Recovered: Schwinn Madison fixed gear. Bike was abandoned by thieves when I chased them down as they attempted to steal my own bike's front wheel. Message me with a photo and or detailed description including frame color and size, color of rims, handlebar style, and brakes and I will return it. I may ask for a finder's fee since I was assaulted with a U-lock as things escalated.
Cross-posted to chifg/CL; nothing matches on the stolen bike registry. called local bike shops, also no hits.
keeping it after 48 hours.
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This seems like a likely match; same general latitude, stolen only 4 days ago; are you sure you searched the right registry?:
http://chicago.stolenbike.org/node/191696
The victim just wrote with the police report number and serial number; I'm going to hold off on updating the listing until Sue C has confirmed that this is not Michael's bike.
I saw that.
Wrong color rims, tape, wrong bars. no stickers.
sorry.
OK, thanks.
If you find the owner, I'll buy the 6-pack.
Sue C. said:
I saw that.
Wrong color rims, tape, wrong bars. no stickers.
sorry.
If the rightful owner can't be identified, the "right" thing to do IMO is to get it into the hands of someone who needs it and can make use of it. If Sue has a use for it, I don't see a problem.
Thanks for going to such effort to identify the owner.
thanks. if I can't find the owner my plan is to upgrade my bike and then give any leftover bits to West Town.
I've called all the Logan area bike shops, crossposted here/CL/chifg, posted on Active Trans's fb. any further suggestions?
The reality is few bike theft victims bother to report the bikes stolen in any way.
One avenue that hasn't been tapped is to have someone check the police database to see if a Madison has been reported stolen. It's not only impossible to get help from CPD to do so, but there's evidence that their database is such a hopeless mess that it would take someone with a little dedication to helping to find it if it was in there.
I have a contact at UIC police who is also a bike advocate-- friend me and I'll pass along his e-mail; he might be willing to check for you.
Sue C. said:
thanks. if I can't find the owner my plan is to upgrade my bike and then give any leftover bits to West Town.
I've called all the Logan area bike shops, crossposted here/CL/chifg, posted on Active Trans's fb. any further suggestions?
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