[SellaTheChemist]

We had a Cervelo R5 2020 in Sunweb Red livery (red/pink, white and black) stolen from the guards van on a pendolino journey with Avanti WC last Sunday 17 September 2023. The thief almost certainly got on the train at Runcorn with a shitty hybrid, and got off at Crewe with our bike. We found the hybrid at Euston.

A low res picture is here: https://s3-eu-west-1.amazonaws.com/selectamark.mothership/BikeRegister/bikes/thumb/1044267-1616936204.jpg

Details including frame number are on BikeRegister: https://www.bikeregister.com/stolen-bikes/cervelo-r5-2020-11d57056

The bike had Chris King hubs and Ultegra D8000 groupset. It also had a “Chad Haga” sticker on the top tube near the seat post.

It’s pretty distinctive so it may be easy to spot. BTP are on the case, there should be plenty of CCTV and there may be fingerprints/DNA on the shitty bike he (‘cos I be it was a he!) abandoned. We’re alerting bike clubs in Cheshire but we’d be grateful to anyone who can spread the word. It was not a good start to my son’s University year.

It’s a sad day.

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[SellaTheChemist]

Thank you. I really

Thank you. I really appreciate it. The bike is very distinctive so I’m hoping this can be resolved quickly.

[Left_is_for_Losers]

All the best in getting it

All the best in getting it back, I’ll be keeping an eye out down my way. 

[Flâneur]

Sad news, hope you get it

Sad news, hope you get it back. The Avanti set up is pretty rubbish. Non-vertical storage so unless on first or second, can’t lock the bike to anything in case bikes behind need off first. Bikes hidden in a non-visible compartment from the passenger sections of the train so you can’t see what scrotes like yours are getting up to.

What’s the point of the 2 cycle tickets that get printed or need to be printed at home if staff aren’t going to check they match?

[SellaTheChemist]

Crewe – someone has also

Crewe – someone has also spotted an ad on Facebook marketplace so we have the name of the seller and have worked out his address from online stuff. Police know about this – let’s just hope they have the resources to act. But that brilliant austerity plan that cut every public service to the bone may stymie even something that looks as straightforward as this.

[leedorney]

Where abouts, Cheshire’s a
Where abouts, Cheshire’s a big county…

[leedorney]

An R5 is quite a looker, very
An R5 is quite a looker, very distinguishable! – keep your eyes peeled all you Cheshire cyclists ?

[SellaTheChemist]

Ride On wrote:

Ride On wrote:

Hope you get it back.

Thank you – it’s been spotted in Cheshire… fingers crossed.

[Ride On]

Hope you get it back.
Hope you get it back.

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