Following this thread
http://singletrackworld.com/forum/topic/anyone-in-kent-had-a-bianchi-stolen#post-8289005

I’ve just personally handed said £7000 Bianchi back to the owners driver, who knows the bike well.

I’m not gonna lie, I fell great right now. If there’s one thing I detest it’s people nicking stuff, so, for me, that’s proper job satisfaction right there.
Beer tonight for me. 🙂

*high five*

Good work PP, I’d say that you easily earned that beer.

the owner’s driver? like rich enough to employ a driver?

The owner sent his driver 😀

C’mon, which forum poster is the owner?…

Flashy to the forum!

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If the owner’s driver collected the owner’s £7k bike I hope you’re not paying for the well earned beer tonight.

Well earned all the same!

the owner’s driver? like rich enough to employ a driver?

Didn’t the OP originally say that the bike had a Campy Super Record groupset?

Of course he has a driver!

good work!!

8)

Good work. Anything for the police to go on re the actual theft ?

Well done PP

Good work. Anything for the police to go on re the actual theft ?

They’ve got CCTV and it’s a known gang who operate on scooters in Central London. Nicking phones is their usual MO, but anything and everything of value too. Apparently they’re a bit quick and hard to catch.
This was taken from a secure car park, one ducked in when someone left.
I don’t even feel sorry for the bloke that brought it in. I’m pretty sure he know it was hot.

Well done Pete

Didn’t the OP originally say that the bike had a Campy Super Record groupset?

Of course he has a driver!

And LWB 7 series BMW, blacked out, natch.
He picks him up from the airport, gets the bike out, boss cycles to work, he takes the luggage separately.*

Apparently he’s done a load of Le Tour stages, Mt Ventoux etc. Serious cyclist by the sound of it.

*Yeah. I would if I could. So would you. 🙂

Surely it has to be a tandem if you have a driver…

Good work.

How much did the buyer pay, you know?

He reckons £2k. I don’t believe that, I think he exaggerated based on my guesstimated valur of £5k.

It blows my mind that there isn’t a simple database where a buyer can check a frame number, or an owner report a theft. It’s impossible to be certain when buying second hand bikes 🙁

He reckons £2k. I don’t believe that, I think he exaggerated based on my guesstimated valur of £5k.

Did he come in for a valuation?

😯

No. He came in for a service and it was immediately obvious that he had no clue at all what he was in possession of. It was too big for him, filthy, he didn’t know what he wanted us to do with it, and he grumbled about a £40 service. So I guestimated the cost of the bike in front of me at £5k+ and said I wouldn’t be ruining it so quickly if it was mine, or words to that effect.
We booked it in and when I got to it later in the day my Spidey-Senses were still tingling so I called the shop number on the supplied by sticker and between the two of us we tracked the owner down.

Nice detective work!

It’s not hard to spot those bikes. It’s just rare you can do anything about it. This is the second time I’ve got one back to its owner though.

Didn’t the OP originally say that the bike had a Campy Super Record groupset?

Of course he has a driver!

I’m pretty sure that whilst expensive, SR is not really “paying a chauffeur” money!

Well done PP

LWB 7 series BMW, blacked out, natch.

I have a driver who takes me to and from Heathrow.

In a blacked out LWB 7 series BMW. 😳

I’d never ride Campag, though.

🙂

Well done thats brilliant. I did a good deed for someone 2 weeks ago and the following day was very lucky. I would buy a lottery ticket if i were you. Top result.

Top work !!

I flagged up a possible stolen cotic few years ago and the owner eventually got it back 😀

Won’t make much of an impact in the theft of bikes but it’s a sweet feeling indeed !

Good work, let’s hope someone from that gang doesn’t come round and smack you one.

Stay safe.

Good work, let’s hope someone from that gang doesn’t come round and smack you one.

The guy that brought it in didn’t steal it. I know that for a fact. We also have a correct phone number and a (probably) correct address. He’s very local to the shop, he’s avoiding eye contact with my colleagues when one of them saw him on the way to the shop. I think the Cops will be talking to him though.

Well done that man.

Keep ’em peeled!

Not so much as a bottle of the good stuff from the owner though?!

Cool, always a worry.

Good work.