Schwinn LeTour

What happened

Bike was locked to wall (hanging) bike rack inside of the Skokie Swift Dempster terminal, 10 feet from the glass-walled attendant's booth. Attendant is on duty at all times, but roves about the termina.l I used a heavy combination Kryptonite cable lock, weaving it through both wheels, the frame, and the wall mount loop, as well as through my Bell helmet. As always, I carefully checked that the cable had indeed passed through correctly and that the combination was scrambled--I was in no sort of rush that day. This was at about 8:15am. When I returned at around 8:30pm, bike, lock, and helmet were gone. No debris was to be found below the rack. A search of nearby garbage bins turned up no traces of lock or helmet, or pieces thereof. I called Skokie PD immediately and officer Klamer (Star #247) took the report and issued me an incident referral card. Security attendant (not a CTA employee) claimed he had not seen or heard anything since he had begun his shift a few hours previously. The next day I quizzed the CTA afternoon attendant, who noted that, although she had had several distractions, including an elderly client falling down in a turnstile and requiring medical help and a fire in a planter pot outside, she had noticed no odd sounds or actions, and seen no suspicious activity around the bike racks. The following day I asked the morning attendant, who also claimed to have seen nothing. There are no video cameras in the Swift Dempster terminal--the only station in the CTA train system where that is true, I am told.

Bike details

Type

Road Bike

Color

Black/Dark Grey

Size

27"

Condition

Like new. Decal for "Rudy's Cycle & Fitness" on frame. Cargo rack on rear wheel.

Serial #

SNIDT70304411

Theft circumstances

Date

Apr 29, 2010

Lock type

Combination Cable Lock

Locked to

Other situation, please describe below.

How locked

Locked through both wheels and frame to object.

How defeated

Lock is missing, along with the bike.

Duration

Up to 8 hours

Area

Other situation, please describe below.

Police report #

Skokie PD 10-11829