surly steamroller

What happened

My dear bicycle (and only means of transport) was stolen from the inner basement of my apartment on w 18th st. this Thursday afternoon (26 june) between 12:15pm and 10 pm. Tenants in the retail space below were being evicted for various serious reasons and (they/their moving help/ransom asshole friends who turned up to make trouble during the process) grabbed it from the adjoining tenant basement before landlord figured something was up and had everything re-keyed before anything else was taken. Unless it was malicious, my bicycle just had the misfortune of being the closest object to the door adjoining their space. Inner basement usually involves first having a key to the building, a key to the basement and entering the inner basement/storage space.

Bike details

Type

Fixed Gear / Track Bike

Color

gunmetal grey

Size

59cm bike

Condition

As it was last seen: A surly modified for my height (Part of the reason I dearly want this back: it was very difficult to find a frame that fit my frame. I'm a tall girl with long legs and a short torso. My pant inseam is 36-37 inches if that helps gauge the standover on a potential found bike...) -A steep 59cm frame size with unusually short stem and smaller than normal handlebars for a typical men's bike (model has no braze-ons/ welded joints ) -A CroMo (steel) frame: Gunmetal grey color -single speed flip-flop fixed gear i(I dont remember the gearing ratio I had on there, but would say it is a bit higher than normal choice) -large caliper u-type brakes. Brake levers are hood mounted. -mavic wheels -tan leather brooks saddle -tan leather handlebar tape (with a long deep scratch on the left side from the license-less driver who hit me last October) -light pink platform type eggbeater pedals- crank brothers candy's (my old team pedals)... sad. *Differs from the attached (old) pictures in that most the decals were removed last year and the remaining decal on the top tube was covered with black electrical tape. The metal emblem on the front should still be there. I didn't have enough upper body strength to remove it. Crank arm should still have it's decal

Serial #

m5101377

Theft circumstances

Date

Jun 26, 2008

Lock type

Newer U-Lock w/ Flat Key

Locked to

Other situation, please describe below.

How locked

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How defeated

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Duration

Bike was in the locked inner basement of my apartment were (we all) store our bikes (and other things) everyday.

Area

Storage room.

Police report #

hp419721