Motobecane Mirage
What happened
The bike was parked on the corner of wolcot and North in front of Rapid Transit. The bike was parked at a U shaped bike rack. The bike was locked with a cable chain that was stolen with the bike (I know i use a U-lock but my Girlfriend's more expensive Swobo Sanchez was next to it and using my mini-u lock). The bike was stolen roughly around 2:30 am (friday night the 7th but technically the early morning of Saturday the 8th) two hours after locking it up (according to the homeless guy that said he saw it being stolen). The homeless guy also said that the bike was stolen by a guy on a bike and took off down North avenue heading east. Please let me know if anyone has any information on my fixed motobecane mirage. I loved that bike, it was my first fix and would greatly appreciate its return.
Bike details
- Type
- Fixed Gear / Track Bike
- Color
- Baby blue with Royal blue striping
- Size
- 63cm
- Condition
- The bicycle is a 63 cm motobecane Mirage. The bike is baby blue with royal blue motobecane striping. The bike has gold front and rear rims. The front rim is a velocity the rear rim has no marking of company and is a flip flop hub but only has a fixed gear hub placed on it. When the bike was stolen the wheel had 3 basketball cards in the rim. The cards are probably not still there but if they were dumb enough to leave them in it will make the bike pretty distinguishable. The handlebars have royal blue grip tape and has one emergency brake located on the bars. The brake cable is also royal blue. I recently replaced the crank and I'm near 99% sure that it's a Sugino. The chain is also royal blue. The bike was built by my friend Adam of 329 bikes in Bartlet and has "Planet Bikes" handlebar caps.
Theft circumstances
- Date
- Aug 7, 2009
- Lock type
- Combination Cable Lock
- Locked to
- Locked to bike rack.
- How locked
- Only the frame was locked a solid object.
- How defeated
- Lock is missing, along with the bike.
- Duration
- 2 and 1/2 hours
- Area
- Front of building in residential area.
- Police report #
- R474428
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