Currently held at St Aldates police station is Jekyll 2 that has been VERY heavily upgraded and modified with quality parts and must be the pride and joy of a gutted owner. It appears to have been found dumped in south Oxfordshire so may well have been stolen and abandoned by the thief. In 15 years in the job it's probably the nicest recovered bike I've seen here, hence me "breaking cover" in a bid to reunite it with it's owner. Or in a few weeks the honest finder gets a nice Christmas present....
Property reference 2232/17, best bet would be to call Thames Valley Police via 101 and ask for Oxford Property. Please feel free to circulate on other relevant social media pages.
There was a thread on here this/last week, nicked from village pub, pic included. I'll see if I can find it.
I seem to recall somebody on the Swinley FB page had a Jekyll stolen in the last week.
edit: Or maybe it was Eddiebaby... memory is going...
[url= http://singletrackworld.com/forum/topic/im-done ]Fingers crossed for eddiebaby[/url]
this would be sweet if its eddies!
Has anyone emailed him yet?
Oh man that sounds like eddiebabys. Everything crossed.
the timing's look similar - I'll try PM him from my work account
I'd just pinged him an email and PM. although his email address is bouncing back
the timing's look similar - I'll try PM him from my work account
There's a picture in the other thread...
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Edit: Beaten to it!
Just emailed him as sold him a chain device for it.
his in box should be jammed up.
excellent. If this isn't his bike its a hell of a freaking coincidence
I also now want to buy a Jekyll. damnit
*mashes F5*
Missed the last thread as not been on here that much recently. At the risk of building up Hope (see what I did there) yeah, that looks like it. I've tried to email him from my work email but I'll keep checking back here.
his in box should be jammed up
fnar
Missed the last thread as not been on here that much recently. At the risk of building up Hope (see what I did there) yeah, that looks like it. I've tried to email him from my work email but I'll keep checking back here
can you take it round to his house, with a tv camera?
#tears
*Crosses fingers* 8)
Right, i'm going to ride my bike. if this isn't resolved by the time I get back, ..................:-)
There can't be that many Jekylls with a built in parasol. Top work crashtest.
update for interested parties and to spare F5 keys; I've just spoken to 'eddiebaby' (I think he thought I was some spam cold caller initially) and we're both satisfied that it's his bike, so hopefully he will be re-united with it in time for some quality weekend riding.
It's mine. Crashtestmoney had my name on file and got in touch.
I am probably the happiest little boy on the planet right now.
Thanks to everyone offering suggestions. Looks like the idiot just rode back to his village and then dumped it in a bush where someone found it and called the police.. 😀
Yay! Just in time for the weekend(if they can release it that soon).
Godammmit, where's the 'Like' button!!
What a brilliant piece of good news!
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Godammmit, where's the 'Like' button!! +1
Great news, doesn't happen enough unfortunately.
That’s great news, really pleased for you!
Hurrah 🙂
That is the most gorgeous looking 'dale I've seen in a long while. Good work on getting it reunited!
That's amazing - nice one! Happy weekend riding!
Woooohooo! Yay!
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Woooohooo! Yay!
+1 😀
whoop, I'm gonna slope of work early and ride my bike!
Nice one, love this place
Great news for a Friday. 🙂
Great! nice
Awesome news, I particularly like it when eddie mentions that crash had his number on file 😆
*basks in reflective glories*
*touches self*
The weekend has now officially begun. Everyone is permitted to POETS, off you go people!
Yes! Stuff like this never happens...
😀
Result.
Fantastic!
Have some Kylie.
Well done Crashrestmonkey. From a fellow plod.
Excellent news!
proper glued to this! awesome news!
Good news. I didn't know Eddy's bike was missing, but heavily modded Jekyll - he was first I thought of!
Great stuff 😀
Further update regarding Crashtestmonkey he's been a right superhero this week .. he saved a bird trapped in our bird feeder by using wire cutters to let the wee baby escape!
Hereo's don't just wear capes 😉
Seriously though great news regarding Eddie getting his bike back. Happy riding all x
Awesome news!
Our front counter stays open 'til 10pm, and I'm back in tomorrow from 8am so they should be re-united in good time.
At the risk of finger-wagging-teacher-mode, it's easier to identify recovered bikes if you report them as stolen (I think Eddie had decided not to "waste our time" with what he thought would be a futile exercise) and get them on bikeregister.com (which will help if your bike turns up in another force area). His comprehensive Flickr page should help with confirming ownership. Although I now have the best excuse for having a STW tab open when I'm doing admin 😉
I've actually taken Sunday off to go riding, so if I puncture, crash or ride through dog poo then there's no bloody karma...
Hooray.
While you're in nagging mode, give him a lecture about using a lock before you let him have it back.
😉
not to mention riding it home pissed.... 😉
4 1/2 finger shuffle?
More than sufficient.
A good news thread for a Friday!
jonnyboi, I think the thief did that...
At least it's got lights on it- Sod's Law would be him riding away from the nick with a smile on his face and getting caught and fined in the annual clock-change bike-lights crackdown 100 yards away 😆
What excellent news!
[you've bought another bike already though haven't you...]
Was the bike not locked then?
jonnyboi, I think the thief did that...
ahh, but surely Eddie's intention was to do just that m'lud.
(I jest of course)
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P.s. let's hope the scrote who nicked it gets sh1t on by many many flocks of geese or other flying poo-spreaders!
Brilliant stuff!
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Good news!
Collected from the station just after CTM had left but it is back between my legs. Super stuff.
Thanks to crashtestmonkey for some brilliant deductive work.
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Great stuff.
🙂
If there was a power kite with it, it's mine btw.
Sorry I missed you, I gave myself a flyer as a reward 😀 glad it all panned out and hope you get out on it soon.
Brilliant thread. Well done!
Still with the powerkites ? sheesh ; rolls eyes Will it ever end?
Hants plod run a recovery scheme where you register the frame number to help them re - unite high end bikes with their rightful owners following theft.
Well done for getting it back CTM .- you win the internet for today.
Great news...well done to ctm. If ever some had earned themselves a few beers as a thankyou.... 😉
I’m having a right bobbins week so this thread is full of win. Good work ctm.
Awsomelabob 🙂
Awe, that’s just the sum of awe right there.
Top work Mr Plod! Go ride it eddyb !!!
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Happy days! Top stuff, CTM 8)
I just spotted this thread having seen Eddies other one. Thought 'hang about a minute' then saw how many replies which kinda gave it away.
As someone who has suffered from mental health problems, albeit minor ones, it's swings and roundabouts.. Lots of ups and downs..
This is one of those ups.. And I'm well chuffed for you.
When you look past the constant bickering on here, this place is sometimes awesome..
Great news! I was going to say on the original thread not to give up hope, but I did not expect this.
I would not take my eye off it next time, I’d be so paranoid of losing it again.
Brilliant
Good job, brilliant stuff 🙂
Great news.
I think that's the second bike recovered in the last 6 months or so after posted here.
And a good excuse for blinging your bike to make it identifiable
This is great. Well done!
It was far too nice a bike for a scrote anyway, she's a real beauty..