My teen son's bike was stolen from the rack at NSCP at Kedzie and Bryn Mawr.   He went home early from school yesterday due to illness and didn't take the bike.  It was locked to the rack with a Kryptonite lock but of course that's not much security.   Bringing the bike home would have been.


Bike is fairly unique looking so I have a faint hope someone will spot it.  Unfortunately I don't have a photo to upload.

It's a 70s Motobecane (headbadge still on) brushpainted BROWN with the original red showing through the scratches.   Bullhorns with inverse brake levers in the ends, no bar tape but blue masking tape is holding the (red) brake cables down.

Semi-deep-V rims over high flange Nashbar hubs (flipflop rear), very unusual BROWN Schwalbe Delta Cruiser tires (fat) with wide reflective sidewalls.

There is a security camera and they are looking at the tapes for what that's worth.  I have already put up a listing on the CSBD.  I may look at the notorious flea market for it, schedule allowing.   The bike is not worth much but son is pretty disappointed esp as it's the second bike he's had stolen this year.

Any information gratefully received.   Please, comments about how bad an idea it was for him to have left the bike there would not be helpful.

Thanks for reading.

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My son reports another stolen yesterday and he thinks his friend's bike was stolen today.   They have security cameras on the area where the bike racks are but if no one takes the time to look over the footage it's not much use.   Son never got a look over the footage from his own theft, the officer was willing but it would have taken hours, he had to leave, and just never got back to it.


In any case, someone there needs to make more of an effort to prevent these thefts.

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