Have you seen this bike?

[NbyNW]

It seems like there is a growing market for small women's road bikes, which is GREAT, but I would like to see more education out there for people who are buying used bikes to know how to confirm whether a bike they are considering has or has not been reported stolen, and why they should give a d-mn.

It's not something I would have thought to do when I bought my bike, except that I asked the seller why would they sell a custom bike, unless they couldn't ride it anymore, which turned out to be the case.

We have a growing club of petite women who have had their bikes stolen in Seattle. Mine could have been taken by anyone -- kid in the neighborhood, homeless person, whatever. Someone saw an opportunity and took it. The other two cases that I'm familiar with sound more like professional jobs. Broken locks, bike parked in same place every day. In the case of the one that was stolen from the front entrance of Viriginia Mason, the thief had spent time lurking about to decide what he was going to steal, he chatted with the desk guard, and could even be seen on camera speeding away and did not leave locks behind.

I've almost got this out of my system, pretty soon I need to start thinking about a new bike!

Thanks again everyone for all of the support and encouragement --

Jocelyn

[KnottedYet]

I saw a dude riding a very expensive carbon racing bike with clipless pedals like a bat-outa-heck one evening on Boren, just up from Virginia Mason. He was wearing jeans and sneakers and a sweatshirt with a denim jacket.

I kinda didn't think it was his bike.

[NbyNW]

Knottedyet:

Any chance it might have been a light blue Cannondale? There was a 44cm R800 stolen from Virginia Mason almost two weeks ago. At least in her case, they've got video of the thief of camera.

Her craigslist stolen bike listing is expired. If she reposts somewhere else, I'll link to it.

Jocelyn

[KnottedYet]

Knottedyet:

Any chance it might have been a light blue Cannondale? There was a 44cm R800 stolen from Virginia Mason almost two weeks ago. At least in her case, they've got video of the thief of camera.

Her craigslist stolen bike listing is expired. If she reposts somewhere else, I'll link to it.

Joceyn

No, it was a red carbon Serotta (or was it a Cervelo? I don't remember, but it was expensive brand and started with "ssss") and on the larger size.