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Please Help… Stolen – Canyon Ultimate

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  • January 27, 2017 at 8:16 pm #26719
    Jenni McFadzean

    I know it’s a stab in the dark but I’m trying every avenue where good bikes are on view, Or bits are needed for them. My son received his new canyon ultimate bike 3rd of January. He was beyond thrilled. He went off to a training camp for a week and the night after he came home he took his bike back to Glasgow to commute between Tollcross and Strathclyde twice a day, with the intention of insuring it that week. He had only ridden this beautiful machine three times. It was a dream to ride. On Tuesday afternoon (17th January) it was stolen from Strathclyde University while he was in at labs. If anyone tries to sell a Canyon Ultimate or parts for it please, please let me know. (07969547998)It was My son’s pride and joy, bought himself through Working hard lots and lots of hours and with months of saving up. Money is not easy to come by for him nor myself and this bike is so important in his training. He does not go out clubbing or drinking, sport is his thing. It’s so important in his training and for his twice a day commute. 
    Jenni McFadzean 
    Canyon Ultimate: 
    black frame with red lettering, handle bar tape and red fizick seat, 
    – shimanno ultregra groupset (and a small B&M XXI rear light. Garmen was attached.)
    His bike Had been double chained but this was not a deterrent. Police are looking at cctv footage 

    Please share. He had only just gotten it so it was not insured and there is no way he can afford another one.

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  • January 28, 2017 at 10:39 am #885967
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    Bristol Bullet wrote:
    1. It’s “He had only just got it …” not “He had only just gotten it …”

    2. The FIRST thing you do is insure it. How long had you/your son been waiting for the bike to be delivered and in that time you did feck all about insurance.

    3. “bike had been double chained … ”  Ever heard of bolt croppers ?  A Gold standard U lock / D lock is an absolute must, lock frame (and a wheel if lock is large enough) to a solid fixture and secure other wheel with a security cable attached to the main lock. Be prepared to lose your saddle and seat post unless you also secure these.  You’ll need a rucksack to carry your locks in, and if you moan about the weight of it all then catch a bus and leave your pride and joy at home. 

     

     

    What a thoroughly nasty piece of work you are. If you have nothing constructive to say to a genuinely distressed fellow cyclist why don’t you just fuck off. Twat.

    January 28, 2017 at 8:51 am #885965
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    davel

    Bristol Bullet wrote:

    Bristol Bullet wrote:

    1. It’s “He had only just got it …” not “He had only just gotten it …”

    2. The FIRST thing you do is insure it. How long had you/your son been waiting for the bike to be delivered and in that time you did feck all about insurance.

    3. “bike had been double chained … ”  Ever heard of bolt croppers ?  A Gold standard U lock / D lock is an absolute must, lock frame (and a wheel if lock is large enough) to a solid fixture and secure other wheel with a security cable attached to the main lock. Be prepared to lose your saddle and seat post unless you also secure these.  You’ll need a rucksack to carry your locks in, and if you moan about the weight of it all then catch a bus and leave your pride and joy at home. 

     

     


    I expect he knows all this stuff now – learned it the hard way. You can change behaviour.

    If, however, you’re the kind of joyless prick who revels in others’ mistakes and misfortune in anonymity on a forum while contributing nothing – that’s ingrained. Good luck changing that, you pointless, miserable twat.

    To the OP – it’s a long shot, but bikes occasionally do turn up on ebay and gumtree etc, especially if the thief has realised this is worth a few quid and not just flogging for a ton down the juicer. They might brake the parts up so keep any eye on frames for sale too. Have a word with the local bike shop to see if they know any other sites used by locals/scum flogging nicked bikes.

    January 28, 2017 at 12:14 am #885963
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    Woodsman

    Sanctimonious & a pedant.

    Sanctimonious & a pedant.  Nice combo. 

    January 27, 2017 at 11:51 pm #885961
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    barbarus

    Hope he gets it back. No
    Hope he gets it back. No point in lecturing him after the event over the internet via his mum.

    January 27, 2017 at 11:37 pm #885959
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    Leviathan

    Such a beautiful beast

    Such a beautiful beast shouldn’t be left outside, especially not without a D-Lock. Get your son a commuter/hybrid/mountain bike for uni, a cheap one to get him back on the road. Fingers crossed, sometimes you get lucky (or crowdfunded.) He still has plenty of time for another Canyon in the future [I’m 40 and my Canyon has been two years away for the last five years.]

    January 27, 2017 at 11:26 pm #885957
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    Bristol Bullet

    Oh the poor lad has had his

    Oh the poor lad has had his bike stolen, so sorry to hear that. Have the Police found the bike ? No ? Fat lot of good sympathy did then. Hopefully my pearls of wisdom, if followed, will improve his chances of keeping his next bike for longer than a fortnight. 

    Point taken re Gold standard chain. If a stash of bikes is found would the Police accept ownership on the basis of a photograph? The bike’s frame number would help but I doubt the lad would’ve written it down, it might be on the paperwork that came with the bike though.

    January 27, 2017 at 11:12 pm #885955
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    Bristol Bullet wrote:
     A Gold standard U lock / D lock is an absolute must, lock frame (and a wheel if lock is large enough) to a solid fixture and secure other wheel with a security cable attached to the main lock. 

     

    A gold standard chain is just as good. As in, it is also not in any way going to ensure the safety of an Ultimate SLX around any Uni’s environs. 

    It is faint hope, but every once in a while the police find will catch someone with a few stolen bikes. I hope that happens here.

    January 27, 2017 at 10:35 pm #885953
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    gonedownhill

    Nothing like a bit of
    Nothing like a bit of sympathy for a naïve young lad, Jesus.

    January 27, 2017 at 10:29 pm #885951
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    Bristol Bullet

    1. It’s “He had only just got

    1. It’s “He had only just got it …” not “He had only just gotten it …”

    2. The FIRST thing you do is insure it. How long had you/your son been waiting for the bike to be delivered and in that time you did feck all about insurance.

    3. “bike had been double chained … ”  Ever heard of bolt croppers ?  A Gold standard U lock / D lock is an absolute must, lock frame (and a wheel if lock is large enough) to a solid fixture and secure other wheel with a security cable attached to the main lock. Be prepared to lose your saddle and seat post unless you also secure these.  You’ll need a rucksack to carry your locks in, and if you moan about the weight of it all then catch a bus and leave your pride and joy at home. 

     

     

    January 27, 2017 at 8:24 pm #885949
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    Jenni McFadzean

    My son’s bike … or was :0(

    My son’s bike … or was :0(

     

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