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I couldn't find a general thread for listing stolen or recovered bicycles so thought this could be one if that's seen as useful!
I've just come across of Blue Dawes Sterling abandoned on Portobello Prom.
It could be a recent theft as it looks in decent condition other than brakes rubbing due to out of true wheels.
James
Daft question - how do you know it is abandoned rather than left unlocked?
Middle of the prom; in the dark; in a heap on the ground; wheels out of true; otherwise well looked after and set up for commuting/touring.
Happy enough to be wrong, but prefer to hand it over to the police.
Fair shout. Call 101?
Yep, first thing I did. Will be handed over tomorrow morning when Portobello station opens.
Turns out it was stolen and the weekend and the rightful owner will be picking it up from the police station this weekend.
Happy days!
woo! Good for you.
Yay! Great happy ending. :-)
On a slightly related topic, I've spotted a bike on gumtree which has raised my suspicions - it's the same type as mine so I know about the spec etc, I bought mine for about £500 brand new in 2013, this person was asking for £850! I was actually interested (at a reasonable price) so I dropped them a line to see what's what, pointing out the RRP was £500 so they seemed to be asking a lot - they got back claiming that they'd paid £1000 for it new, and had put suspension forks on it, but I know that model comes with suspension forks and all the pictures show the original suspension forks still on it, all of which makes me suspicious. In the last hour since I've contacted them they've dropped their asking price to £600. Are they just chancers do you think, or something more suspicious?
**EDIT** Okay, ignore this - further email exchange with them would suggest they are genuine, just not very aware of what its actually worth IMHO
I found an MTB lying in a bush by Rennie's Bridge in Mburgh. It had been in the river for a while - the chain was solid rust, the wheel and BB bearings were seized, the saddle and seatpost were missing and the rear mech broken. But it had been a nice 24" wheel kids' Merida. So I took it home to have a think about. It was obviously well used, stolen, discarded and beyond economic repair. What to do? Whoever dragged it out the river was almost certainly not the owner. If I could, I would just have taken it to the recycling centre. But though it's stolen (prob), I doubt the owner would want it in that state. Fixing it up would be money thrown away on a stolen bike - I don't need it and can't sell it. So I have broken it up for parts.
This made me chuckle...
http://mpora.com/articles/7-letters-people-really-sorry-drunkenly-stole-someones-bike
On same link, .18 angry messages to be theives also worth a look
Just seen this - a friend's son and girlfriend had their bikes stolen off a car earlier this month (secure work car park with security guards, CCTV and bikes locked to car rack). Apparently they aren't insured. :(
https://www.facebook.com/ben.marshall.guitar/posts/10156399725320602
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