Stolen Bikes

[KnottedYet]

I'm so sorry your bikes got stolen! That is really sucky.

Can you get ahold of the National Bike Registry and have them tag your bikes as stolen? If any legitimate shops or folks look them up before buying them from the theives, the alert will come up. https://merchant.calweb.com/nbr/cgi-...ike%20Registry

If your bikes were already registered, I don't think you have to pay the 99 cents to change their status to "stolen."

[Starfish]

Oh Anne, this is so awful. It feels so crummy on so many levels when someone breaks right into your house, let alone steals something with such meaning and value. We care!

[Trek420]

Anne, This is so awful

Check Craigs, local flea markets, and post an alert in your LBS.

I sometimes wonder how many of the bikes I see are stolen. There's a bike market in them.

[Running Mommy]

Take a flyer to ALL the local- and even not so local pawn shops.
A girl over on tri newbies had her VERY expensive tri bike stolen awhile back. It was recovered from a pawn shop...Seems the pawn shop only thought a cervelo p2c was worth 350.00!!!
BUT....She got it back! That is most important.
And yes, it sounds like they were watching the house. I could almost guarantee that they will be sold.- Prolly for drug money... sigh...
BIKE THIEVES WILL ROT IN HELL!!!

[GLC1968]

Oh that sucks!!! I'm so sorry and I'm hoping you get them back (or that the thieves get their due... or both... )!

[Triskeliongirl]

I am so sorry this happened to you and your sister. I had my bike friday stolen locked to a bike rack at work, so I understand how you feel. Again, clearly planned, someone brought something to cut the lock with while I was inside at work, and it happened right behind a security booth......... I did not recover my bike, but was advised to check pawn shops, newspaper ads, criaigs list, ebay. And yes, if you recorded the serial numbers file a police report. Also, I know they weren't expensive bikes, but you might be able to recover something on your homeowners/apartment insurance. Ask your LBS to give you a quote for REPLACEMENT bikes if you have replacement coverage. I also sent pix to all the LBS in case someone brought it in for service, and our bike club ran a pic in our newsletter. The more people looking, the better the chance of recovery. I do know several people that found their stolen bikes in pawn shops.

[onimity]

Hey Ladies,

Thanks so much for the great advice and support. I'm so shocked that I've kind of been at a loss for things to do and I really appreciate the great suggestions. It's amazing how attached you can get to a bike. We had the police come out and because they broke into our garage (actually pried the door open with a screwdriver) it is considered burglary; they said that there have been some similar cases in the area, lots of high-end bikes stolen, and other people feeling that they were watched beforehand. So they may have been targeting our road bikes that we had with us, who knows... the police took fingerprints and lifted footprints from the garage floor. We have been building bookshelves out there and have a lot of sawdust on the floor that captured them. Hopefully they'll find and lock these guys up.

And I agree that there is a special circle of hell for bike thieves.

Thanks everyone. I knew I could count on you all to understand.

Anne