4 Bikes Stolen from Basement, incl. Jamis Aurora & Gary Fisher Wingra Hybrid

We had someone break in and steal 4 bikes from our basement.  We filed a report, but I'm just putting the word out there...in case anyone sees these bikes.  There were two mountain bikes (Blue Trek & Red Diamondback), but I can live without them.  Would rather focus on getting back these two road bikes.  Contact me at lindsaybanks@gmail.com with any info.  Thanks!

Here's the info and photos:

2008 Jamis Aurora          

  • SN: U6YU19777         
  • 47 cm, with extended stem and seat post
  • Maroon / beige         
  • Thumb print sized dent in top tube         
  • Pretty scuffed up from a couple of crashes         
  • Shimano Combo clipless / platform pedals         
  • Kleen Kanteen plastic waterbottle holder on down tube         
  • Stickers: “More Fun, Less Stuff” on top tube,   "Feel Your Boobies" on rear rack, "We Are Traffic" and "Bike Winter" on rear fender

2008 Women's Gary Fisher Wingra Hybrid 

  • Flat Black
  • SN: WTU264C0915C
  • 15.5" Frame
  • Clipless pedals
  • Village Cycle Center sticker on seat tube
  • Black back rack held by silver brackets
  • Silver bottle cage on down tube
  • Rear view mirror attached to end of left handlebar grip
  • Black Knog Frog light on handlebar and back rack 

Also stolen:

 

Rusty, functioning red Diamondback mtn. bike

Bought it at a garage sale

4-Star Courier sticker on the frame

Rear mud-flap type fender

 

Blue Trek

Hasn't been ridden in years

 

We don’t really care about the mountain bikes.  Would be nice to track down these road bikes, though!  Any info, contact Lindsay Banks lindsaybanks@gmail.com, 202-420-8197           


THANKS!

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Permalink Reply by dan brown on January 25, 2010 at 9:52am
this really angers me to hear that someone's (often) sole means of transportation that is far more
valuable then the replacement cost is taken from there own secure area; and will likely be sold to
support a drug addiction.

obviously - check local pawn shops and craigslist; adn someone mentioned a few months back that
there is a flea market on the S. or SW Side that these may turn up at.

sorry to hear about it.


I just purchased renter's insurance recently partly because of stories like these.


thanks for posting photos - I will be on the lookout

DB
Permalink Reply by Lindsay on January 25, 2010 at 10:04am
Thanks, Daniel! I agree completely. I even posted a sign that I would buy back the bikes, no questions asked...because I wonder if the same drug addict will wander by again...unless they already pieced it up and sold it for pennies on the dollar. I know it's unlikely that we will get them back, but it doesn't hurt to try.
Permalink Reply by Michelle Green on January 25, 2010 at 10:18am
Gah, I'm so sorry! What part of town are you in? I'll keep my eyes peeled :(
Permalink Reply by Lindsay on January 25, 2010 at 10:23am
West Town, near the intersection of Chicago & Ashland.

By the way, I do NOT think that this was done by someone with a lot of knowledge of bicycles. If that were the case, they would not have taken the barely ride-able mtn bike in the back...not worth it. But if you're an addict needing a fix...anything goes. So if anyone has insight as to where drug addict stolen bikes end up, I'm all ears. Someone mentioned Maxwell Market?

Michelle Green said:
Gah, I'm so sorry! What part of town are you in? I'll keep my eyes peeled :(
Permalink Reply by Ian on January 25, 2010 at 10:38am
so sorry to hear about the losses - good luck hunting, and don't forget to post the theft here:

www.Chicago.stolen.bike
Permalink Reply by Anne Alt on January 25, 2010 at 11:02am
Swap-o-rama flea market might be worth a look, too. 41st & Ashland

Lindsay said:
West Town, near the intersection of Chicago & Ashland.

By the way, I do NOT think that this was done by someone with a lot of knowledge of bicycles. If that were the case, they would not have taken the barely ride-able mtn bike in the back...not worth it. But if you're an addict needing a fix...anything goes. So if anyone has insight as to where drug addict stolen bikes end up, I'm all ears. Someone mentioned Maxwell Market?

Michelle Green said:
Gah, I'm so sorry! What part of town are you in? I'll keep my eyes peeled :(
Permalink Reply by Tank-Ridin' Ryan on January 25, 2010 at 11:45am
Lindsay,

What Ian was trying to link to was the Chicago Stolen Bike Registry.

Please post all the info you've posted here on there.

Also, keep an eye on Craigslist Chicago. There's a section for selling bikes.

Hopefully you have the same luck as Jen P did when her bike was stolen. (She answered a Craigslist ad with a friend and the seller was arrested.)
Permalink Reply by Lindsay on January 25, 2010 at 11:48am
Thanks, guys. The info is up there!

Tank-Ridin' Ryan said:
Lindsay,

What Ian was trying to link to was the Chicago Stolen Bike Registry.

Please post all the info you've posted here on there.
Permalink Reply by KatieP on January 25, 2010 at 1:51pm
That sucks! Sending good karma your way!
Permalink Reply by dan brown on January 26, 2010 at 3:44am
great tips clark. my racing bike is locked (with a very thick chain) to the repair stand AND the couch.
I figure if they can get that out of the apartment; they can have it (not really). I don't trrust ANYONE
really.

DB

Clark said:
Valuable personal bikes should ALWAYS be locked to something...even in your own basement. Bikes are extremely pilferable, can be resold easily, and have a significant value/weight ratio...like candy to babies! I've seen robbers break into an apartment only because they were lured by an unlocked bike in someone's dining room that they saw from the street.

All basements are visited by meter readers, movers, maintenance people, etc.... They may not be thieves, but may tell their friends who are, about the unlocked valuable bikes. So always lock to something in the basement that cannot be easily sawed...like a water or gas main coming in from the street. Lacking that, lock three or more bikes together.
Permalink Reply by Lindsay on January 26, 2010 at 7:27am
Good points, Clark. This was not a forced entry, so your comment made me think about the fact that some of the workers who were working on the unfinished unit might have been given a key. I am currently trying to find out if any copies of keys were given to the workers. They would have known that the bikes were down there, unlocked. OR, someone from my downstairs neighbors' party on Saturday night could have left through their unit and taken the bikes with them. But they said that no one left through the back door.

Clark said:
Valuable personal bikes should ALWAYS be locked to something...even in your own basement. Bikes are extremely pilferable, can be resold easily, and have a significant value/weight ratio...like candy to babies! I've seen robbers break into an apartment only because they were lured by an unlocked bike in someone's dining room that they saw from the street.

All basements are visited by meter readers, movers, maintenance people, etc.... They may not be thieves, but may tell their friends who are, about the unlocked valuable bikes. So always lock to something in the basement that cannot be easily sawed...like a water or gas main coming in from the street. Lacking that, lock three or more bikes together.
Permalink Reply by Barry Niel Stuart on January 27, 2010 at 11:42am
Losing a Jamis Aurora really sucks! My previous landlord tried to seize mine and I had to place it with a friend of mine for safekeeping. Can you work with the Chicago Police to set up a Craig's List sting? I saw this idea on Bicycle.net . Apparently, the Santa Monica CA police were quite successful.

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