@Vicegrip 143662 wrote:
Suspicious rider and bike combo. Don’t know where to post this and this might be nothing but all the typical tells were there.
WO&D 4:30 pm Thu 1/2 mile west of Vienna rider was heading West. The bike is a Stattanti 48m mat black carbon frame Shimano drive train (Ultregra I think) drive-train clip in Shimano pd pedals. Bike looked to be in often ridden but cared for condition. Rider was way to large for the bike, no helmet, street clothing and shoes. He was on the side of the trail fumbling with the bike. I stopped to offer assistance and he noted that he could not figure out the shifters. He had clicked down into 10th speed and did not know to push the entire brake lever to shift to big ring or cogs. My first thought was “What are you doing with/on someones else’s bike?” I chatted with him for a bit without offering up how to shift a brifter. He said it was a friends bike and I asked how tall his friend was. He did not have a good answer.
In Vicegrip’s world he would have been cuffed face down on the side of the trail while I ran his ID and Bike S#. In real world I got a bad phone pic and a bad feeling.
Awesome that you did as much as you did, vg. I’m not sure what else to do without actually accusing him…and then what?
Have you let the police know, so that they could possibly match up with any reports of stolen bikes?
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