Chipps, will do 🙂
bikebouy, I most certainly will, a great bike is a great bike no matter what the wheels size. it has 29's which were not in fashion back then...
Well then that's excellent news
Let's hope you get it back.
it has 29's which were not in fashion back then...
And as a result of the elapsed time, they're now horribly out of fashion again! 😀
^^ indeed, 29+ it seems is the new 650b.
Enjoy your bike, gonna be a funny reunion and acclimatisation for both of you.
Will you keep the pink additions ?? 😆
Will you keep the pink additions ??
First thing I did when I got my Humu home was remove and replace all the changed bits as I didn't like the karma that was radiating from them. Bike felt much more mine again after the changes.
The returned bike was pretty much trashed. Much of it just fit for the bin.
Yeah, I'd be changing the saddle and grips...
I get the feeling it would be either like hooking up with an old G/F where once the heart beat twice for ever one in normal life, but now, well perhaps the affection has wained.
Or your into dogging and anything will do 😆
There's a few folk i know that have reached a certain age and for one reason or another (reeking of desperation not to die alone i guess?) they have hooked back up with old GF, usually met back up through some form of social media and are putting a brave face on it by acting all lovey-dovey……….perhaps the same thing will happen here 😀
Hora: Ive bought alot of secondhand stuff over the years.
I hear bikebiz are going to give you a lifetime achievement award for your contributions to the industry.
As cyclist's let's be happy a guy got his bike back. We can get back to pulling each other apart over wheel size and stickers on Monday.
I'm genuinely looking forward to getting it back. A lot has changed since then in my riding and bikes so it will be an interesting reunion and in many ways ideally suited to my local riding where what I use now is massively over the top!
just read this,am very happy for you chainline 😀
if i ever won the lotto (would have to start playing it first 😉 that is one bike i would definitely buy.
Just as a matter of interest why did you not get another following the insurance payout? From what I've heard they are very good bikes.
I'm glad this is coming to a happy ending a la waynes world!
ignoring the naysayers etc, pedalphile - your a gent and a man of infinite memory (yesterday is a blur to me..) i am sure cosmic Karma will be repaid.
Just as a matter of interest why did you not get another following the insurance payout? From what I've heard they are very good bikes.
Is it because it's a custom frame from before Jones started making production ones?
err hora
"If I bought something stolen I'd want to liaise with the insurer NOT someone who had been paid out years ago."
It wouldnt matter what hora wanted...... youd be talking to the fuzz - who would take the stolen item off you ..... youd be looking to prove you bought it in good faith and thus get off without being charged for knowingly buying stolen goods.
as i said before - you buy stolen goods you deserve all you get.
you have no stake in the item at that point regardless of if the rightful owner has been paid out.
GOod to see my old place of employment doing a great job as usual 🙂
Well done folks, well bloody done.
Apparently it was only the tip of the iceberg
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Has that copper got one leg?!
Either that, or he's trollyed.
*gets coat*
Just caught this thread. I remember well the posts about the theft all those years ago. Jones owners were few and far between back then and I had met Chainline briefly at the Kielder 100 and was really gutted at his loss.
It's amazing that the bike has resurfaced with all it's parts. I think we'd all assumed it had been split and melted long ago.
Ride like you stole it Phil 😉
Nice one Chainline. 😉
Thanks guys. The thanks really must go to the guys at the shop. The police have recovered it and I am trying to arrange collection. Couldn't get hold of anyone late today, could be 'office hours' on the number I've been given.
Martinh, that Kielder is etched on my memory!
Has anyone tried one with a 29+ front rather than fat? I mostly rode it Fat Front.
Has anyone tried one with a 29+ front rather than fat? I mostly rode it Fat Front.
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/beingasmartarse
I don't have the fat fork & run a 2.4 Ardent - suits me well and it could take a much wider 29 tyre.
Ah, looks like he has.
I don't have a fat fork and used to run an Ardent on a P35 but now am addicted to a Knard on a Dually. A few people just don't like the tyre rather than the size so it's something to be aware of. Looking forward to trying the Maxxis Chronicle (sort of Ardent 29+). 29+ does raise the front a little though.
Futonrivercrossing on here says he prefers a fat front to the Knard
I did love fat front.
What happened to the girl? Did she come back for the bike? What was the story there?
I'm so hoping a love story enfolds, between Chainline & the puncture girl.
Would make a lovely ending.
Glad you got your ugly bike back dude. Yay singletrack!
Obviously we need a pic of the bike/chainline reunion.... should be on the front page.
Well done to all involved (eevn the polis) but especially to the guys in the shop. Most excellent.
It will be a happy ending if you get it back. I came across a bike i had had stolen, in a bike shop awaiting repair. Because the owner had bought it 'in good faith' they got to keep it. Well actually, he kindly allowed me to buy it from him at the bargain price which he bought it. Subsequently, the guy he bought it from, a builder who was clearing out some flats in which I used to live, when he took the bike, came round and refunded me the money!
I understand from someone who works in the shop that the woman and a bloke came back in to collect the bike and that he was arrested and also had a knife on him! Sounds like a nice fella! I don't know any more but I'm sure we will find out more soon
It just gets better
Bike has been recovered and my insurers have done a U turn. I should requested written confirmation at the time of enquiry or argued it was a verbal contract.
Now they want me to pay them for it but they wont tell me how much.
So how much is a 5yr old Jones worth? Alot less than I paid I'd say given they are now a production unit in taiwan and there is a steel version to do the same job.
I do want it back but I wasn't planning on an ad hoc purchase! What is HMRC depreciation rates on cycle to work...
Only have a short time to decide..so if they are greedy there may not be a reunion...
The insurers don't want it so I'd offer them a couple of hundred and see what they say.
So there could be a clown ti bike for sale through some random auction house soon....?
What can an old stolen bicycle be worth? £150? You can always increse your offer.
I do want it back but I wasn't planning on an ad hoc purchase! What is HMRC depreciation rates on cycle to work...
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So how much is a 5yr old Jones worth? Alot less than I paid I'd say given they are now a production unit in taiwan and there is a steel version to do the same job.
Don't forget it's been poorly maintained during the nicked-period etc etc so needs work to get back to usable standard. Feed the insurers all the bad news 🙂
PS: please can you inform your insurance company I'll offer them £160 for it. Ta
Don't forget it'll definitely need de-rusting
7%!
That means my 5 is worth less than £230 🙂 hehe
haha. they were at pains to point out the Police say its in good condition..
It was more expensive than a new one now, you could build it again for £6.3k with equally good if less rare parts. Amazing how much many parts have reduced in price.
I'll make an offer and see what they say...