MY BIKE WAS REMOVED FOR CONSTRUCTION WITH NO WARNING. WHERE IS MY BIKE?!
My lovely hybrid was locked to a sign post for about six hours on Broadway and Sunnyside. When I returned the street was torn up completely. The alderman wants nothing to do with me. How do I find my bike?
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Permalink Reply by h' Zerocats on
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Call your ward's streets and sanitation office directly; 311 can give you the number if you don't have it.
I understand your hesitation to contact the alderman's office-- bet mine is twice as frustrating.
I was going to recommend calling the city bike program but on further thought I don't think they'd be able to offer anything useful in this situation.
Also please place a report on the Chicago Stolen Bike Registry -- it's being pretty widely used even by government at this point; and/or the workers might have just leaned it up somewhere and a do-gooder may have "rescued" it.
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Permalink Reply by Robot Gabe on
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Call 311. They did the same with my car a couple years ago. Had to take a cab and go up and down a few blocks. Not sure what to do when its a bike!
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Gabe Lanza said:Call 311. They did the same with my car a couple years ago. Had to take a cab and go up and down a few blocks. Not sure what to do when its a bike!
Gabe,
Can you explain how calling 311 helped you in the situation you describe? Sounds like you were on your own . . .?
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Permalink Reply by Anna Lucero on
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Is the stolen bike registry a lost cause if I don't know the serial number?
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Excellent question.
Let's say a group of us were scouting flea markets, found a bike matching your description, couldn't reach you, and didn't have a serial number to check the bike against. We'd have to let it go.
Let's say a city worker leaned your bike up somewhere and then went to lunch, and some well-meaning person took it to "save" it and try to find the owner-- then no, the lack of a serial number would not negate the value of a registry listing.
Anna Lucero said:Is the stolen bike registry a lost cause if I don't know the serial number?
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