Coach Thrasher
STOLEN Bike: custom fast-touring bike w/o stickers
It is quite ironic that, as I planned my trip to the Google's I/O conference by bike, I could not find any information about a bike valet, or inside bike parking, on any of Google's pages about the conference. Of course, I searched using Google.
This is the first time in my life I've had a bike stolen from me. The experience has left a very sour taste in my mouth.
I'm posting as maybe, just maybe, someone has seen my bike. It was last seen the Wednesday morning at 9:45am, locked to the bike parking rail, on the corner of 4th and Howard. It was parked at the bike rack in the little courtyard next to the Metrion on the north corner of the intersection.
I left it there while attending a conference at Moscone. I'd thought taking the train, and biking, would keep a car off the road. I guess I'm totally naive about locking bikes in SF, as I figured the parking area's high pedestrian traffic would deter any would-be thief. I was wrong.
If you have any information about the bike, please let me know! I'd love to have it back. There's a picture of it below. Here are the details of the components:
- Shimano 105 hubs on 36 spoke wheels
- tires are Panaracer T-Serve (700x28c)
- rear brake is a Paul's CNC machined brakeset from the mid 1990's
- front brake is a cheap Shimano V-brake
- cranks are Shimano LX
- pedals are 1st generation Shimano XT dual-sided SPD
- rear rack (I think it's a Blackburn) (it did not have a pannier bag on it when stolen)
- rear derailleur is Shimano Deore
- front derailleur is Shimano, custom modified for the bike
- brake/shift levers are Shimano 105
- Blackburn mini-pump
- three bottle cages
- old Ritchey seatpost
- WTB seat
- Weyless stem
- Ritchey Pro 44cm handlebars
- fenders
- additional cross-style brakes
- V-Brake Travel Agent on the front
- SRAM-70 chain
- Shimano XT 12-28 cassette
- 3 bottle cages
- brown cork handlebar tape
- right handle bar end had a LED light with dead coin-cell batteries
- left handle bar end had a mirror
thanks!
JT
Posted at 08:41PM May 31, 2009 by jason in General | Comments[2]
Bummer dude. Do you know if the bike was parked illegally? The city might have taken it. What kind of lock did you use? I feel picking or cutting off a lock in broad daylight is difficult.
Posted by Reid Kleckner on May 31, 2009 at 10:45 PM PDT #
Hi Reid,
It was parked in a designated parking area for bikes, and locked with a cable lock to the bike-specific rack. The lock was a very thick steel cable, but the key was traditional, and likely pickable. I can't see how anyone could have cut the lock in broad daylight and not been questioned by others... but who knows? No lock parts were left behind to provide more info.
thx!
Posted by Jason on June 01, 2009 at 09:01 AM PDT #