Location
Hyde Park, Near MSI
56th St and S Cornell Avenue
Chicago
, IL
United States
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Date of Theft
Monday, August 31, 2009 - 1:37pm
Basic Bike Info
Bicycle Type:
Hybrid Bike
Serial No.:
WTU080C0480D
Size:
21
Color:
Black
Condition of Bicycle / Distinguishing Features:
Good condition; rear black rack, front headlight, rear tail light on rack, 2 silver water bottle cages, gray seat bag
Owner Information
Owner Name:
James B
Contact Email:
Email hidden by Chicago Stolen Bike Registry. Contact the CSBR staff to email the owner.
Police Report No.:
V1502 (University of Chicago Police)
Lock Information
How was the lock defeated?:
Object that bike was locked to was broken, removed, or otherwise compromised.
Lock Type:
Other
What was the bike locked to?:
Locked to bike rack.
How was the bike locked?:
Locked through front wheel and frame to object.
Incident Description
Which type of area was your bike stolen from?:
Storage room.
How long was the bike locked in this location?:
Continually locked in same storage room at night; left for a few days, gone when I came back
Incident Description:
Bike was in a storage/bike room that had intermittent door problems (lock on the door was continually broken and fixed). The bike storage system in the building used these cables attached to the wall with a loop at the other end to slip a lock through. I had a U-Lock going through the front tire, the loop, and my frame and a cable lock going around the back tire and the frame (locking the tire to the frame). The system was defeated by the prying open of the loop. No evidence of locks left behind - assume that they carried the bike off to an alternate location to dismantle locks later.