Bird Zero AM stolen from Forest Hill, SE London

[Dammit]

Interesting evening.

Two guys walked straight up to our garage and started to open the lock, my girlfriend spotted them (the kitchen window overlooks the garages) and asked them what they were doing. They gave a story about a mate telling them to get something from garage 16 (ours is garage 6), and they walked off. Clearly they went round the corner, then five minutes later they were back, and as I ran down the stairs they opened the combination lock (!), pulled up the door, grabbed my girlfriends bike and legged it with it. They shut the door and took the padlock with them, oddly.

Anyway, it's a fluoro yellow Zero AM:



And the spec:

Bird Zero AM - Shimano 12 Speed
RockShox Pike Ultimate RCT3 150mm, Gloss Black 27.5" (1841g)
Bird Headset - Black
Bird Rear Axle (148x12)
Bird Quick Release Seat Clamp, Quick Release, 34.9 (38g)
Shimano Deore 12 Speed Groupset With Deore Cranks
Shimano Deore 12 Speed Rear Derailleur (321g)
Shimano Deore M6100 Cassette 10-51 (594g)
Shimano Deore M6100 12 Speed Shifter
Shimano Deore M6100 Chain
Shimano Deore M6100 Chainset - Boost 32T 170mm
Shimano SM-BB52 Bottom Bracket
Shimano M6100 Deore Brakes
Shimano 180/160 RT66 Disc Rotors
Shimano RT66 180mm Rotor
Shimano RT66 160mm Rotor
Bird 35 Stem - 40mm Black
Bird Big Baw Bar, 20mm Rise 760mm Wide
Gusset S2 Extra Soft Grip Black
Bird Down Dropper V2.1 Seat Post - 150mm
Ergon saddle
Unite Instinct Pedals - Black
Rapid Racer Products - ProGuard Standard front mudguard
DT SWISS EX1700 WHEELSET 30MM MICROSPLINE 27.5" (1920g)
Maxxis Rekon 27.5 x 2.6 120TPI EXO TR 3C Maxx Terra (730g)
Zero AM Mk3 Frame, Medium Yellow

If anyone spots it for sale could they please message me/post here/send up a flare?

[yellowjack]

Nasty business. And a lovely bike to lose like that. I know how angry I was about having a knackered old GT Avalanche stolen, and that was on it's last legs. SR Suntour coil fork, Alto/Alivio 3x8 gears, scruffy as owt and deliberately so because it was the commuting/errands beater. Lord only knows why it was taken unless the GT name fooled some dimwit into thinking it was more bike than it actually was. Disappeared from outside my son's work between him pulling the security shutters down and coming out to get on the bike. There one minute, gone the next, and the thieves in his case also took the lock with them, leaving only a handful of the armoured segments loose on the floor.

I sincerely hope it's recovered and you get it back. Despite it's lack of value I keep hoping (most likely in vain) that we'll get my crappy old GT back. I hate thievery with a passion, and bike thieves are among the worst of them. Losing that GT means that there's an extra car on the road now when I need anything from shops I'd previously have cycled to. On the back of your post, and because I've realised just how much my bikes mean to me, I've just reversed the car tight up to my (up and over) garage door as a bit of extra protection for them...

[take-good-care-of-the-forest-dewey]

Have set up ebay alerts for the bike and the components and done a post on pink bike buy / sell.

Unlikely to help - didn't with the two I lost - but you never know.

[lufbramatt]

Is this it?

https://m.facebook.com/marketplace/item/2145498552...

facebook marketplace, whitechapel, £450, way below going price

Dodgy looking facebook profile too.

Edited by lufbramatt on Friday 24th December 09:36

[Dammit]

Yes, that’s the bike- thanks. I’ll update this thread in some time, hopefully that makes sense.

[trails]

Sounds promising...hope you got it back.

[Mr E]

lufbramatt said:

Is this it?

Top work.

[dontlookdown]

Hope you get it back. Scumbags.

I live nor far from you. Some workies had their van emptied of tools in broad daylight a couple.of weeks ago by 4 hooded guys in a black Passat. Police responded promptly, car chase ensued and the tools were recovered from the abandoned car in Clock House.

They have some neck these thieves. Shame they didn't catch them but at least the gear was recovered.

[595Heaven]

lufbramatt said:

Is this it?

https://m.facebook.com/marketplace/item/2145498552...

facebook marketplace, whitechapel, £450, way below going price

Dodgy looking facebook profile too.

Edited by lufbramatt on Friday 24th December 09:36

Nice one. Hope this enables the bike to get home!

[Bathroom_Security]

Keep us up to date

Whitechapel. What a fking dive.

Top work on finding the bike

[FazerBoy]

Any update OP?

[TwigtheWonderkid]

Bathroom_Security said:

Whitechapel. What a fking dive.

It used to be. These days, it's a "£750K for a studio flat in a converted warehouse" dive.

[Dammit]

FazerBoy said:

Any update OP?

Sadly the fence took the listing down before we could meet up with him, which I suspect means that he's sold it to someone.

It's always an awful feeling when someone steals your bike, it's happened to me a number of times over the years, but onwards and upwards - it'll be replaced with something better.

[Defcon5]

Did you report the theft and FB account to the police?

[Bathroom_Security]

TwigtheWonderkid said:

It used to be. These days, it's a "£750K for a studio flat in a converted warehouse" dive.

Still a st hole mate I walk around it frequently

Commercial road is like another country.

[TCX]

Defcon5 said:

Did you report the theft and FB account to the police?

Pretty pointless I'm afraid to say,had bike stolen North London,saw it on gumtree,month later,phoned guy selling it told him,it was stolen,not to sell it,police would be in touch.
Got back onto police......he'd already 'sold it'!Had receipt saying he bought it from Hertfordshire,police couldn't/ wouldn't pursue lead,bearing in mind,the person selling my bike,was 'known' to the police,had several bikes for sale

[anonymous-user]

Dammit said:

Sadly the fence took the listing down before we could meet up with him, which I suspect means that he's sold it to someone.

It's always an awful feeling when someone steals your bike, it's happened to me a number of times over the years, but onwards and upwards - it'll be replaced with something better.

Sadly the scumbags know this and will be back sniffing around after the insurance company pay out, a good time to upgrade garage secure and make sure the bikes are always locked together, don’t just trust the locks on the garage to keep them out, and if they get in, make it really difficult for them to get the bikes.

[Dammit]

I've given notice on the (rented) garage, I have something else in mind for the bikes/car/etc in future which will have a dramatically higher level of security.

[hyphen]

It's why I ride cheap bikes, as they often travel on my car roof im the rack, so if they were special, no doubt I would get spotted/followed and bike would be gone.

So whatever you have planned, make sure it involves the bikes not being seen too much as you arrive home.

[Hugo Stiglitz]

Dammit said:

I've given notice on the (rented) garage, I have something else in mind for the bikes/car/etc in future which will have a dramatically higher level of security.

When I lived in London my bike was right behind my pillow.

It'd go nowhere else.