Stolen Bike Registry - do this when your bike gets stolen

"With all the stolen bike posts lately (and no one thinking "I wonder if there's something under Useful Links for this."), I think it's well past time to make a sticky about the Stolen Bike Registry"

 - Tank-Ridin' Ryan

 

Well said Ryan.

 

 

http://chicago.stolenbike.org/

 

Done and done.

 

And sticky too.

 

 

Cheers - Lee Diamond

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Permalink Reply by OLB 0.1 on November 12, 2012 at 12:01pm

Any chance this could be it? - http://chicago.craigslist.org/chc/bik/3404277819.html

The picture isn't very good and there are some small differences, but the frame looks close enough to maybe make an effort to llok at it.

Brad Bauer said:

My Specialized Sirrus Comp (XL) was stolen from the bike rack on the North East side of Michigan Ave, just North of the Park Grill on Friday night. Between 5PM and 7PM.

Distinguishing features: crane bell (silver) on the left handle bar, along with a mount for a high powered LED light (which I had in my pocket) Cat-eye motion sensor lights front and back (white front / red back) they have been glued into their mounts so, removing them isn't an option except for removing the whole light.

Reward for its safe return, as I just found out that I am not covered, insurance wise. :cry

Permalink Reply by Juan Primo on November 12, 2012 at 12:44pm

The fork in the Craigslist bike is different.  I think the Craigslist bike is a Cirrus Sport, where Brad's bike is a Cirrus Comp.

Permalink Reply by Brad Bauer on November 12, 2012 at 12:50pm
Juan is correct, that bike is not a Comp
Permalink Reply by Juan Primo on November 12, 2012 at 5:21pm

Still... impressed with OLB or anyone who would check Craigslist for a member's bike.  Cheers!

Permalink Reply by Brad Bauer on November 12, 2012 at 6:08pm

Hell to the yeah. Thanks for the thoughts. Mucho appreciado (or something)
Juan Primo said:

Still... impressed with OLB or anyone who would check Craigslist for a member's bike.  Cheers!

Permalink Reply by Michelle S on November 13, 2012 at 1:59pm

Is there any place to report a bike that I think is lost? That is, there's a bike that's been locked to an unsecure, out of the way spot for a number of weeks, and I'm thinking the owner just forgot where they left it. I guess it could be abandoned on purpose. It's a black Maruishi Road Ace 202 with those 80s style gear shifters on the down tube. I searched on the SBR and didn't see it listed.

Permalink Reply by Kevin Mulcky on November 21, 2012 at 6:15am

Is there a place to see a report from the Stolen Bike Registry? I'm mainly interested in the data showing u-locks vs chains vs cables vs double u-locks. I didn't see anything like that on stolenbike.org. I'm kinda surprised there's not a "tips"  or reports page or something.

I remember seeing a post or topic like this on the chainlink in the past, but i can't seem to find it. It must be buried in there somewhere.

Permalink Reply by Kevin C Dormant on November 21, 2012 at 1:01pm
What h said, plus:

Based on reports received and posted to the Chicago Stolen Bike Registry for April & May 2012:

Reported thefts:128 (+21% from 2011)

No Lock: 32

Cable Lock: 45

Newer U-Lock w/flat Key: 14 (-5% from 2011)

Security Chain: 2

Other: 34

Defeated Fence/Post: 13 (-3% from 2011)

Garage/Common Area: 52

Knows serial number: 48 (-4% from 2011)

Change in overall thefts reported could be due to weather, could be due to increased CSBR awareness, could be due to sun spots and crop circles. Stats on U-locks and defeated fences and sucker poles is encouraging, though the continued use of cable locks and thefts from garages, porches and common areas of oftentimes unlocked bikes is disappointing.

For the period of 4/1/11-10/31/11: 616 total reports to the CSBR
No Lock: 144 (23%)
Cable Lock: 227 (37%)
Newer U-Lock: 84 (14%)
Heavy Duty Bike Security Chain: 11 (2%)
Other: 150 (24%)
2 U-Locks: 2 (0.32%)

Hope that helps.
Permalink Reply by Kevin Mulcky on November 21, 2012 at 1:47pm

Thanks guys!

Permalink Reply by Vitaliy on April 7, 2013 at 4:43am
Permalink Reply by Far'arned Retrogrumpalunkus #63 on April 7, 2013 at 4:53am

What draws my attention is that both bikes pictured have almost exactly the same seat post height and frame size. If the Jolly Green Dude that is selling it matches the bike then it most certainly is his. Not many guys could ride those bikes so he must be pretty darn tall to ride a non-compact 61cm frame AND have the seatpost that far extended.

Maybe the guy just wised up and and is parting out his toy single-speed in favor of his other grown-up bike with actual gears and brakes.   The coaster-brake Fauxie craze never really caught on here in Chicago.

Whole bikes sell for much less than the sum of their parts, especially when some of the parts (like nicer areospoke front wheels) are very high end compared to the rest of the bike and the frame is THAT BIG.  A giant-sized coaster-brake SS bike with a OK frame isn't going to attract many would-be buyers or fetch much more on CL than just a nice 700c aero wheel alone so I don't blame him for parting it out like he is. I'd list the frameset without the coaster brake wheel (or saddle, pedals & chain) and list those separately for maximum bang for the buck. 

That's just my opinion, from someone who does a lot of buying and selling on CL.

Vitaliy said:

Permalink Reply by Vitaliy on April 7, 2013 at 5:01am

Now that you pointed it out, I see your argument. I see what you mean.

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