As has been reported on here, a few (300+) stolen bikes have been recently recovered in the Chester area. Having had my bikes stolen on the Wirral I was keen to see if mine were there, they weren't.
But as it turned out one of my friends (who funnily enough we were out with the night ours got nicked) was one of the policemen involved in the bust.
So here's my piont, he has said they now seem to have a problem getting people to claim the bikes are theirs. They have now been paid out by the insurance and dont want to own up to the recovered bike in case they have to pay the money back. No matter what I bloody would have, the more they can prove the better.
Does anyone know what the score is with insurance companies and recovered bikes? I always thought they would belong to the insurance company, but could be wrong?