stopped by police

[arch684]

got stopped by the police today. thought I had done something wrong but it was just to give me one of those pens that you need ultra violet light to see and some security coded stickers.She told me they have loads of bikes going to auction because they can't trace the owners

 

[cd365]

Reminds me, I must get the frame number for my bike.

 

[paul04]

Good idea to note down the frame numbers, did mine when I first got the bike.

 

[Drago]

Register on immobilise.com and log all your bikes details, upload photos etc.

 

[Captain Scarlet]

Hope you didn't get stopped during a key strava segment...lol

Good advice though. Must get all my bike details logged.

 

[djb1971]

Reminds me, I must get the frame number for my bike.

Just take a pic with your phone and store it on flickr etc.

Just ensure you can see all of the numbers

 

[Globalti]

I have pics of all our bikes on my laptop and on Photobucket with the frame number as the picture title.

 

[GrumpyGregry]

got stopped by the police today. thought I had done something wrong but it was just to give me one of those pens that you need ultra violet light to see and some security coded stickers.She told me they have loads of bikes going to auction because they can't trace the owners

round here they don't try very hard. even when the chuffin' postcode is written on the frame using a special pen. and the details stored in one of the online databases.

the official response to a cycle forum member's outrage was "it's a low priority task."

 

[arch684]

I was more interested in where and when the auction was

 

[I like Skol]

Reminds me, I must get the frame number for my bikes.

FTFY

I have recently renewed the house insurance which reminded me that I need to update the details on Immobilise as the fleet is ever changing with 2 growing boys in the house (my bikes have been the same 3 for the last couple of years ).

 

[PradaMTB]

my mate got a 2014 cube acid from a police auction for £200! it was literally brand new tires looked like they had only been down the street and back... If you get to go to one they are well worth a trip, its saddening how many bikes they actually get that can't returned to their owner

 

[cd365]

FTFY

I have recently renewed the house insurance which reminded me that I need to update the details on Immobilise as the fleet is ever changing with 2 growing boys in the house (my bikes have been the same 3 for the last couple of years ).

Hahaha, how true, yes bikes

 

[tiermat]

my mate got a 2014 cube acid from a police auction for £200! it was literally brand new tires looked like they had only been down the street and back... If you get to go to one they are well worth a trip, its saddening how many bikes they actually get that can't returned to their owner

I happen to know where North Yorkshire Police and Durham send their stolen/recovered untraceable bikes to. Ideal place to keep an eye out for bargains. Trouble is that the really good stuff goes for far too much. Example: a 3 year old CF named brand bike(can't remember the make/model), with a spare set of wheels, which would have been £999 when new (plus, maybe £200 for the wheels), well used (plenty of stone chips) but obviously looked after, went for £800!!!!

 

[PradaMTB]

guess it depends on the audience present at each auction sometimes you get lucky sometimes you don't

 

[tiermat]

guess it depends on the audience present at each auction sometimes you get lucky sometimes you don't

Indeed, and it was how I managed to "steal" a Dave Yates for a miserly sum a couple of years ago.

It was too small for me, though, so ended up being sold.