Specialized Sirrus

Location

Location

Lincoln Park Zoo
Fullerton/Lake Shore Dr.
Chicago , IL
United States

Date of Theft

Saturday, September 4, 2010 - 10:00am

Basic Bike Info

Bicycle Type: 
Road Bike
Size: 
48
Color: 
Purple/ (looked black)
Condition of Bicycle / Distinguishing Features: 
This was a 90's Specialized Road Bike. Biopace crank (very unique-easy to spot) Neon purple bottle holder Terry women's style seat White grip tape No noticeable damage. Had a place for the air pump, although since pump wasn't on it (didn't want it to get stolen...ha!), it just has the mounted bracket for it

Owner Information

Owner Name: 
Colleen
Contact Email: 
Email hidden by Chicago Stolen Bike Registry. Contact the CSBR staff to email the owner.
Contact Phone Number: 
480 747 7200
Police Report No.: 
HS499105

Lock Information

How was the lock defeated?: 
Lock was cut, and left at the scene.
Lock Type: 
Combination Cable Lock
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?: 
Less than 2 hours
Incident Description: 
My boyfriend and I just fixed my bike because the rear wheel was stolen about a month ago. So, to celebrate having a working bike again we went rode the path to the Lincoln Park Zoo. I'm a grad student and he's temporarily employed so we like to explore our new city doing cheap activities. The free zoo seemed to be a great option...Anyway, we locked it to his cheaper bike in a well-populated area near the entrance. We locked the frame and both wheels to his bike and to the bike rack. When we returned about 2 hours later we saw it definitely was not there, then saw the cut cable. It was not a typical cable that had a padlock attached to it; this was a much thicker cable lock we actually used to secure some of our exposed belongings in the bed of his truck when we moved. Needless to say, it was a horrible sinking feeling and my first words were "I don't care about bikes anymore, I don't want to talk about them or have another one." This broke his heart since he loves riding bikes and was so happy to expose me to something I truly enjoyed...of course I didn't mean what I said, I love biking, I was just so upset...I miss my bike and having that fun activity to do with him.