Stolen Bike - Logan/Humbolt/Bucktown be on the lookout

Hey all,

My bike was stolen this weekend from the corner of Fullerton and Western.

It was stolen on Saturday, and on Tuesday I was on my front porch (kimball and wrightwood ish) and some dude rides by on it. You can probably imagine how that felt.

I ran down the street and caught up with the guy and his friends and told him what was up. I should have called the cops right then, but I had a cold/cold medicine side effects, and was kind of in shock.

They saw that I was in my socks (derp) and just rode off. I didn't stand a chance because my bike is awesome.

It's a Fuji Del Rey, dark gray almost black (road bike from the 1986, down tube is 48 cm or so). Drop bars are unwrapped, they removed my front brake among other things.

EDIT: Here's a photo

Thanks

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Permalink Reply by wigwam on September 12, 2012 at 8:57am

Yeah it was Ulocked to one of the common black-rectangle bike racks. No lock to be found though.

It was three guys, maybe 17-20 years old. One of the others had a road bike that also had the front brake removed.

I had a second to talk to them before they took off,

one said he had bought it for $25 and that he "works on bikes"

...right.

Permalink Reply by Julie Aberman (Hochstadter) on September 12, 2012 at 12:46pm

THIS SUCKS. 

Permalink Reply by wigwam on September 13, 2012 at 2:31am

Before seeing it the other day I only had it listed on the stolen bike registry.

Right after I saw it I called the police and described the dude/location,

and the operator took all the details about the theft after I told him I hadn't filed a police report.

I'll call the police right away next time. Wasn't thinking on my feet Tuesday.

Permalink Reply by Julie Aberman (Hochstadter) on September 13, 2012 at 2:52am

I've been thinking about  your situation and what I would have done.  I would probably have just been jawdropped and frozen.  And then it would have hit me and I wouldn't have known what to do.


wigwam said:

Before seeing it the other day I only had it listed on the stolen bike registry.

Right after I saw it I called the police and described the dude/location,

and the operator took all the details about the theft after I told him I hadn't filed a police report.

I'll call the police right away next time. Wasn't thinking on my feet Tuesday.

Permalink Reply by Vitaliy on September 16, 2012 at 3:33pm

I live in Humboldt Park, so if you could post a picture it would help me keep a better eye out.

Permalink Reply by wigwam on September 17, 2012 at 6:25am

Thanks much, I've added a photo at the top

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