Ive been to London on the train today – from a nameless northern well used station (best remain nameless to protect the innocent!

When I left, I spotted a rather nice IF Deluxe locked up on the platform. Not a beaten up shitty old one like the one I used to have, but a brand spanker in suitably top notch spec. I thought “bloody hell that’s a bit nice Ti be left there all day”. Now here I am again at 10.15pm on the way back and it’s still there….I cannot comprehend leaving such a beautiful thing in such a place!

Whoever you are – get yourself a hack bike!

Unless, of course, it is a hack bike. In which case….respect!

Pics of offending article to appear here in the morning – sadly can’t post here from my phone.

It’s a trap,go up and touch it tomorrow 😉

i’d have thought someone with bolt cutters will beat you to it in the morn

A common thief wod probably nick an Appollo as they’d recognise the name 🙂

Fasthaggis – You might be right. I did wonder if I was about to get my collar felt just taking a pic of it!!

Reminded me of below, I came out of the cafe in the FoD and found someone had locked their bike next to mine 🙂

Bike Lock by sheldonattwood, on Flickr

Fontmoss – if only I carried my bolt cutters to London in my laptop bag or better still up the sleeve of my pinstripe.. Note to self – remember them next time!

;o)

lol@the Swede

He needs to take some backup 😉

Just home, so here you go….

Untitled by velocipede65, on Flickr

Let down by a Deore rear mech and a slightly naff chainring – needs a Hope or Renthal on those Middleburns, in my opinion 😀

A thought did occur to me that maybe it has already been stolen and the tea leaf uses it to go to the station….just in case anyone recognises it from the pic above…. 😀

I think you might be right velocipede, good chance it’s already been stolen

I used to see a litespeed left outside the supermarket,unlocked.

I thought “bloody hell that’s a bit nice Ti be left there all day”

looks like a steel one to me

but I still would leave it out in public all day and night

The padlock looks tiny to me so I’d suspect its not valued by whoever has it in there possession.
Have a word with transport police.

I asked Tim at Sideways if he recognised it (as he supplies IF’s) but he didn’t…..

…so still a mystery & I agree ref the size of the lock not being in keeping with the bike….

You would have thought the front wheel would get locked as well

The hip flask carrier on that IF above is genius.

If that’s the station I think it is, I’ve seen that bike before (at that station).
I saw it with it’s ‘owner’ though.

Maybe its owner works at the station?

Id be tempted to do a search on here/ google for stolen Indy fabs. On my mobile though so anyone else want to?

The hip flask carrier on that IF above is genius.

Isnt that a standard bottle cage?

Isnt that a standard bottle cage?

not the one with a hip flask in it

I dunno, seems pretty standard for a certain niche. Seems to be making a statement more than being practical. Not that I have a problem with that tho, bikes are meant to be fun!*

Sorry I was looking at the red bike . I must be more attentive next time .

Sorry folks, but to the non-collector/specialist/bike nerd (no offence 😉 ) or common thief, that looks so unspectacular, just like any other normal HT. Probably pretty safe.

I can beat that for value stakes. A ferrari 599 left with keys in full view on top of front tyre in a train stn car park. Very honest MOP called the police, turned out the owner had done it so that his mechanic could collect it for a service after he’d got the train to work 😯

I came out of the cafe in the FoD and found someone had locked their bike next to mine

Maybe the other bike’s not a fake.

I’ve seen a Cervelo locked up near here with a pretty feeble looking lock several times. I think it’s possibly ‘only’ one of the Aluminium ones but even so.