Cannondale Topstone Carbon Lefty 3

What happened

I am a CPS teacher and on Wednesday morning I was attending the CPS Board of Education meeting with my former student Zaid Khan, who was speaking to the board in person during public participation. I arrived first and locked my bicycle around 9:20 am with an ABUS Bordo lock to the bike rack at 42 W Madison, next to the CTA bus stop and to the corner camera of the Chicago Public Schools. I went to the Dunkin Donuts down the street for coffee when Zaid arrived around 9:35 am and returned around 10:20 am and the bike was still there. We entered CPS to attend the Board meeting at 10:30 am. I left shortly after 1 pm and the bike was gone. I talked to the security guard at CPS and he showed me the camera footage. It should have been between 12 and 1 pm, when some construction workers were standing next to the bike rack by the bus stop. A middle-aged, around 5' 11''tall, slim, African-American male approached the bike and opened the lock. Then, he took the lock and rode the bike down Madison street towards the west. I asked the security guard if there was any way that I could get the camera footage, because everything was caught on their camera and it could be possible to identify the thief, but he said it was not possible. I wanted to use the footage to file the report and provide it as evidence to the police. I would like to ask CPD to request the footage from CPS.

Bike details

Type

Other (describe in detail below)

Color

Gray

Size

MD

Condition

Good condition, tuned up / HYDRAULIC DISK BRAKES, GREEN HANDLEBAR, TWO BOTTLE HOLDERS, green handlebar tape slightly worn off, small black bell on left side, QUAD LOCK phone holder with light on front, ABUS bordo lock holder on top of frame bar, battery for front light under it, duct tape band on rear wheel left frame side bar, 650 B WTB tubeless wheels.

Serial #

TC39929

Theft circumstances

Date

Jun 10, 2026

Lock type

Other

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

3 hours

Area

Sidewalk in front of an open business.

Police report #

JK291476