Thursday night, homerton outside a chicken shop. someone t-leafed Jacks bike.

Orange Rondinella track 1970s frame.
Black Edwardes forks
Dura-ace crankset
goldtec to black deep v on the back
TTT Quill stem
Sparkly gay risers which were as wide as dales mum
Clear grips

anyone sees it grab it for us

thats shit...i'll be looking.

that sucks :(

Nightmare. Time to go vegetarian ;(

bitch! that was a nice frame. not many around so hopefully it turns up.

How will shagging vegetarians help?

shit, bad luck jack. will keep eyes peeled, that is a nice bike..

are you guys checking BL today?

Can someone get Jack to ring me asap 07734 852 620.

I live in Homerton and my local newsagent told me he had a orange fixed gear for sale for £80. I'm about to go and see it this afternoon.

Ben

Go ben! Fingers crossed.

good on you ben! fingers crossed. Fence better get done - hope you don't like the newsagents as you'll never be allowed back in... but who wants to support a thief?

I haven't seen it but it sounds about right. I have to leave to meet a client in the next hour, so I've gotta go soon. Action required? Should I just buy the bike back? I'm not sure what the police can do? Unfortunately it is a pretty good newsagent, and one of the younger guys there.

Ben

or a tea leaf for that matter

ben buy it!!

My 2p is to buy it for £80. None of us would bat an eyelid at paying that to get our stolen bike back.
Yes, it is buying a stolen bike, yada yada...

Well if it is Jacks bike he can buy it off me for £80

Tell them to take £40 for finding it and then hopefully everyone has learnt a lesson.

Oh, and the paper free for a year would be nice too.

I sent him your number ben

buy the bike. or do the £40 pound thing.

1st dibs if it is his. ;)

Apparently Jack is in America at the mo, so Max is meeting me in five, and we are going to have words. Any legal advice appreciated.

you sure its jacks?

They will be soon enough.

good luck

is it the chicken shop near there 2 zebra crossing ? ? ?

Was it locked?

not many orange fixed bikes around.

what happened?!

oooh finger lickin' good drama... any updates?

posted on Stolen bike London http://stolenbikelondon.blogspot.com...rack-bike.html

the suspense is killing me. any news? was there a gunfight? a high speed chase?

yeah, what had happen?

Come on!.....We wanna know....

it is like a brazilian soap opera!

Ben, I know you're online.....what happened?!!

Bike now safely in my flat until Jack gets back from America.

Ended up buying it from him for £50, though he said he at first he bought it of a tramp for £80, that's why he wanted £80 for it. Lying little toe-rag. Unfortunately when I finally met him with the bike (5th time) I couldn't get hold of anyone local to get a posse.

However, went to the Police in the morning and told them the story, and said
"can we have an officer accompany us to get the bike back?" Police "no - we'll arrest him for possesion of stolen property" Which would have been great, except Jack was pissed and was flying to America the next day so the muppet didn't report it stolen. So the police couldn't do anything, cause there wasn't a crime to solve! Which was bloody annoying.

So. Moral of the story - Always report your bike stolen asap, even if you don't have insurance.

Oh, and it's the younger guy who works in Bobby's Superstore on Homerton Rd
here: http://maps.google.co.uk/maps?f=q&hl...=16&iwloc=addr