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Ride London bike theft suspect 2017 (via David Symons on Facebook, cropped)STOP THIEF! RideLondon bike thief caught on camera - and doesn't he look like one snapped at 2013 event?
Around 100,000 cyclists enjoyed closed roads in the capital at the weekend as the city hosted the fifth edition of Olympic legacy event Prudential RideLondon. One participant who didn't was David Symons whose Cannnodale bike was stolen. An event photographer captured the thief on camera, and he looks remarkably similar to a bike thief snapped at the inaugural edition of the event in 2013.
Here's David's Facebook post appealing for help in tracking down the thief, who took his bike during Saturday's RideLondon FreeCycle which saw tens of thousands of cyclists take to an eight-mile circuit in the heart of the city.
And here's the picture of the man who made off with a bike at the Prudential RideLondon FreeCycle in 2013 (with thanks to road.cc reader Tom Amos who alerted us to the similarity between the two).
> Bike stolen at RideLondon spotted being ridden by suspect in offical event photos
In both cases, the picture of the suspected thief was obtained by the bike's owner searching for their event number in photos taken by official event photographers.
Here's David's description of his bike, which he made in a comment to his Facebook post: "It's a Canondale SuperSix 52cm frame.
"Frame size on a round sticker together with a 'carbon bike repair' sticker on the down tube. Look Keo pedals. Two bottle cages. Piece of red tape around the rhs handlebar.
"Probably too high a spec for the FreeCycle but I was doing the 100 ride the next day and wanted to stay in town."
He did complete the Prudential RideLondon-Surrey 100 the following day by the way - on his old bike, which he hastily pressed into service for the event.
If you have any information about David's bike or suspect you may know the identity of the person riding it, contact details for City of London Police are in his Facebook post above.
Simon joined road.cc as news editor in 2009 and is now the site’s community editor, acting as a link between the team producing the content and our readers. A law and languages graduate, published translator and former retail analyst, he has reported on issues as diverse as cycling-related court cases, anti-doping investigations, the latest developments in the bike industry and the sport’s biggest races. Now back in London full-time after 15 years living in Oxford and Cambridge, he loves cycling along the Thames but misses having his former riding buddy, Elodie the miniature schnauzer, in the basket in front of him.
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I also had my bike stolen at Ride London (the Saturday family event). It was a KTM Myroon Prime mountain bike. The thief just cut through the chain in a very busy area and made away with the bike.
£100 reward offered for it's return!
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I have a plastic coated cable with a loop at each end - originally a dog tether. Add a small padlock and it's a really crap bike lock, but it's more secure than the bike next to mine without any lock
I took these to the Marmotte for just this reason. Only weigh 20 odd grams, but perfect for low security, popping into a shop situation.
http://www.hiplok.com/product/z-lok-red/
That looks interesting, reckon it's good enough to stop someone with a knife or wire cutters? It says it has a steel core.
Does it fit in a jersey pocket easily?
So the thief stole a bike then carried on round the route? You would have thought he could have just hired a Boris bike if he was that desperate to take part...
I could be wrong but I think that's on Waterloo Bridge, so the thief is probably heading back to South London.
Saw a scummy looking bloke riding a Ribble carbon frame at the free cycle as well. People were leaving their bikes without locks just cos there were some marshalls and stewards about, who weren't really there to look out for bike theft.
the thing is on a sportive or freecyle, a lock will feel like you are just carrying extra dead weight so lots of people leave them at home, its like you dont see many people riding them with racks/panniers they just try and stuff everything they need in pockets instead even though a pannier might be a much easier way to carry things.
I noticed on my last sportive I was the only one visibly carrying a lock around the whole way, albeit only a cable lock, and locking my bike up when I left it unattended, and yet by the end even I was suckered into just plonking my bike on the racks and wandering off out of sight of it unlocked, fortunately in the middle of nowhere so you kind of felt bike thieves werent in likely attendance and everyone else was taking part in the event and part of an honour system where they dont touch bikes that arent their own, but theres no particular reason to think thats actually the case at all or that I knew that it would ok.
It's only a pootle round town. Not a mountain stage of the Tour. Can't see a lock hindering people much.
Are those clipless Reeboks?
Bike thieves should be hung. Hope plod catch him - they have a pretty good picture so shouldn't be too difficult?!
I had video of the guys who stole my bicycle in Barbican, London and they dropped the case due to "lack of evidence". That was back in 2005 when the police had a lot more resources than they do today.
I hope the thief is caught but I wouldn't hold my breath
I had video of the guys who stole my bicycle in Barbican, London and they dropped the case due to "lack of evidence". That was back in 2005 when the police had a lot more resources than they do today. I hope the thief is caught but I wouldn't hold my breath[/quote]
...You think that sucks? They did the same when my garaged Ducati was stolen on CCTV. What is this surveillance stuff for? In fact, what are the CPS and the Police for?
...You think that sucks? They did the same when my garaged Ducati was stolen on CCTV. What is this surveillance stuff for? In fact, what are the CPS and the Police for?
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Lack of evidence is often just that. If you've caught one of the local scroats on camera that are well known to the police then they'll happily pick them up for a nice easy collar. If the person in the video isn't quite so infamous then you're gonna struggle to get anywhere because putting a name to a face is actually far harder than you'd think, look at all the mugshots they used to put on Crimewatch back in the day.
Theft is one of those crimes that's never going to get the most active investigation by the police. It's hard to investigate, isn't particularly glamourous and due to the massive overcrowding in the prison system anyone caught is just gonna get a warning and be back on the street the next day.
Burglary get a bit more attention from the police than theft, as people breaking into houses makes the public nervous and robbery gets still more. Ultimately theft is at the bottom of a massive pile of more crimes to solve than there are police to solve them.
Lack of evidence is often just that. If you've caught one of the local scroats on camera that are well known to the police then they'll happily pick them up for a nice easy collar. If the person in the video isn't quite so infamous then you're gonna struggle to get anywhere because putting a name to a face is actually far harder than you'd think, look at all the mugshots they used to put on Crimewatch back in the day.
Theft is one of those crimes that's never going to get the most active investigation by the police. It's hard to investigate, isn't particularly glamourous and due to the massive overcrowding in the prison system anyone caught is just gonna get a warning and be back on the street the next day.
Burglary get a bit more attention from the police than theft, as people breaking into houses makes the public nervous and robbery gets still more. Ultimately theft is at the bottom of a massive pile of more crimes to solve than there are police to solve them.
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In fairness to the Police, they recognised the thief because he had a massive nose! It was the CPS that wouldn't prosecute as they didn't think the evidence was strong enough. Bearing in mind I use my own name on these sites I have to be a bit careful of what I say, but it does tempt you to start burglaring CPS-officers properties! Or go down to the local scumbag pub and start belting people with big noses...
That said, I used to waste my weekends flying around country lanes on the Duke, now I do it on my road bike....so generally happier.
...You think that sucks? They did the same when my garaged Ducati was stolen on CCTV. What is this surveillance stuff for? In fact, what are the CPS and the Police for?
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CCTV: Providing the Police with things to watch over tea and biscuits - and f*** all else.
Ant? Dec? I can't tell which one it is with those sunglasses but its definately one of them....
Just spotted the dude on the brompton pulling a sick wheelie in the background of the first shot...
What a turd.