Location
My apartment
4407 N Wolcott Ave, Apt 2B
Chicago
, IL
United States
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Date of Theft
Wednesday, July 24, 2013 - 6:00am
Basic Bike Info
Bicycle Type:
Other (describe in detail below)
Serial No.:
704506 (i think)
Size:
52 cm
Color:
Black with Blue Panels
Condition of Bicycle / Distinguishing Features:
This is a black 52 cm Lemond steel framed cyclocross bike with dropped handlebars like a road bike, cantelever breaks. It has Shimano SPD clipless pedals with large integrated platforms and brooks leather seat. The wheels, seatpost, and headset are secured with pinhead locking skewers. It was purchased at RiverCity bicycles in Portland Or and had sticker on frame saying so. Chrome water bottle cage and silver fenders. Shimano 105 derailer and STI integrated shifters. SPD clipless pedals with large integrated platforms.
Owner Information
Owner Name:
Max Muller
Contact Email:
Email hidden by Chicago Stolen Bike Registry. Contact the CSBR staff to email the owner.
Contact Phone Number:
312-869-2629
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 a metal pole, pipe, or fence.
How was the bike locked?:
Other situation, please describe below.
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?:
The bike was locked overnight for about 9 hours. Was stoled at around 6am as partner saw it when leaving my apartment prior to 6am
Incident Description:
The bike was locked with the mini U lock of newer type (flat key) by its rear wheel and through the rear triangle (very secure) to a roughly 3/4 inch or 1 inch metal upright supporting a wrought iron fence. To take the bike they cut through the similarly thick top cross tube which the vertical tube intersected. They to make two cuts in the top tube to separate it from the vertical tube and then another incomplete cut in the vertical tube which allowed them to bend it forward, clear of the top tube. They then lifted the bike off of the vertical tube. I presume they then took it somewhere else to wrestle with getting cutting the ulock and/or somehow bypassing the locking skewers securring the bike componenets.
Recovery Information
This bike was recovered:
No