Bianchi Castro Valley

What happened

The lock appears to have been cut with a cable cutter. It was in front of the Harold Washington Library near the corner of State and Van Buren. One strange probably unrelated incident was that a man dressed in a Pizza outfit handing out flyers had approached me as I was walking the bike to the library around noon. He made some comments about the bike being nice, asked what I paid for it, and made an accusatory statement "I bet you could afford one of those $7000 bikes". Just kinda odd.

Bike details

Type

Other (describe in detail below)

Color

Light Green (a.k.a. Antique Celeste, a.k.a. Gang Green)

Size

58 cm

Condition

Bianchi Castro Valley. Commuter/hybrid. This bike was unique to begin with and has been slightly customized over the last five years, here are some features: Dropped front bars with Shimano Tiagra right brake/shift lever and Cane Creek left brake lever. The bike doesn't have a front derailleur, rear only Handlebar tape is Bianchi labeled on right bar and unlabeled on the left bar. Both sides have Planet bike reflective bar plugs. Black fenders front and rear with homemade mud flaps (it's a sheet of vinyl zip tied to the rear edge of the front fender and the front edge of the rear fender). Jandd Mountain Engineering rear rack with an orange "Golden Gurnsey" crate on it. the rear reflector is mounted to the bottom of the rack and is about 3 inches wide and 1 inch tall MKS Aluminum Pedals. Shimano Biopace 44 Tooth front Chainring (it's slightly oblong instead of round) SRAM 11-35 tooth 9 speed rear cassette. Shimano in hub front generator with generator powered headlight. Fisher price bell Blue and Black Mongoose brand seat

Serial #

H6N0 6114

Theft circumstances

Date

Oct 11, 2012

Lock type

Combination Cable Lock

Locked to

Locked to bike rack.

How locked

Locked through both wheels and frame to object.

How defeated

Lock was cut, and left at the scene.

Duration

It was locked for 6 hours during the afternoon and early evening

Area

Sidewalk in front of an open business.

Police report #

HV512877