Cyclist reunited with £7k Colnago - three years after it was stolen

[[[[[ So many velo's nicked from sheds....might there be a message there? Keep 'em indoors, innit.
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I had a Raleigh nicked in about 1985. It was blue with some gears, maybe 5. It had mirrors on it I think. Maybe I'll be lucky too...

Well having just lost my Orbea Orca (orange/black) and my Tommasini (red/black/white) from my very discrete and locked shed I am very pleased about this story - it gives me some hope
Both I fear however will no doubt be flogged off by those thieving monkeys for peanuts and will never again be appreciated by someone deserving
Should they ever reappear the vendor will of course be guilty in possession of stolen property and it can be proved because they are data-tagged
With the above Strada warning in mind I have closed my account with Map-My-Ride and wont be buying a GPS - sad isn't it

I hope there was a reward involved, seeing as the original owner had likely long since been reimbursed with a nice new bike from his insurance.

Good on him.

I purchased a decent-spec Colnago for £10 from the Andover Recycling Depot (council tip) last year - was in their pile of scrap metal, sans front wheel and saddle.

Did all the searches online, called the police, nothing registered as nicked. Ended up selling the cleaned-up bits for about £350. Well-used, but perfectly functional. Good crit fodder.

Sometimes people bin stuff they simply have no idea of the value of.

Every cloud has a silver lining.

A chap I employed got offered a laptop at a station in Manchester. Being a thoroughly decent chap he bought it off the scumbag realising it was stolen. He took it to the Police station to reunite it with its owner and promptly got a caution for receiving stolen property. He was completely honest and said he bought it believing it to be stolen. If anyone else sees something that looks suss make sure you tell the police you just bought it in good faith.

We probably shouldn't assume that the person selling the bike at the car boot sale was the thief. Why would it have taken them 3 years to get around to selling the bike?

A happy story for a change! Glad the dude got his bike back and that the car boot sale shopper was a good egg.

£180.

So, maybe Google the pretty words on the side of the bike you have? Oh look, it's quite expensive. I should spend a couple of hours researching this and make more money from it.

But no. Not just thick. Lazy thick.

“The downside is my wife now knows how much I spend on bikes," he added.

Oh how true. My fear is that when I die my wife will sell all my stuff for what I said i paid for it...

A long shot but maybe someone has my 27" Pennine with a 1980 build number - and distinctive Pennine engraved on the seat stay (top) end caps.

Was yellow when stolen and maxi car hubs 124" top gear etc

Shame they didn't get the reg of the boot it came out of. "Do you regularly keep 10 road bikes at home, sir?" "Yes they are my n+1!"

I wonder if the thieves are using Strava's heat map to track bicycles to their storage locations?

Anyway, a decent ground anchor is called for even when your bike is locked in the garage or shed. My insurance insists on securing devices (including the ground anchors) being Sold Secure Silver approved for covering each of my bikes.

I think this says more about what visitors to car boot sales know about bikes. How many must have walked past and said:

"Pfft 180 quid for a bike mate, you must be joking. You can get one for 50 at Halfords full suspension and all"

Top bloke for reuniting it with the owner.

“The downside is my wife now knows how much I spend on bikes,"

haha quality