Your info was really helpful. Beerage on it's way to you…
Don't think there'll be a conviction. He apparently bought it perfectly innocently from the for sale board in a shop.
Personally I wouldn't recommend buying a frame with the serial number clearly filed off and with electrical tape home made stickers on it, but each to their own…
Glad that was yours. I work at Southmead and recall it coming in. The Pipedreams was in red in a different font and was basically a made up decal. I rang up the fella that imports them and he confirmed they are only written in that style pictured. I was aware the officers found the crime report and were making enquiries with you. I think when it originally surfaced it might have been sporting a pair of Boxxer downhill forks on it so look for stress marks at the headtube.
