Stolen Bike Alert.. Black Angel!

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Permalink Reply by h' Zerocats on May 30, 2011 at 11:17pm

Updated report with account of recovery:

http://chicago.stolenbike.org/node/191098

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Permalink Reply by Far'arned Retrogrumpalunkus #63 on May 31, 2011 at 6:56am

Awesome!

 

As an aside, I see on the SBR that it was locked with a chain through the frame and front wheel.  Just how long of a chain did they have to lock through the front wheel AND the frame on that chopper?  WOW, that must have been a 10' chain and had to have been heavy to carry around. 

 

I'm glad it was recovered.  Hopefully the chain was recovered too.

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Permalink Reply by Joe Willis on May 31, 2011 at 10:38am

Seams to be a lot of stolen bikes showing up at Humboldt Park this year. This is the 4 of fifth so far and it is still spring!

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Permalink Reply by Daniel Alvarez on June 3, 2011 at 10:31am

 

This thief was clearly an idiot. It's one thing to steal a $3000 road bike and strip it for parts, it's another thing to lift a bike that's one of a kind. Even if he gave it a new paint job it would still be the same bike. I'm happy to hear it was recovered!

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Permalink Reply by Far'arned Retrogrumpalunkus #63 on June 3, 2011 at 10:36am

If you took that one of a kind bike to another city I don't think it would be that hard to sell.  Or even sold it on CL using a dummy picture of a different chopper bike and baiting & switching and meeting in a public place so that the buyer never knew who you really were.   

 

Untraceable.  Some thieves are not stupid -or at least smart enough to never get caught.   The next buyer often gets stuck with the rap when a unique bike like this is spotted -not the thief who is long gone if he knows what he is doing. 

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