Lost bike - HELP!

superrdave

Okay, I appreciate I am going to receive some abuse for this, but I need your help. Last night, I fell off my bike and dislocated my thumb. I locked the bike up with the helmet before jumping into a taxi to hospital but cannot remember where. I think it was somewhere in Dublin 2 but it could be in Dublin 8 or 12. The reason I can't remember should be self-explanatory, given that it was 3 a.m. I don't really want to have that argument though and I am just asking for your help while you cycle around town.

The bike is a green / turquoise 1980's Peugeot with a silver helmet locked to it. I really want you to keep your eyes open and look out for it because I need it back. It looks a little bit like this:

kenmc

LOL

moby2101

Call the Cab company.. Driver probably will remember U .. Lucky boy U didn't kill yourself..

Wheely GR8

Jesus ,the poor bike.

superrdave

moby2101 wrote: »

Call the Cab company.. Driver probably will remember U .. Lucky boy U didn't kill yourself..

It wasn't a company. It was just a taxi on the street. No way of contacting him.

michael196

saw a bike in Marley park car park today, just like it, same colour etc . caught my attention because of the age of the bike and the Peugeot make. that was sunday 30 october

superrdave

michael196 wrote: »

saw a bike in Marley park car park today, just like it, same colour etc . caught my attention because of the age of the bike and the Peugeot make. that was sunday 30 october

Oh, okay. well, unless someone stole it, that is not my bike..... i mean, i wasn't in rathfarnham. there wasn't a helmet attached was there? if it was nicked, the helmet would have been too.

kincsem

Very strange. If you told us where you started your cycle and where you were going to it might give us a clue.

-Chris-

Can you retrace your steps?

J Madone

superrdave wrote: »

Okay, I appreciate I am going to receive some abuse for this, but I need your help. Last night, I fell off my bike and dislocated my thumb. I locked the bike up with the helmet before jumping into a taxi to hospital but cannot remember where. I think it was somewhere in Dublin 2 but it could be in Dublin 8 or 12. The reason I can't remember should be self-explanatory, given that it was 3 a.m. I don't really want to have that argument though and I am just asking for your help while you cycle around town.

The bike is a green / turquoise 1980's Peugeot with a silver helmet locked to it. I really want you to keep your eyes open and look out for it because I need it back. It looks a little bit like this:

"Dude where's my bike?"

Beasty

superrdave wrote: »

I locked the bike up with the helmet

I think I may have discovered a weakness with your security system ...:D

Good luck with the search!

Bluefoam

Lucky you were wearing a helmet, it saved your life. No doubt the Safety Officers here will now give you an earful for not wearing the correct thumb protection.

Antikythera

-Chris- wrote: »

Can you retrace your steps?

Yeah that'll work.

OP, retrace your steps.

Bunnyhopper

Do you remember how much the taxi fare was? It might help give you some notion of where you got the cab.

xoxyx

Do you remember what you locked the bike to - a fence or a pole or a bike rack or what? Was it a residential street or a main road, or anything like that? I'm guessing you don't have a receipt from the taxi. It might be worth ringing around the taxi firms though - ask if they have any record of a taxi taking an on street call to James's Hospital, or whatever one you went to, at 3 in the morning.

Will keep an eye out. Hope your thumb's ok, and lesson learned!

superrdave

Okay, the taxi fare was about 8 euro, from what i recall, from wherever I was to James's. I was originally on baggot street, then went to leeson street and from there presumably towards home (Dublin 12). The problem is I have already checked the south circular, along the canals and along leeson street / kevin street / cork street, which are the three main routes between there and home. I don't think the taxi route is going to work cos there are so many taxis in dublin. I literally stopped the first one i saw on the street. He did offer to take a credit card, which narrows things down a bit, but most of them do now. Needless to say, I paid cash.

And when I say I locked it with the helmet what I mean is I used the metal D-lock I have, put it through the holes of the helmet, and then through the frame and railings.... I think I locked it to some black railings, but I can't remember exactly.

Mycroft H

Where were you coming from and going to? Perhaps google street view could help jog the memory?

Bluefoam

Its amazing what a knock to the thumb can do to your memory...

xoxyx

superrdave wrote: »

I literally stopped the first one i saw on the street.

Do you remember anything about the street? Anything at all could really narrow it down. Like, were there streetlights above you? Was there much traffic? Were there houses on the street, or were there offices? That kind of thing.

Paul Kiernan

Found this interesting post from superrdave from last year .......

"Cycling under the influence is an incredibly stupid and dangerous thing to do.... especially as chances are it will be done at night, without lights, without a helmet, on footpaths, the wrong way down one way streets and without reflective clothing. Idiotic. Anyone who does it is a candidate for a Darwin award."

Whitehawk

All i can say is LOL! hope you find your bike tho....

Lumen

Paul Kiernan wrote: »

Found this interesting post from superrdave from last year .......

LOL, good find!

tomasrojo

I can say with hand on heart that the protective effect of not being very drunk considerably outweighs the protective effect of a helmet.

I live in Dublin 8 so if I see it, I'll let you know. The silver helmet at least increases the likelihood of it being recognised. Hope your thumb is ok.

victorcarrera

Check with the Garda lost and found in case you locked it to one of the temporary barriers for the marathon. No need to tell them the full story though:D.

superrdave

victorcarrera wrote: »

Check with the Garda lost and found in case you locked it to one of the temporary barriers for the marathon. No need to tell them the full story though:D.

I was thinking that. I thought they all went to Merlin auctions now though? Used to be Kevin Street, so I might try there.

Paul Kiernan

Lumen wrote: »

LOL, good find!

I must admit I was actually looking for my own post in the same thread which covers a similiar tale of woe ....

"Slightly off-topic but brings back memories of an old friend of mine whose bike was stolen. He bitched about it for a week and then as he was going up Dawson Street on the upper deck of a bus, he spots what looks like his bike locked to a lamp-post. Jumps off, legs it back, and sure enough it's his bike, securely locked, with his lock. Slowly, slowly, it starts coming back, the lunchtime pints in the Stags Head, the holy hour lockdown, the numerous falls in rush hour Dawson Street, the kindly gent who insisted on paying for a taxi to take him home ............. "

superrdave

The plot has moistened, since I examined my internet banking. I have discovered that I spent €10 at Zaytoon on Sunday morning at some stage.... unfortunately, I cannot tell what time it was at but presumably after the pub. Slight problem being I am not entirely sure which one.... hmmmm. Now to re-check the routes home from the two zaytoons to my house....

Dermot Illogical

superrdave wrote: »

The plot has moistened, since I examined my internet banking. I have discovered that I spent €10 at Zaytoon on Sunday morning at some stage.... unfortunately, I cannot tell what time it was at but presumably after the pub. Slight problem being I am not entirely sure which one.... hmmmm. Now to re-check the routes home from the two zaytoons to my house....

So not all your decision making was flawed, eh? You probably need to be looking in around Harrington St and environs.

Dord

superrdave wrote: »

The plot has moistened, since I examined my internet banking. I have discovered that I spent €10 at Zaytoon on Sunday morning at some stage.... unfortunately, I cannot tell what time it was at but presumably after the pub. Slight problem being I am not entirely sure which one.... hmmmm. Now to re-check the routes home from the two zaytoons to my house....

There's a Zaytoon on Camden St,which isn't too far from Leeson St, Kevin St and South Circular.

Mycroft H

any luck op?

ShayK1

superrdave wrote: »

The plot has moistened, since I examined my internet banking. I have discovered that I spent €10 at Zaytoon on Sunday morning at some stage.... unfortunately, I cannot tell what time it was at but presumably after the pub. Slight problem being I am not entirely sure which one.... hmmmm. Now to re-check the routes home from the two zaytoons to my house....

surely your bank can you tell you where and when that transaction took place?