Trek Earl

Trek Earl

What happened

The bike was stolen overnight. I biked to my girlfriend's house, arriving at 12:45am, (the night of February 18th/morning of February 19th 2013); locked my bike to the stop sign off the corner of W Barry & N Pine Grove Ave, where I have been parking it almost daily without any problems for over two months now. When I left the house to head to work at 8:10am, the stop sign was lying on the ground, with a foot-deep hole in the ground surrounding the pole's base - the bike, the U-Lock, and the Kryptoflex cable were all gone. I can only assume the stop sign pole was removed from the ground, allowing for the still-locked bike to be loaded into a vehicle and transported somewhere that the lock & cable could be cut off slowly.

Bike details

Type
Road Bike
Color
Blue
Size
54
Condition
Relatively new (purchased originally 10/11/2011): - with a newly installed Shimano SS-MX30 freewheel; - a full black fender set (i.e. both wheels); - the chain-guard was removed (but not entirely, with a black metal base piece still attached to the bike); - a Bontrager Flare 1 backlight mount; - a EvoMini LS black plastic mount (with a black strap) - the bike was removed from a stop sign pole, including the EvoMini LS & the Kryptoflex 4' cable (assuming these have been cut off by now)
Serial #
WTU 177 P00 14F

Theft circumstances

Date
Feb 19, 2013
Lock type
Other
Locked to
Locked to street sign.
How locked
Locked through both wheels and frame to object.
How defeated
Object that bike was locked to was broken, removed, or otherwise compromised.
Duration
Overnight
Area
Front of building in residential area.
Police report #
HW162 294

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