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Saturday
Mar072020

Stolen Cannondale Quick Disc 1

My bicycle was stolen overnight last night. The thief/thieves got into the secured lobby of my apartment building and unscrewed the wall bracket onto which my bike was locked; I walked out of my front door in the morning to find nothing but bolt holes in the wall.

On the off chance I find my bike for sale second-(or third-)hand, here are some identifying features:

  • Cannondale Quick Disc 1, 2018 model
  • Black frame, size medium
  • Serial number YA86813
  • Handlebars cut down to 585mm
  • Ergonomic grips
  • Front & rear mudguards, black. Rear guard’s rubber flap at the end has bits missing in the middle, as though an odd bite has been taken of it.
  • Brass bell with guitar logo. Fastened of left side of bar; will have left a mark on the bar through rubbing.
  • Sigma wireless trip computer, white. Model BC8.12, maybe? Also on left side of frame; might be some sticky gunk left on the bar. The sensor was on the right front fork.
  • Bontrager Ion 450 R Headlight, on right side of bar, near centre. Will also have left some wear.
  • Knog Blinder Mob V Mr Chips rear light
  • Black Bontrager carbon fibre water bottle holder, ‘bat cage design’. (In this pic this is on the down tube; I had moved it to the seat tube.)
  • Additional cats eye reflectors; two on each wheel. I think I had them offset: not opposite each other, but at two points of an equilateral triangle. On the front wheel I know that if the valve was at 270°, the reflectors were at the bottom. (Important for hanging on racks.)
  • Sticker, “The Living End”, on left side of down tube.
  • I almost never used my heaviest two or three gears, so they are significantly cleaner than the rest of the gearset.