The Barstewards Resprayed it!

TinyExplosions

Look what turned up in my friendly local bikeshop today...



She's not pink, but she's sure mine!

And right after I'd ordered her replacement :rolleyes:

DirkVoodoo

Did you call the cops and get the name of who dropped it in?

Decent paint job or not?

ROK ON

Did you take her back?

Can The paintjob be removed?

vicwatson

How did the shop owner know to call you about it?

valleyoftheunos

Is it being returned to you?

Peace

How many questions can be asked before the op responds?

bumper234

Is that a coffee dispenser on the back wall?

Inquitus

Can you provide a picture of it in its former glory for comparison?

Junior

Where does it stand on Pat McQuaid...

ROK ON

Can Tiny confirm that he has actually ridden this bike in the past two years. Maybe the bike left due to neglect :-)

funkyjebus

If train A leaves the station going 60 miles per hour and train B leaves one hour later going 85 miles per hour, how long will it take train B to catch up with train A?

lennymc

are you serious?

Kav0777

Do you know what a tracker mortgage is?

Raam

What's this all about?

dubmess

Came into our shop, which I won't mention as mods don't like that.

I know Tiny... the guy who dropped it in seemed a bit suspect and his story was odd. Won't say more as cops are involved.

When I went to work on the bike I noticed that it had been resprayed, bottle cage screws had been painted. For some reason I thought of Tiny as there was just something madly familiar about the bike. Brought up this:
http://www.broadsheet.ie/2013/05/13/they-took-them-both/

Compared parts and that was that...

And yes that is a coffee grinder and machine you're spying. Got to feed the habit.

TinyExplosions

Paint Job is apparently sloppy, but not bad (even if it's a horrible colour).

It was ridden in the previous 2 years, though not many times, so she may have left out of neglect.

The mighty Dubmess sorted it out for me -Guards have been informed, I'll get it later

Raam

Last year a stolen Wilier Cento Uno turned up resprayed. It would be interesting to know if there is anything in common with the guy who dropped the PX into the shop and the people who had the Cento Uno.

vicwatson

This is a great news story.

Did you arrange the gardai to be there for when the thief came to collect the bike?

Nice 1

vicwatson

TinyExplosions wrote: »

Paint Job is apparently sloppy, but not bad (even if it's a horrible colour).

It was ridden in the previous 2 years, though not many times, so she may have left out of neglect.

The mighty Dubmess sorted it out for me -Guards have been informed, I'll get it later

Will it be possible to get it resprayed back to the original colour?

Junior

Chapeau Dubmess !

07Lapierre

I think it looks better ! ( sorry Tiny!)

Oink

Hmmm. Maybe you should have waited until the guy was arrested before posting this up...
Nah. You can't be a boardsie AND a bike-thieving scumbag.



I'm glad you got your bike back OP .:).

TinyExplosions

07Lapierre wrote: »

I think it looks better ! ( sorry Tiny!)

No way it looks better!

To be honest, I won't get it resprayed -Have already ordered all the bits to replace it, so it'll most likely be kept as a spare, or broken up and stuck on the adverts section -anyone want a cheap white (used to be pink) large P-X pro carbon!?

TinyExplosions

Oink wrote: »

Hmmm. Maybe you should have waited until the guy was arrested before posting this up...
Nah. You can't be a boardsie AND a bike-thieving scumbag.



I'm glad you got your bike back OP .:).

Can't see him being arrested, and I know his occupation so it's highly unlikely he's checking boards in work (and he is at work at the moment)

Oink

TinyExplosions wrote: »

Can't see him being arrested

dadgummit :mad:.

07Lapierre

TinyExplosions wrote: »

No way it looks better!

To be honest, I won't get it resprayed -Have already ordered all the bits to replace it, so it'll most likely be kept as a spare, or broken up and stuck on the adverts section -anyone want a cheap white (used to be pink) large P-X pro carbon!?

IMO KEEP IT! Getting a stolen bike back is rare, very rare.

TinyExplosions

07Lapierre wrote: »

IMO KEEP IT! Getting a stolen bike back is rare, very rare.

So getting both the ones that were stolen back makes me very lucky.... maybe I need to play the lotto tomorrow...

07Lapierre

Yes it certainly does...what lotto numbers are u going to use?

vicwatson

TinyExplosions wrote: »

Can't see him being arrested, and I know his occupation so it's highly unlikely he's checking boards in work (and he is at work at the moment)

Why can't he be arrested?

DirkVoodoo

Always use the big numbers!

funkyjebus

Did you get the mercian back? It was / is a very nice frame.

victorcarrera

I hope the police make the catch without showing cooperation of the bike shop staff, although I think this is so brazen that it may have been bought by an unsuspecting individual.

TinyExplosions

vicwatson wrote: »

Why can't he be arrested?

He *could* be, but I don't see it happening... it's Ireland after all, people tend not to get arrested over this sort of thing, and he didn't steal it, just brought stolen property, so a slap on the wrist at best as it's hard to prove he knew (though he did)

@funkyjebus I got the Mercian back the day after

TinyExplosions

victorcarrera wrote: »

I hope the police make the catch without showing cooperation of the bike shop staff, although I think this is so brazen that it may have been bought by an unsuspecting individual.

Don't think Dubmess minds too much, what can the guy do, say "oh dear, the stolen bike I brought has got back to it's owner, I'm never dropping stolen property into this shop again"!

redzerredzer

How did you get the Mercian back?

dubmess

It is slightly awkward and I'm really not looking forward to the conversation, but what can you do?

bumper234

dubmess wrote: »

It is slightly awkward and I'm really not looking forward to the conversation, but what can you do?

Not really your problem, the guy bought stolen goods and now it has come back to bite him on the ass. Just wondering do you know the guy personally?

dubmess

bumper234 wrote: »

Not really your problem, the guy bought stolen goods and now it has come back to bite him on the ass. Just wondering do you know the guy personally?

No, not personally... I just hate confrontation

bumper234

dubmess wrote: »

No, not personally... I just hate confrontation

Ah cool.:D

TinyExplosions

redzerredzer wrote: »

How did you get the Mercian back?

I know a guy who knows a guy who robbed a guy...

Zyzz

Can you tell me what time he is picking it up so I can be there?

godtabh

Did he drop it in for a service or was he trying to sell it?

endacl

dubmess wrote: »

No, not personally... I just hate confrontation

I'd lead off with "in these circumstances, the policy of the shop is...". No need to make it personal. Your hands are tied etc. I'd say he had to know the bike was nicked. The re spray alone.

dubmess

godtabh wrote: »

Did he drop it in for a service or was he trying to sell it?

It was in for repair. TBH it just looked like whoever took at apart for the pretty decent respray didn't know how to put it back together. I don't want to make out that the guy knew it was stolen though.

victorcarrera

dubmess wrote: »

It is slightly awkward and I'm really not looking forward to the conversation, but what can you do?

Outside of reporting it you shouldn't get involved. It is a civil law case now for the police to prosecute for possession of stolen property. The bike will most likely be taken and held by the police until after the court case. For now the possessor will be cautioned that they may be prosecuted until the DPP decides.
I think that your best option is to say the police call regularly looking for stolen bikes and lifted this one.
This is not an insignificant case as the total loss to the owner was in excess of €1000.

valleyoftheunos

dubmess wrote: »

It was in for repair. TBH it just looked like whoever took at apart for the pretty decent respray didn't know how to put it back together. I don't want to make out that the guy knew it was stolen though.

Start off with "I'm sorry to have to tell you, the bike you brought in had been reported stolen the week before, in those circumstances the policy of the shop is to report the matter to the gardai..."

You're being very clear and aren't insinuating anything untoward on his behalf.

Raam

I doubt the bike will be taken by the police, certainly not for any length of time. In my experience it's given straight back to the original owner once they can prove ownership.

seamus

If you had asked me whether there was respraying of stolen bikes going on in Ireland I would have said "no way, who could be bothered for the sake of €100?". Clearly somebody is bothering to do it. Maybe they're getting a few hundred euro out of them and using a mate's spraying facilities for free.

Glad to hear you got it back, even with the gank colour. Probably better off that you have the new bike inbound, this one may never feel the same again.

endacl

I'm still not convinced about the 'gankness' of the colour. It did start off pink, didn't it...?

victorcarrera

dubmess wrote: »

I don't want to make out that the guy knew it was stolen though.

To my knowledge this is irrelevant in law.

The police will try to establish whether to prosecute for larceny or possession of stolen goods and a visit to their lodgings may show up more.

daragh_

Great you got it back TinyExplosions, shame about the respray. I've admired that bike from afar a few times.

Be honest, it was Fintan O'Toole wasn't it?