1960s Sears Roebuck Cruisers - 3 speeds
What happened
My partner and I had an appointment in a building on the corner of Sheffield Avenue and School Street. We were lucky to find an empty bike "rack" (it's actually one of those metal structures that resembles a bicycle, intended for locking up your bike) right outside the front door of the building. To minimize the space our bikes would take up, we looped the cable lock through out front wheels and frames and locked them to one end of the rack. There were many other bikes locked on the street so we felt comfortable leaving them here. We went and grabbed some dessert, and came back to the building 20 minutes later, the bikes were still there. We entered the building for an appointment. Upon exiting the building an hour later, the bikes were gone. We did not file a police report because we thought many bikes are stolen in Chicago everyday...we assume they're gone for good. But we'll do so now.
Bike details
- Type
- Cruiser / Comfort Bike
- Color
- Black
- Condition
- These are his and hers bicycles. Older bikes with some rust on the metal parts of the wheels and frames too. His seat had a cushion cover, but this may have been taken off. His made a distinctive clicking/banging sound when shifting or riding fast. The black frames did have some smaller red stripes (as seen in the picture). The pictures are not of the actual bicycles, but are identical makes and models. Our pictures of our bikes did not include the full frames.
- Serial #
- Have no serial numbers
Theft circumstances
- Date
- Jul 11, 2014
- Lock type
- Combination Cable Lock
- Locked to
- Locked to bike rack.
- How locked
- Locked through front wheel and frame to object.
- How defeated
- Lock is missing, along with the bike.
- Duration
- 1.5 hours
- Area
- Sidewalk in front of an open business.