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Reward offered for return of Cinelli Strato stolen from London Bike Show

Distincive bike last seen on Chicken Cyclekit stand at around 4pm on Sunday afternoon
by Simon_MacMichael
Wed, Jan 18, 2012 20:11
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Chicken Cyclekit is offering a reward of up to £500 for the safe return of a Cinelli Strato bike stolen on Sunday afternoon from its stand at the London Bike Show at Excel in East London.

Fitted with Campagnolo Bullet wheels and Super Record groupset, the bike, worth £5,500 is certainly a head-turner and bound to attract attention.

Should you be offered it for sale, or have any information at all that might help lead to its recovery, please contact Chicken Cyclkit on 01525 381347.

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Simon MacMichael

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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uksportives | 12 years ago
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Yeek... Flip..... Hey I hope the culprit is found, & I hope we hear a good ending to this..

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Simon_MacMichael | 12 years ago
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I imagine the fact it was at the end of the show made it easier too - pretty chaotic with everything starting to come down and be put away.

Years ago I worked Saturdays in Harrods (pre Al Fayed) - one story there was of a guy who turned up in menswear department on first day of sale (when staff count doubled through casual staff etc), brought his own cash register, spent the morning ringing up purchases, no-one queried it, headed off at lunchtime with pockets full of cash...

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Gkam84 replied to Simon_MacMichael | 12 years ago
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Simon_MacMichael wrote:

I imagine the fact it was at the end of the show made it easier too - pretty chaotic with everything starting to come down and be put away.

Years ago I worked Saturdays in Harrods (pre Al Fayed) - one story there was of a guy who turned up in menswear department on first day of sale (when staff count doubled through casual staff etc), brought his own cash register, spent the morning ringing up purchases, no-one queried it, headed off at lunchtime with pockets full of cash...

I've heard about something like that, BUT also seen it down, The real hustle BBC program showed it being done, took and and credit cards and walked out of the shop again 4

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notfastenough | 12 years ago
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@jamjam - I reckon this was probably easier than you think. I've not been to one of these shows, but if it's anything like other events I've been to, there is a lot of stuff being sold, typically at "special show discounts", so a guy walking through a crowd with a bike will not have even been noticed. All he would need to do is get it off the stand. I wouldn't be surprised if he was in corporate gear or a uniform of some kind - hiding in plain sight.

There was a robbery in a fire shop near me a few years ago - two guys in hi-vis vests simply walked in looking offical and emptied the shop of fires/fireplaces into the back of a van while there were staff around!

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Bigpikle | 12 years ago
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if people can steal seats from show cars at the motor show I'd suspect a bike is fairly easy....
Hope they recover it and get the culprit(s).

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alotronic | 12 years ago
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Stolen to order by a man who will hang it on his wall and never let it be seen? Or some complete idiots who would have been better off nicking a Boardman from the Halfords - at least no one would blink when they saw that outside the local Subway...

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seanieh66 | 12 years ago
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How did they do it? Go up to the guys at the stand and go, hey look over there! and run away really fast ...with bike under arm ?

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Cooks | 12 years ago
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Nah, I think I'll keep it.

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jamjam | 12 years ago
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how did someone manage to walk away with a bike?? 13

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obutterwick | 12 years ago
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Disgusting that anyone would stoop so low.

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WolfieSmith | 12 years ago
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I've kept the wheels and group set - but you can have the plastic frame back. 4

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