[Closed] Gold Klein stolen from Manchester city centre

Desperately tries not to make Mr T reference.Fails.Sorry....on both counts 🙁

Nice brickwork, blockwork and slabbing, and the bike is nice and clean.

Will keep a look out as well, liverpool

bastrds

that gold lx stuff must be very rare these days

i imagine that somewhere in manchester tonight a dealer happily took that in exchange for a rock of crack

edit:
yup

http://www.ebay.com/itm/NOS-Shimano-LX-Gold-9-spd-Complete-Mountain-Bike-Group-RARE-AS-/310540784304

pretty identifiable bike and if its broken for parts that groupset is gonna standout

That's lovely - why it was taken out of the cotton wool and allowed out of sight anywhere near a city is the question.

Don't know the details of where it was left or why, I'm sure it will be a mistake that won't be repeated.

That stuff must turn up on eBay...best of luck, eyes peeled

Cheers - I'll be keeping an eye on the usual suspects of ebay and Gumtree.

Sorry to hear that, i'll keep a look out around Sale, it should be easy to spot.

For what it's worth when searching online look for Klein and Klien it's an easy mistake to make and might help you find it.

"Hangings too good for them"

Sadly, I believe this:

somewhere in manchester tonight a dealer happily took that in exchange for a rock of crack

is more likely than this:

That stuff must turn up on eBay

If the thief knows what they've got, they'll not be stupid enough to flog it in public on an interweb.

More likely it'll be sold fund a drug habit or just so a scrote can get some cash ...

Eyes peeled!
Total sewer rats aren't they 😡

Lovely looking bike, will keep my eyes peeled

As you can see it's [s]pretty[/s] unique.

One cannot have gradations of uniqueness, it either [i]is[/i] or is [i]not[/i] unique.

One cannot have gradations of uniqueness, it either is or is not unique.

Pedant!

South Manc/city centre here, will keep an eye out.

Um....just listed.

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/klein-mountain-bike-/161123721494?pt=UK_Bikes_GL&hash=item2583b8e116

EDIT: Emailed OP

I'm gonna watch this thread closely as it appears that the ebay linky is the bike that was pinched. Hoping the police get involved here and a good result occurs. The seller may also be hiding loads more pinched bikes.

good spot mr bear.

Wow that is so obvious. Wowowowow. Fingers crossed this is recovered. I personally wouldn't mess about and hope the police sort it, I'd be trying to arrange a meet/collect instantly.

Great spot

Once the OP has been informed hadn't somebody better shut this thread so that the scum bag doesn't get wind of it?

Good spot BTW!

Hope he get's the E-Mail, Doesn't seem to be that active on here and got a feeling the bike will be gone by the time he comes on here next.

I personally wouldn't mess about and hope the police sort it

Sadly, I spotted a mate's nicked trek on ebay a year back. Told him, he told police (he had receipts etc). They weren't interested. Not police-bashing, they have to prioritise, but maybe a reason why bike theft is increasingly prevalent.

EDIT:

Once the OP has been informed hadn't somebody better shut this thread so that the scum bag doesn't get wind of it?

I thought about that before I posted, but I think it's being sold through someone else's (girlfriends?) account and eBay (as far as I'm aware) doesn't show source of traffic.

One of his customers who left negative feedback tried to return something to him/her. Thus this ebayer should have his address. Is it worth the OP emailing this ebayer who returned said item politely asking for the sellers address and explaining why and then passing these details on to here so we can beat the living day lights out of him, I mean passing the details onto the police?

Each to their own. I know too many people who've tried to do it by the book and the police didn't care and ended up with their bike being sold on. The fact there isn't much time left is why I'd try get the bike back myself. Fair enough report to the police but then try and get it yourself.

I checked the OPs profile and he hasn't logged in on here for a few days so I looked him up on Face Book and sent him a message on there too to give a better chance of him getting the message.

The fact there isn't much time left is why I'd try get the bike back

It was only listed an hour ago, on a 3 day.

EDIT: good man Dandax - I must get myself setup on this Facebook business!

Click B I N , worry about the details later ????

Aye, It's on buy it now also. Could be sold in 10 minutes and picked up within an hour.

Agreed, hence why I want to contact the OP asap.

He's a subscriber so have the staff at the mag got access to his contact details?

Take a screenshot so you have detailed eBay will help if it's gone.

isnt Brengate a copper in gm police, dealing with thieves as opposed to anything else they deal with.

FYI, one of my esteemed colleagues has emailed the OP earlier.

He's a subscriber so have the staff at the mag got access to his contact details?

They've already emailed the guy; no more contact details held.

Thread re-opened - more news to follow!

We've resurrected this with permission to add a postscript.

Thanks to the sterling efforts of the GMP in conjunction with a couple of forum members, the OP was reunited with his missing bike this morning.

Nice to have a happy ending to a "stolen bike" thread.

Excellent - sadly one of my stolen bikes was spotted on eBay but sold on by the time the police went around (took them a week).

Great work everyone.

Get in there! We'll done everyone involved.

Excellent!

Can I just say that's the only nice looking Klein I've ever seen

fantastic news (raises glass) 😀

Excellent stuff!

Everyone loves a happy ending.....! 😉

Great news.

Ace!

The bizzies been bizzying 🙂

News of a most excellent kind.

Brilliant good news story. When is the hanging taking place?

He'll probably get a slap on the wrist and given a mars bar to make up for the inconvenience of being arrested but at least the bike was recovered, good work that man!

well happy and lovely bike too

I love happy endings 😀

samuri - Member
Excellent!

Can I just say that's the only nice looking Klein I've ever seen

The OP's Klein looks like a post Trek Klein. Kleins were more Awesome before then

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Are the awesome ones behind those two goppers?

What a result! I sold my Klein years ago, regretted it ever since. 🙁

Are the awesome ones behind those two goppers?

You're dead to me.

A gator linear fade, now that was a great paintjob. Why don't modern bike manufacturers do cool paint jobs I wonder?

Good work, great result.

Super Job .
Well done to all involved .

Nice result.

A guy round here has a purple Klein, makes me a little bit jealous everytime I see see it go by. Just something about them.

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*applauds*

wow! well done guys!!! 🙂

Congratulations, the bling is back!

Well done everyone - I wonder if there were any more bikes found or whether the seller claimed he bought it off a "bloke down the pub"?

We've done a few successful ebay/gumtree stings where the original owner has arranged to view/buy and our officers have knocked on the door instead.

Two points;

the thief is likely to have sold it for peanuts to pay for drugs to someone he knows who can move it on. We recently had a guy in who admitted stealing an £800 bike (and he knows bikes enough to know it was worth £800), he swapped it for three £10 bags of heroin.

Its difficult to prove handling as the 'new owner' invariably claims to have bought it at a car boot sale (rather than the bloke down the pub), which removes the 'fair value' element of why they might know or believe it was stolen.

Awesome news. As someone with a Klein lying in the shed awaiting a restoration project, I'm glad that tale has had a happy ending.