2001 Bianchi Veloce

Location

Location

Stolen from in front of Safeway Grocery Store
4th and King Streets
Chicago , IL
United States

Date of Theft

Wednesday, November 25, 2009 - 2:00pm

Basic Bike Info

Bicycle Type: 
Road Bike
Serial No.: 
WBK254143T
Size: 
49cm
Color: 
Celeste (light green)
Condition of Bicycle / Distinguishing Features: 
Celeste Veloce triple -- the classic Bianchi light green (instead of yellow) with black carbon fork, gel (extra spongy) white handle bar tape and an all black Selle Italia womens manganese railed saddle. It had bright blue original Mavic rims with the original Veloce hubs. Besides the saddle, the stem - shorter ITM stem and Shimano pedals were also non original. It last had on it a Record chain, a niterider headlight, water bottles. All gearing was Campagnolo Veloce triple or better (minus the pedals). I did have an National Bike Registration sticker on the seat tube. It also had a Missing Link Coop sticker in addition to the original Bianchi Reparto Corse and Chromo Lite badging. It is a 49 cm bike, the top tube is slightly but noticeably sloped to a 46 actual seat tube height.

Owner Information

Owner Name: 
SF
Contact Email: 
Email hidden by Chicago Stolen Bike Registry. Contact the CSBR staff to email the owner.
Contact Phone Number: 
(415) 879-1303
Police Report No.: 
SFPD #0912114133

Lock Information

How was the lock defeated?: 
Lock is missing, along with the bike.
Lock Type: 
Heavy Duty Bicycle Security Chain
What was the bike locked to?: 
Locked to bike rack.
How was the bike locked?: 
Locked through both wheels and frame to object.

Incident Description

Which type of area was your bike stolen from?: 
Sidewalk in front of an open business.
How long was the bike locked in this location?: 
15 mins
Incident Description: 
Locked bicycle to bicycle rack to get groceries at Safeway. When I returned it was gone. Filed Police report with San Francisco Police Department Report #091214133. $500 Reward for the safe return of bicycle.