Cannondale T700

What happened

Don't know how it was stolen. The combination may have only been dialed to 1 or 2 off of the opening combination, so someone may have played with the digits one at a time making small adjustments to open the lock. In a follow up email from the owner, he stated: "I found some additional information about the theft this afternoon, actually - upon taking a closer look, someone cut/sawed through the ~1/2" steel bar that was part of the railing leading up to the front door of the house I stay at. This is highly unusual as the area I'm in (DePaul campus) consists of mostly college students. For the past few days, a demolition crew has been knocking down a building very nearby, north of my house at the corner of Belden and Bissell. I have a suspicion that one of the construction workers may have used his tools very early in the morning to free the bike from the rail and take it, possibly storing it in his van/truck out of sight. I'm not sure if there's anything I can do about it...

Bike details

Type

Hybrid Bike

Color

Red/Purple, 1 solid color

Size

Pretty large frame, maybe 19" tires?

Condition

Touring bike. Rack on the back tire, LED headlight on the front. The handlebars are wrapped in thick black tape. On the lower part where the handlebars curve back around to the lower position, each one has a piece of white tape on it. General wear and tear of 2-3 years riding. Back tire is a Continental tire. There is a U-lock holder on the back vertical pole of the frame. The front tire has a lot of wear on it right down the center of the tire, it looks like a crack that is slowly getting wider.

Theft circumstances

Date

Jul 6, 2011

Lock type

Other

Locked to

Locked to a metal pole, pipe, or fence.

How locked

Only the frame was locked a solid object.

How defeated

Lock is missing, along with the bike.

Duration

It had been parked there for about a day, but I had been parking it there all summer.

Area

Front of building in residential area.