I had a bike stolen a few years ago and it may be a total coincidence but I feel like I’ve seen it being ridden in the city I live in. I could be wrong and only seen it from a distance and I know there is a high percentage of stolen bikes on the road out there but it feels a bit uncanny.

The bike I’ve seen is totally painted black with no logos on the frame and even the front forks have been painted black with no bomber logos visible. It looks like a norco from the couple of times I’ve caught sight of it whilst in town. It’s most probably not mine as it seems rather bold (if it is mine) to be riding it around the city centre but it looks suspicious all painted out and a norco all mountain bike with big bomber forks on seems a little much to be commuting to work on.

i almost tackled a bloke i saw riding my brothers stolen specialised – same bar ends, saddle bag, tyres etc. at the last moment i realised the guy was riding a large and my brothers was a medium 😳

Twice. One was real. A frame got stolen from my back garden and then I saw it a week later in a second hand shop built into a bike. I’d not recorded the frame number so it was pointless pursuing it. I told the shop but they didn’t care. Quite obviously my frame though, rare and with all the same scratches and dings.

The better one was when someone broke into our flat in Manchester and stole my wife’s bike. One the way back from the police station I saw it chained up to a park bench. Incensed I returned to the flat, told the wife I was going to sort out the thieves, tooled up and marched back to the shopping centre. 4 hours I sat there. Waiting….

Eventually my wife came to find me, took one look at the bike and said it wasn’t hers. Hers had a big scratch on the top tube. Oops. 😉

was he carrying a newspaper bag?

http://singletrackworld.com/forum/topic/slapped-arse

Ha! No. Just a rucksack and the three times I’ve seen him he’s been going through doors into his workplace.