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Author:  NephyrS [ Fri Oct 05, 2012 12:49 pm ]
Post subject:  Stolen Bike found after 2.5 years!
So I had a bike stolen right after I moved to New Orleans. 2003 Trek 1000. Good rider, lots of sentimental value. I had very little hope of getting it back.

Then yesterday, a bike that fits the description exactly pops up on craigslist- down to the dings on the frame, rips in the seat, and a rather unusual bottle cage/rack combo. It's at a used bike shop.

So I call the guy, pick up my police report, and go over- the headset #s match. Not exactly airtight, but I didn't have the frame S/N.He said it was fine, though, and that everything else matched my description to the T.

So I paid him cost for what he put into it, and got it back!

He found it from a junk dealer who found it doing yard work- it had gotten "vined" to a fence behind a shed, in a yard not too far from where it got stolen. Sounds like someone used it and dumped it when they saw it was registered with the city, I guess. Needs some TLC, but still in good riding shape overall.

I'm very happy it all worked out. I've got better bikes now, but this is one I rode on an 800 mile tour with my dad, just a year or so before he died. You can't replace that kind of sentimental value.
Author:  Müs [ Fri Oct 05, 2012 1:21 pm ]
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Awesome!
Author:  Aethien [ Fri Oct 05, 2012 2:58 pm ]
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Freakin' fantastic! Very nice story.
Author:  Jasmy [ Fri Oct 05, 2012 3:13 pm ]
Post subject:  Re: Stolen Bike found after 2.5 years!
Glad you got it back.
Author:  SuiNeko [ Sat Oct 06, 2012 6:48 am ]
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Thanks for sharing - you made me smile ;)
Author:  Aizle [ Mon Oct 08, 2012 9:39 am ]
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Nice!
Author:  NephyrS [ Mon Oct 08, 2012 10:09 am ]
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Whee!

Really fun riding it again.

The rear derailleur is shot, and the brakes/STIs aren't in good shape, but I've got a line on a complete group set for cheap to replace what's on there now.
Author:  Rynar [ Tue Oct 09, 2012 8:53 am ]
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Now this...

This is a cool story.
Author:  Mookhow [ Tue Oct 09, 2012 10:49 am ]
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You can register your bicycle with the city?
Author:  Kaffis Mark V [ Tue Oct 09, 2012 11:43 am ]
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Mookhow wrote:
You can register your bicycle with the city?

I'm assuming this was part of the process of reporting it stolen.
Author:  NephyrS [ Tue Oct 09, 2012 1:09 pm ]
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Depending on the city, yes.

I had it registered with both the University and the City.

Except now, since all they had on file was the headset # (not a true serial number), and there's a bike with the headset number as a serial reported stolen in CO, the city is now refusing to say that it's mine.

So I'm trying to find the original papers on it.

And there's a chance it might not be mine... Slim, but a chance. Same year, color, unusual water bottle cage, non-stock rims, and back rack, found in the same area of town mine was stolen in.... Makes it very likely mine however.

I took in pictures of me with the bike from 2003 and 2009 before it got stolen today.
Author:  SuiNeko [ Tue Oct 09, 2012 1:51 pm ]
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There is zero chance it isnt yours. There is a chance, in the intervening years, that it has been somebody elses, and has been stolen a second time, however.
Author:  NephyrS [ Tue Oct 09, 2012 2:11 pm ]
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It's possible... But someone else in Colorado, when I'm in Louisiana?

I wouldn't say there's zero chance it isn't mine, but I'd say it's a very small chance.
Author:  Aethien [ Wed Oct 10, 2012 7:25 pm ]
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Many cities require you to register a bike. I think LA is one of them, although of course no one does it. We did it when I was a kid, back in the 60s; they had these nifty metallic decals, etc., if I remember correctly.
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