Location
Wabansia and Winchester Avenue
Chicago
, IL
United States
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Date of Theft
Wednesday, June 1, 2011 - 10:00pm
Basic Bike Info
Bicycle Type:
Road Bike
Size:
L Male Frame
Color:
Black w/ silver fork and orange detail
Condition of Bicycle / Distinguishing Features:
Fairly new bicycle light scratches on frame light rust on wheel nuts. Has a Bicycle Hospital Indiana store sticker, Active Transportation Alliance sticker over the front emblem, a Trader Joe's sticker on the top bar and a Chrome sticker. Has 2 Zipp bottle cages installed, Marathon kevlar lined tires, is missing 1 handlebar plug and has 1 Zipp c.f. handlebar plug.
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?:
Lock is missing, along with the bike.
Lock Type:
Other
What was the bike locked to?:
Locked to street sign.
How was the bike locked?:
Locked through front wheel and frame to 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?:
Bike locked at 6 pm, last seen around midnight, found missing by 7 am
Incident Description:
Bike was locked with a newer u-lock with flat key to a street sign in front of building @ ~6pm. Went to sleep @ ~12:00 am. Midnight noticed entire sign dug out and missing, along with my bike (described) and girlfriend's bike attached to it.
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