Thanks Ed.
I saw my bike advertised on Gumtree on Sunday- called the police numbers that had been given to me and they didn't want to help- contacted the seller and was waiting on police to confirm time and place where they could accompany me- this was after several times being hung up on and told different things. To cut a long story short- lots of misinformation; diversion; 3 hours at a police station watching them avoid dealing with other people's cases; excuses etc what happened in the end is my bike got sold and I got a text from the thief stating it had gone. The idiot was also stupid enough to give me his address-which the police checked and said was genuine - there was so much they could have done but didn't. was 99% certain it was my bike- they'd taken off the pedals and the sensors but everything else was identical including the black watercage and the fact that the bike was missing a bell since the LBS forget to put it on - the advert made the mistake of saying it was a 2009 bike and got the frame sizing wrong- talked in men's bike sizing rather than women's - stupid crib story of selling this bike as my girlfriend does not like fast bikes and prefers a cruiser- then why advertise it as a carbon fibre bike for a triathlon/racing career? Also technically if someone was trying out a racer why buy an entry level pro bike?
Idiots - the frustration is unbelievable- not only is my training for racing delayed but i now have to fork out about £300 independent of waiting for the insurance to cover accessories pedals etc which weren't on my insurance schedule. Shocking that it went for half it's cost.
The police will be getting a formal complaint through several monitoring bodies.
I am venting for anyone who will listen!
