Anthony check your text messages, or faebook messages, or BTG facebook page, or BTG gmail….URGENTLY! I need your help regarding a stolen bike that has been spotted on ebay….police not being helpful.

If anybody that knows Ant sees this, please pass the message on.
VMT

I’m sorry but paging is not allowed, I’m going to have to report this post. 👿

dude its with regards to a stolen bike, give the man a break!

Why are the police not being very helpful? What are they not doing?

dude its with regards to a stolen bike, give the man a break!

Rules is rules…

Rules is rules…

are you a traffic warden?

Only on my days off, WTF has it got to do with you?

WTF has it got to do with you?

Oooooh get her temper 🙄

🙄

Police are not helping full stop…’we can’t get involved in a fishing trip’ was the line. Anthony knows some very bike theft friendly police in Bristol and has history at recovering bikes from ebay scrotes, so I know he can get my mate (ex-owner of a nice mtb) in touch with the right officer to get this sorted the right way.
I’ve messaged Anthony on the mobile number I have for him but that is 3.5 years old, I’ve facebooked him and BristolTrailsGroup so he ought to see one message, but….I’m covering all bases, since this is urgent.

Only on my days off, WTF has it got to do with you?

Yay I don’t really post that much and I’ve upset someone, have a virtual hug x x

Tax inspector?

🙄

I’ll see how much longer I can keep it at the top of the page for you too and good luck. 😉

Yay I don’t really post that much and I’ve upset someone, have a virtual hug x x

Sorry to disappoint… 😥

Oops Sorry neilnevill, hope you get the bike sorted, and hope the community can help you out

Pay no heed to don simon. The rest of us have learned to do that also.

Neil,

I’m a Policeman at Southmead Police Station and have spoken to Anthony on a number of occasions in the past. My Email is in my profile – if you send me some details I’ll look into it for you if you’d like – can’t promise anything mind.

we can’t get involved in a fishing trip

Is this really the time to go fishing? Theres a bike to be recovered for gods sake

Top tip, if you need anybody to chase the bike thief, deluded is probably not the man right now 😉

cheers. I know there are lots of Bristol guys on here and most/many know the nice bearded man that fixes the trails….so hopefully this will get passed on to Ant and my mate can get some help from the law to recover his bike.

Yes – thank you DD 😀

Pay no heed to don simon. The rest of us have learned to do that also.

*waves middle finger* 👿

quick search on older posts found this:

frank DOT simonds AT avonandsomerset DOT police DOT uk

(ah, beaten to it by a real copper it seems 😳 )

*swears he saw someone waving*

*pays no attention*

Do you think he was any good at chasing bikethieves before he thought he was any good at football. 😉
Do you want my turbo trainer now? Have you got a cleat screwed into your pot yet?
I’ll see if i can pop round tomorrow.

Taylor,

Cast is off and have started physio today. If i could borrow the Turbo Trainer that would be excellent. I’m back to work tomorrow so if I could drop round or you come round to me after 4PM that would be grand.

excellent! thanks all, Ant has now been in touch.
Thanks deluded, I’ve passed you setails on to my mate, and Ant has given MarkDOTNewbury AT avonandsomersetDOTpoliceDOTuk
Mark works on the burglary team at Southmead. Hopefully we can now recover a super super bike for the rightful owner who is a really nice guy.

Good stuff.

So can we have him banned for breaking the rules now?

Neil,

I know Mark well and he’s probably the best at getting these bikes as he’s a supervisor on a Priority Crime Team – he’s based at Broadbury Rd now. Top bloke.

Give me a bell on your way home and I’ll make sure i’m in.

The bike was stolen on a fishing trip?

So can we have him banned for breaking the rules now?

Are you a traffic warden or something????????

Are you a traffic warden or something????????

Nope, just an aspiring moderator.

yeah you can ban me now 😉 thanks all.

Nope, just an aspiring moderator.

Sorry, sir. 😳

The owner is a top bloke, a seriously nice guy who has had a run of bad luck with his bikes recently and could do with a lucky break like this.

I really hope that it gets recovered.

Indeed, owner now has the details of Bristol police officers with experience in recoving stlen bikes from ebay scrotes so hopefully this will end well.

Ambrose, was it theft 1 or 2 that Rob has spotted? 2 had a rather distinctive colour scheme….

Lol at the thick tagger… 😆

It’s threads like this that make me love stw.

the “shouty kid needing a new fork” is another.

People help, but sometimes so tangentially that half the people on the thread think they’re being trolled.

don did a great job 😀