Stolen Trek Bike

[marstepo]

Please let me know if you see this bike – It was stolen from the Georgetown Waterfront today (Water Street between Wisconsin and Cecil) between noon and 1:15. Trek 2011 7.5 FX 17.5″- dark Gray, with turquoise bottle cage, black Topeak rack, W&B sticker, Revolution Cycles sticker, New Belgium emblem covering Trek symbol on front tube

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[mcfarton]

Thieves suck

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[Birdstrike]

Sorry for your loss. I frequent that area too, will keep a lookout. Did you leave it briefly unattended or was your lock cut?

[PotomacCyclist]

You may want to check new Craigslist and other online bike listings, to see if the thief puts your bike up for sale. If you spot a suspicious listing, you could contact the police and have them participate in or run a sting to see if the bike is indeed yours. I wouldn’t do it on your own. Although many bike thieves are not violent, you never know. Better to let the police handle something like that.

[Steve O]

Oh, how I feel for you (http://bikearlingtonforum.com/showthread.php?5617-Stolen-Fuji-road-commuter-bike)
Mine never showed up. I watched Craig’s list for about 2-3 weeks and then tapered off. Once I bought my new one, the pain slowly eased.

I hope you have better luck than I. I second mcfarton, “Thieves suck.”

[cyclingfool]

Set up a “recipe” in ifttt.com with some basic search terms that match your bike. You can get email alerts about new CL posts as soon as they go live this way.

eBay is another way they may try to sell.

Also adhuntr.com allows you to search all of CL, not just this area, from one simple search box.

How do I know all this? I had my bike stolen, too.

Good luck!

[PotomacCyclist]

http://blogs.bicycling.com/blogs/thehub/take-a-bike-out-of-crime

June 10, 2014
Take a Bike out of Crime

Portland, Oregon, advocacy group petitions Craigslist and eBay to require serial numbers for bicycle listings
BY ELSPETH HUYETT

Sure, Craigslist and eBay are great places to score a deal on a used bicycle, but the websites are also huge drivers in the bike-theft trade. Every 30 seconds a bike is stolen in the United States and unregulated online marketplaces are the ideal places to peddle stolen goods.

A Portland, Oregon-based bicycle registration site, 529 Garage, is trying to change that. The company is petitioning the CEOs of Craigslist and eBay, asking the sites to require serial numbers on all bicycle sales. (Add your signature at project529.com.)

“Bike theft in the US is estimated to be over a $350 million business annually in the United States,” said Jason Scott, co-founder of Project 529, in a press release. “Thieves are using sites like Craigslist and eBay as their personal cash machines to easily sell stolen bicycles to unknowing buyers with little risk.”

529 Garage also offers a place for victims of bike theft to post images and serial numbers of their stolen bicycles in hopes that someone may notice them posted online. Don’t know your bike’s serial number? It’s probably hiding in one of these spots:

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Knowing your bike’s serial number will increase your chances of getting it back if it’s stolen. (Image courtesy of Cambridge, Massachusetts Police Department)

[mstone]

getting people in the habit of checking serial numbers would be a huge leap forward.

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