Location
Apartment
2230 N. Bissell St.
Chicago
, IL
United States
See map: Google Maps
Date of Theft
Tuesday, July 5, 2011 - 8:00pm
Basic Bike Info
Bicycle Type:
Hybrid Bike
Size:
Pretty large frame, maybe 19" tires?
Color:
Red/Purple, 1 solid color
Condition of Bicycle / Distinguishing Features:
Touring bike. Rack on the back tire, LED headlight on the front. The handlebars are wrapped in thick black tape. On the lower part where the handlebars curve back around to the lower position, each one has a piece of white tape on it. General wear and tear of 2-3 years riding. Back tire is a Continental tire. There is a U-lock holder on the back vertical pole of the frame. The front tire has a lot of wear on it right down the center of the tire, it looks like a crack that is slowly getting wider.
Owner Information
Owner Name:
Jason Mantei
Contact Email:
Email hidden by Chicago Stolen Bike Registry. Contact the CSBR staff to email the owner.
Contact Phone Number:
4149401499
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 a metal pole, pipe, or fence.
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?:
It had been parked there for about a day, but I had been parking it there all summer.
Incident Description:
Don't know how it was stolen. The combination may have only been dialed to 1 or 2 off of the opening combination, so someone may have played with the digits one at a time making small adjustments to open the lock. In a follow up email from the owner, he stated:
"I found some additional information about the theft this afternoon, actually - upon taking a closer look, someone cut/sawed through the ~1/2" steel bar that was part of the railing leading up to the front door of the house I stay at. This is highly unusual as the area I'm in (DePaul campus) consists of mostly college students. For the past few days, a demolition crew has been knocking down a building very nearby, north of my house at the corner of Belden and Bissell. I have a suspicion that one of the construction workers may have used his tools very early in the morning to free the bike from the rail and take it, possibly storing it in his van/truck out of sight. I'm not sure if there's anything I can do about it...