Location
1711 Winchester Ave
Chicago
, IL
United States
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Date of Theft
Wednesday, June 1, 2011 - 8:00pm
Basic Bike Info
Bicycle Type:
Road Bike
Size:
52cm frame
Color:
tan
Condition of Bicycle / Distinguishing Features:
New Trek bicycle, tan tires, single speed. Tan and brown frame with seafoam green and orange stripes. Brown drop handlebars & brown Bontrager saddle, a green ATA sticker on the top tube, brown chain guard.
Owner Information
Contact Email:
Contact information hidden by Chicago Stolen Bike Registry. Contact the CSBR staff to contact the owner.
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 street sign.
How was the bike locked?:
Only the frame was locked a solid object.
Incident Description
Which type of area was your bike stolen from?:
Front of building in residential area.
How long was the bike locked in this location?:
about six hours
Incident Description:
My bike and another bike were locked with newer U-locks with flat keys to a street sign outside of a residential building. At midnight, when we went to bed, the bikes were still there. Although our windows were open all night, we didn't hear any noise from the sign being removed, but in the morning (at the latest 6:45am) there was a huge hole, broken concrete, and no sign of the bikes or the street sign.
Recovery Information
Recovery Notes:
Update 6/2/2011: The victim found a note from a neighbor.
The neighbor had come upon the thief as he succeeded in working the sign out of the ground. The neighbor put the bikes and sign and storage. The bikes are back in possession of the "victims."
The complete account as communicated to CSBR follows:
My bike (the Trek 2nd District) and my boyfriend's bike (the
black Bowery Giant listed two above) weren't actually stolen after
all! My neighbor caught someone in the process of stealing them at
3:30am last night - the sign was bent and nearly out of the ground,
and his dog chased away a white stocky guy in his 30s-40s down the
street. He flagged down some cops nearby, but no word on whether the
perpetrator was caught. Strangely, we received no mention of this
incident when WE called the cops.
This bike was recovered:
Yes