smile back on my 3yr. old girl who loves riding to the park with me! THANK YOU!

[h=2]Stolen Miyata 1000 [/h] (The VO fenders pictured were just replaced with new, smooth aluminum VO fenders, and there was an olive Carradice Barley saddlebag attached):

Stolen Bikes and Police Notices
 

For now this one...until a mod points me in the right direction.

Recently we've had a string of bikes being stolen in our region (Columbus, GA) All high end road bikes or mountain bikes, in broad daylight, one even right in front of the LBS.

Today, sadly, just before the group ride (first of the year) my girlfiends 2012 Trek Madone 5.2 (black on black) with ultegra (also black) was stolen outside her office downtown while she was changing into her gear. She left the back on the back of the rack, secured with a lock (I put it on myself) and came out 10 minutes later and the bike was gone.

If you happen to see one posted in your region in the next few months, inbox me. Thanks.

Also stolen was a friends Cannondale Scalpel.

I'm setting up a sting bike with the spybike system. Hoping over the next week or two somebody nabs it and we can find out where they are going, in the mean time I'd suggest you add one, seems like it's worth the money vs. the pain of losing your bike.


edit: hello old friends, been awhile...been super busy =)

Looking for my Stolen Raleigh
 

Hi all,

My bike was stolen last week in DC, and so I am just trying to get the work out about it. Pictures and details below. Please let me know if you have seen or happen to see it.

Thanks and please keep an eye out!!

......................

BIKE DESCRIPTION:
2008 Raleigh rx 1.0; cyclocross bike
Aluminum yellow frame, with white Easton-brand carbon fork
56-57cm frame, 700mm wheels
WTB saddle
WTP tires
18-gear SRAM crankset combo
Shimano 105/Tiagra shifters
Black handlebar tape

IDENTIFYING CHARACTERISTICS:
*blue water cage installed on seat tube mount
*small gold bell clipped on underneath saddle
*toeclip pedals
*serial number #U79K21586


Bike (before the water cage was installed):


Bell under saddle:


More details can be found here:
http://www.raleighusa.com/archive/2008-road/rx-2008/

.......................

*It was stolen on 6/19/2013 from the Waterfront Center's parking garage, at 1010 Wisconsin Avenue, Washington DC 20007 (in the Georgetown neighborhood).

Thanks a million!

Peace,
Alex

Good Luck. Sorry I can't help.

Sucks. Keep checking Craigslist in various locations near you.

I'll keep an eye out for it.

You did do a police report,right? Try this site to look around different CL's:
http://www.searchtempest.com/

If you have any friends that race cross,might want to have them keep an eye out. Also give Gwadzilla a heads up:
http://gwadzilla.blogspot.com/

LOST/STOLEN BIKE! Red and White Strada, Gramercy Manhatan NYC
 

I know this isn't a a sharing bike http://bikeforums.net/attachment.php...hmentid=331335http://bikeforums.net/attachment.php...hmentid=331336post but someone stole my bike near Baruch (Gramercy/Flatiron area) a few days ago (July 24th around noon). If anyone sees it and is kind enough to notify me, my number is 646-801-9004.

It's a Strada bike, white frame, white seat, white wheels, black handles, and red rims. It's a small build, 49cm, fits around 5'3"-5'6", stand over height 30inches. There's also a lot of stickers on it (not shown in the picture), mostly white/black/red ones.

Thank you so much!

$250 reward: Stolen in Seattle 8/6 - Red Kinetic Sprint S/N ESL 12213 - see picture.
 

Should be easy to spot, not a lot of them. I loved this bike. Stolen from the Montlake/520 bike parking lot between 8:30 AM and 4:30 PM today, Aug 6.
http://bikeforums.net/attachment.php...hmentid=333310

davemac204@gmail.com

Bike stolen from SoCal Metrolink
 

Yesterday,8/28/13, on Metrolink train 602 southbound someone stole a carbon Scattante w/Ultegra components off the bike car with a half dozen people (including the moron posting this:eek:) watching. Here is how it went down. I was talking to someone when I heard a noise, looked down to the other side of the car to see that a bike had fallen over. The guy who owned the bike was sitting next to it and went to pick it up when some other guy pulled the Scattante that was under it and walked right off the train. The guy I was talking to said "hey. I think that guy just stole that bike".

Here is what we pieced together. A$$wipe knocked over the first bike-a Cannondale Evo-to see if the owner was near by. When that bikes owner revealed himself, the dirtbag went for the bike under it. This was all timed to coincide with the train pulling into the station (Laguna Niguel).

One witness said the thief had boarded the train at Anaheim station and was asking him questions about his bike. He was also carrying a set of MTB handlebars he was trying to sell. The witness said the guy seemed shady, and it was this witness who noticed, too late, the bike being taken off the train as the doors closed.

Anyone who has ridden the trains knows the protocol is that once those doors close and the train starts rolling, they don't stop for anything short of hitting something. The thief obviously knew this too since he timed it to be off the train just as the doors closed.

I will post more details later after I get a chance to speak to the witness again to get a description of the thief, and get a better description of the bike from the victim.

Watch Craigslist list for Ultegra parts, as parting bikes seems to be this Q!@#%#$'s MO. He dropped the MTB bars were he grabbed the bike.

Stolen De Rosa SL with Campagnolo Chorus
 

Joined this forum in my continuing search for my bike, stolen from my garage late last summer. I didn't see a section devoted to stolen bikes so I'm posting here. I hope that's alright.


Purchased new from La Bicycletta on Broadway in Vancouver in 1988
Stolen from my garage on Balsam between 5th & 6th, late August or early September 2012


De Rosa 56cm frame made with Columbus SL tubing
pearl white with dark blue, medium blue, and light blue trim stipes and red heart on head tube
chrome plated forks and chain stays (fork plating has started blistering and peeling)
sloping fork crown with recessed hearts in crown casting
chain peg missing from bottom inside right seat stay (factory omission)
paint rubbed off inside of left chain stay from tire rubbing when wheel was knocked askew during a hard ride


Campagnolo Chorus (classic) group set for most components
Campagnolo Croce d'Aune front and rear derailleurs
Campagnolo Chorus Monoplanar brake calipers
Campagnolo Chorus Profit clipless pedals
Campagnolo Chorus crank set (42-53 chain rings)
Regina America 6-speed freewheel (13-14-15-17-19-21 sprockets) with light weight chain (hollow link rivets)
Campagnolo Chorus hubs
Mavic clincher rims anodized blue with machined braking surfaces
Alpina aero-section spokes (small A embossed onto each spoke head)
Michelin tires and tubes fitted when stolen (both tubes have patches)


Selle San Marco Rolls white leather saddle
white handle bar tap wrapped around hidden brake cables
white brake lever hoods
friction shift levers mounted on down tube


Vetta wire less cyclocomputer was removed to change the battery and is still in my possession
Vetta wheel speed sensor was still secured to right fork leg when bike was stolen
Vetta computer mount was still secured to right handle bar when bike was stolen


View photos here:
http://s1185.photobucket.com/user/Ar...De%20Rosa%20SL

Stolen Bikes and Police Notices
 

Dear cycling community,

I have a favor to ask of you guys. I know a few threads pop up everywhere about stolen bikes and can you please find mine and be on the look out... I need your guys' help in finding my cousin's bike. The story behind the bike is that it was his dad's bike before he passed away during a triathlon. My cousin was going to do a triathlon on the same bike in honor of his father. Unfortunately over the past weekend, the bicycle was stolen from their garage in the San Pedro area.

http://www.dailybreeze.com/general-n...local-hospital
http://redondobeach.patch.com/groups...-what-he-loved
http://bikeforums.net/attachment.php...hmentid=338377

The bike is a yellow specialized allez with a Reynolds carbon fork. We are currently cruising through craigslist looking for it. If you find the bike or have a clue about its whereabouts, please message me.

I appreciate all of you who took the time to read this. I know that recovering a stolen bike in California is like finding water in a desert but I'm hoping this might become a feel good story on KTLA.

Thanks