Metropolis Cycle Repair owner Nathan Roll says thieves broke into his shop last night and took three mountain bikes — two of which belonged to customers. UPDATE: Roll says he just realized thieves took an additional bike — his own. See description and photo below.
Here’s more from Roll about how it happened along with a description of the bikes.
The thieves broke a pane in a window in the back of the shop and were able to unlatch the window. This situation will be remedied shortly. Interestingly, they were only interested in mountain bikes. They passed over numerous other bikes to select these 3. They also took a small amount of merchandise, including an Ortlieb backpack and a couple of sets of lights.
Here are pics of the 3 bikes.
1) Kona Honzo 29’er size Large, the only new bike stolen. Completely stock. Had no pedals installed.
Advertisement
Advertisement2) Lapierre Zesty full suspension about 3 years old. L/XL Very distinctive. Built from a frameset, so fully custom. There are probably only a handful of these in the entire country.
3) On-One Codeine full suspension. Large. Customer just bought it used and hasn’t gotten a picture to me, so here is a stock pic of a similar bike. It had red Race Face cranks and Shimano XTR brakes.
4) Custom Ahearne Cycles 29er.
Please be on the lookout for these bikes. If you see someone in possession of them call 911 or the PPB non-emergency line at 503-823-3333.
— Jonathan Maus: (503) 706-8804, @jonathan_maus on Twitter and jonathan@bikeportland.org
Never miss a story. Sign-up for the daily BP Headlines email.
BikePortland needs your support.