Stolen single speed bike - black and yellow

My commuter bike got stolen off my deck in Edgewater this weekend.

It's a black Specialized Allez with a yellow chain, and yellow/black bar tape.  At the time of theft, it also had egg beater pedals and a giant u-lock on it.  Here's a picture:


If you see it, please email kcarolan@gmail.com.  The bike was on the 3rd floor landing locked to a railing post, but they drilled the railing out from the banister and lifted the bike off.  Doh!

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Permalink Reply by Kevin C Dormant on July 19, 2010 at 4:13am
File a police report. Post to the Chicago Stolen Bike Registry:

http://www.thechainlink.org/forum/topics/stolen-bike-registry-do-this
Permalink Reply by Kate Carolan on July 19, 2010 at 4:16am
Appreciate the suggestions. Thank you!
Permalink Reply by XV on July 19, 2010 at 6:29am
Hmm I saw a bike with a yellow chain like that infront of the 7-11 on milwaukee & wood , don't remember it closely though. Not sure how common yellow chains are, I'll see if its still there after work
Permalink Reply by Kate Carolan on July 19, 2010 at 6:51am
that'd be awesome. thanks for keeping an eye out!

XV said:
Hmm I saw a bike with a yellow chain like that infront of the 7-11 on milwaukee & wood , don't remember it closely though. Not sure how common yellow chains are, I'll see if its still there after work
Permalink Reply by Kate Carolan on July 19, 2010 at 6:52am
haven't been able to get through on 311 all morning and at work now. will swing by the police station after work so I have an incident # for the Chicago Stolen Bike Registry. thanks!

H3N3 said:
We have not yet received a report to the Chicago Stolen Bicycle Registry.
We've got a crew working on getting people's bikes back to them but without a registry report and a police report number there wouldn't be much we could do if we spotted it.

I can't blame someone for wanting the maximum exposure to their freshly stolen bike, but I wonder what people think about having one thread that each bike gets added to, like they do on most other fora e.g chifg?
Permalink Reply by igz on July 19, 2010 at 7:23am
seems many decks/landings are being targeted.
Permalink Reply by Kate Carolan on July 19, 2010 at 9:52am
jesus. Thanks so much for your help! Heard that a lot of bikes have been turning up the Swap-o-Rama near 47th and Western. fingers crossed!

H3N3 said:
We would be happy to add any info after the report is posted at any time.
I have also been very frustrated with 311-- it just seems to be out of service for good parts of the day. Late at night is the best time, and the overnight people are much easier to talk to, and a little better at problem-solving than the daytime people.
Recently I called 911 and it rang 30 times and ultimately disconnected. Scary.

Kate Carolan said:
haven't been able to get through on 311 all morning and at work now. will swing by the police station after work so I have an incident # for the Chicago Stolen Bike Registry. thanks!
H3N3 said:
We have not yet received a report to the Chicago Stolen Bicycle Registry.
We've got a crew working on getting people's bikes back to them but without a registry report and a police report number there wouldn't be much we could do if we spotted it.
I can't blame someone for wanting the maximum exposure to their freshly stolen bike, but I wonder what people think about having one thread that each bike gets added to, like they do on most other fora e.g chifg?
Permalink Reply by wig [ isaac ] on July 19, 2010 at 4:44pm
sorry about that...:( i will keep my eyes peeled around the albany park area. by chance can you post a pic of the damage. how people use tools to steal things helps me better understand the lengths people will goto to steal..

if you should need parts to build a new bike drop me an email I have tons of fixed gear parts..
Permalink Reply by Kate Carolan on July 20, 2010 at 3:38am
Nope! LFP and around Chicago Ave. and the river where I work, but I haven't ridden it at CM.

Brian W said:
Have I seen this during Critical Mass?
Permalink Reply by Kate Carolan on July 20, 2010 at 3:38am
yeah, filed the report last night so I throw a post up on the registry today!

H3N3 said:
Not sure if this got lost in the chatter, but we'd be more than happy to add the police report number when you have it, if you want to go ahead and make that listing to the registry.

H3N3 said:
We would be happy to add any info after the report is posted at any time.
Permalink Reply by Kate Carolan on July 20, 2010 at 3:39am
Good lead and that that's only 2 miles from me, so might be a probable place for it to end up. Thanks for the tip!

H3N3 said:
Yes, in the Ravenswood/North Center/Lincoln Square area specifically.
Or maybe better expressed, on a line with the main east-west streets from about Lawrence to Bryn Mawr. I believe that recently some (small percentage of) junkers have branched out into bike theft and trafficking (they're not scrapping them) to make ends meet (it's become otherwise not sustainable due to the poor demand for metal.) Would be great if people could give a little extra scrutiny to anyone appearing to be working an alley with a truck.
There also may be a used bike store somewhere around the 5800 block of N. Western that may unwittingly purchase bikes from such individuals-- may be a good place to check because I'm sure they'd be very eager to get a bike back to its rightful owner if they discover it's stolen.

iggi said:
seems many decks/landings are being targeted.
Permalink Reply by Kate Carolan on July 20, 2010 at 4:00am
I will totally hit you up if I end up rebuilding my old mtn bike. Thank you! I'll try to snag some pics, but it looks like they crowbar-ed the post of the deck away from the banister/railing and slid the lock up and off of it. You can see all the marks on the railing-- either from the crowbar or a struggle (maybe pulling on the bike and the lock did that as it was pulling the post away from the banister). You can tell it was unscrewed too to some extent, but oddly enough, they appear to have tried to put it back together. But the damage to the wood and the way it's sitting all cockeyed relative to the other deck posts makes it really obvious it was tampered with.

wig [ isaac ] said:
sorry about that...:( i will keep my eyes peeled around the albany park area. by chance can you post a pic of the damage. how people use tools to steal things helps me better understand the lengths people will goto to steal..

if you should need parts to build a new bike drop me an email I have tons of fixed gear parts..

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