No-name fixie conversion
RecoveredWhat happened
I got home last night at 2:00 a.m. and left my bike under my back porch, which is behind a garage. The spot isn't visible from the alley; you'd have to go around the side of the building to see it. When I came down this morning at 9 a.m., the bike was gone. This bike is worth almost nothing; I found the frame next to a Dumpster 2.5 years ago and have been riding it hard and leaving it out in the rain ever since. The only remotely valuable parts are the $80 CETMArack and the Shimano brake caliper, but this bike has great sentimental value to me. Her name is Carmen Sandiego.
Bike details
- Type
- Fixed Gear / Track Bike
- Color
- black and red
- Size
- around 56cm
- Condition
- This is a Raleigh road bike from the '80s which has been converted to a fixie. The frame is black with an extremely flaky red paint job; the logos have been scraped off. The handlebars are homemade bullhorns wrapped in black cotton tape. There is a brake caliper up front, but no lever. The wheels are some generic wheels off a cheap track bike. It has a gold anodized BMX crankset, MKS cyclocross pedals, and a blue <a href=http://cetmaracks.com/>CETMArack</a>.
Theft circumstances
- Date
- Feb 20, 2007
- Lock type
- Newer U-Lock w/ Flat Key
- Locked to
- Bike was locked only to itself.
- How locked
- Bike was locked only to itself, through one or both wheels.
- How defeated
- Lock is missing, along with the bike.
- Duration
- 7 hours
- Area
- Alley or side passageway.
Recovery notes
Owner writes: "I spotted it outside a bookstore a few blocks from my house."