Found Someone's Bike

I found a bike on lawrence near the post office (between western and rockwell). Would really like the bike to be returned to owner. Figured I would post here and on craigslist, any other suggestions?

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Permalink Reply by mia moore on June 30, 2010 at 6:47am

Chicago bike community is awesome :)

p.s. Michael gets free flat changes for life at Ciclo Urbano

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Permalink Reply by Jack on June 30, 2010 at 7:00am

Congratulations, Mia! I am very glad you got your bike back! Michael, you rock for helping out the cycling community!

mia moore said:

OH WOW!!!!! That's my bike :) :) :) <3

hoooooraaaaaaaaayyyyyyyyy!!!! oh man, I can't tell you how happy this makes me!

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Permalink Reply by Moc Artsy on June 30, 2010 at 7:37am

Excellent work!

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Permalink Reply by dan brown on June 30, 2010 at 10:06am

thunderous applause ensues...great news !
let the reuniting begin

Moc Artsy said:

Excellent work!

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Permalink Reply by Julie Aberman (Hochstadter) on June 30, 2010 at 10:26am

wow, Mia, I saw your thread on facebook! Yeah!!!!! Michael and Mia, we need to celebrate. Excuse for a party? I'll host, just pick the date!

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Permalink Reply by A.K.A Paul on June 30, 2010 at 1:29pm

Fucking Awesome! This is such a great story! Congrats Mia! Michael you rock!

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Permalink Reply by Laura on July 3, 2010 at 5:40am

problem is that you need to search in google! searching in the registry gets you nothing!

H3N3 said:

Not to be a buzz kill, but I've now learned which bike this is.
It was listed on the Chicago Stolen Bike Registry almost immediately on June 27.
If you enter "Stolen [make] Chicago" in google it's the very top hit.
Had you looked at the Registry before starting this thread you would have seen it on the first (most recent) page, maybe even at the very top.
Would be interested to know where the search process faltered?

Michael Millican said:
Just spoke with Mia, it was in fact stolen and presumably abandoned after getting a flat on not having the right shoes for clipless pedals.
Thanks to everyone for keeping this thread alive until Zach saw it.

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Permalink Reply by Michael Millican on July 3, 2010 at 6:07am

Didn't realize the site displayed things out of date order.

H3N3 said:

Not to be a buzz kill, but I've now learned which bike this is.
It was listed on the Chicago Stolen Bike Registry almost immediately on June 27.
If you enter "Stolen [make] Chicago" in google it's the very top hit.
Had you looked at the Registry before starting this thread you would have seen it on the first (most recent) page, maybe even at the very top.
Would be interested to know where the search process faltered?

Michael Millican said:
Just spoke with Mia, it was in fact stolen and presumably abandoned after getting a flat on not having the right shoes for clipless pedals.
Thanks to everyone for keeping this thread alive until Zach saw it.

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Permalink Reply by Michael Millican on July 3, 2010 at 6:24am

Yeah, I assumed when I saw only one entry from that date and then it jumped back a couple weeks that it had not been reported

H3N3 said:

True, the internal search needs some kind of attention I'm not technical enough to give it
-- Michael was this your specific problem?

Laura said:
problem is that you need to search in google! searching in the registry gets you nothing!

H3N3 said:
Not to be a buzz kill, but I've now learned which bike this is.
It was listed on the Chicago Stolen Bike Registry almost immediately on June 27.
If you enter "Stolen [make] Chicago" in google it's the very top hit.
Had you looked at the Registry before starting this thread you would have seen it on the first (most recent) page, maybe even at the very top.
Would be interested to know where the search process faltered?

Michael Millican said:
Just spoke with Mia, it was in fact stolen and presumably abandoned after getting a flat on not having the right shoes for clipless pedals.
Thanks to everyone for keeping this thread alive until Zach saw it.

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Permalink Reply by Joel on July 3, 2010 at 11:32am

The site should be database driven (if it isn't) and allow you to sort by date stolen, date entered, area stolen, etc. Really, you should be able to order and filter by most any attribute. Someone could use the Google Maps API to show the location of each theft as well.

H3N3 said:

Hadn't had time to do the math . . .
It would have been somewhere between 10th and 12th listing down the first page when you started this thread . . . any suggestions on how we could make the site easier to use?
I can find out if it can be set to display by date of theft rather than date of entry-- need to think through the pros and cons though (help appreciated.)

Michael Millican said:
Didn't realize the site displayed things out of date order.
H3N3 said:
Not to be a buzz kill, but I've now learned which bike this is.
It was listed on the Chicago Stolen Bike Registry almost immediately on June 27.
If you enter "Stolen [make] Chicago" in google it's the very top hit. Had you looked at the Registry before starting this thread you would have seen it on the first (most recent) page, maybe even at the very top. Would be interested to know where the search process faltered?

Michael Millican said:
Just spoke with Mia, it was in fact stolen and presumably abandoned after getting a flat on not having the right shoes for clipless pedals.
Thanks to everyone for keeping this thread alive until Zach saw it.