I locked it and my helmet with a fairly heavy cable to an 8-ft tall signpost in front of Pazzo’s Restaurant, 627 SW Washington St at 1:30PM yesterday. They were gone an hour later. it’s a blue Tom Richie fillet-brazed “Outback” model with cool u-brake in the rear, a rear Blackburn rack and fenders with … Read more
My brand new Portland Trek got stolen this afternoon, 2 p.m. Friday, Aug. 4, outside the Riverside Athletic Club, 0150 S.W. Montgomery St. Rust/orange colored, Portland Trek, serial No. WL3389212 Size 60 frame, tool bag under seat, computer (minus the monitor), clipless SPD pedals, black fenders front and back, pump bracket (minus pump). Bought it … Read more
[Editor’s note: Read Mike’s recovery story.] hey, my name’s Mike and i lost my bike. ’05 Surly Long Haul Trucker framest (56cm), serial # M4091005 R. Tubus rack (black) F. Ahearne rack with lowrider and 12-pack carrying capabilities (black) Cris King headset (black) Thomson seatpost(silver), w/ Specialized Alias 135 seat Ritchey stem and Biomax bars, … Read more
on the evening of Sunday, 16 July, between 5p and 10p on the corner of NW Flanders and 6th Avenue (Old Town), someone cut through my Kryptonite lock and stole my 2002 Felt F85 Road bike, top of the line pump, clipless pedals, etc, etc. The F85 looks like the one below, except mine had … Read more
It’s been a while since we got a stolen bike back so it felt great to read this comment from a reader yesterday:
[Posted by “kvitkay”] Small (49 cm) blue & white woman’s specific 2004 Fuji roadbike stolen Friday night May 19th. Bike was locked at a rack in a “secure” basement of condo building at NW 21st and Flanders. Bike has yellow crank brothers pedals. Please contact kvitkay@gmail.com if you have any info. Thanks.
[Posted by “kurt_andorfer”.] 1998 19″ Bass boat blue Schwinn Homegrown stolen from PSU on Monday, April 24th. Red fork with a tomato sticker on each leg, XT shifters and rear der., XTR hubs, crank, front der., Chris King head, Avid v-brakes, SDG saddle, red grips. I dearly miss this bike, and I’m certain it misses … Read more
I love when I wake up to emails like this: “Jonathan, Wanted to let you know I recovered the bike yesterday. I can’t be sure, but it looks like the response posted on BikePortland.org had a lot to do with the bikes current “owner” contacting me to arrange a return. It was a pretty sketchy … Read more
[Recovered!] Just got word that we’ve recovered yet another stolen bike! Here’s how it went down: Last Friday, two guys walked into the downtown Bike Gallery store. The employees were suspicious because they seemed to be high and they left a nice, unlocked green Kona parked outside. When the guys left the store one of … Read more
[Posted by “jeffcycles”] Merckx (repainted yellow front/black rear) stolen 2-22-06 PSU campus This bike was stolen from PSU campus the morning of 2.20.06 between 10:00 and 11:00 outside the Lincoln building. It was built up as a fixed gear. Black Bontrager rims laced to silver Surly hubset. Black Shimano 105 crankset and silver King headset.
Because of savvy BikePortland.org readers, we’ve recovered two bikes in the past two weeks. I just love it when this happens and it’s proof that by keeping your eyes open and regularly checking the Stolen Bike Listings we can leverage the power of community to re-unite bikes with their owners. Here are the stories of … Read more
[Update: This bike has been recovered!] [Posted by “Megaroni1983”] Someone stole my bike today. It’s a size 47 lemond big sky. It’s black and white and BEAUTIFUL. I loved it, and havent even had it a year. http://www.lemondbikes.com/2005_bikes/big_sky_s.shtml that is it. It has a flashing red light attached to the back end. It had a … Read more