stolen 2022 Specialized Vado SL 5.0 EQ

Stolen 2023-11-21T19:00:00-0600 from Seattle, WA 98195, US

Bike photo
Serial
WSBC025093147S
Other serial/registration/sticker
SKU: 93922-3004; MP2202KC013878; SBC-C06
Manufacturer
Specialized
Model
Vado SL 5.0 EQ
Year
2022
Primary colors
Yellow or Gold
Frame size
L
Frame Material
Aluminum
Handlebar type
Flat or riser
Wheel diameter
700 C
Tire width
Narrow tire
Drivetrain front
1
Drivetrain rear
12
Distinguishing features
This is a pedal-assist commuter e-bike with fenders, a rear bike rack, a bell, and an integrated rear and front headlight. The fork is carbon fiber. There is a Seaty Lock attached to the down tube (Foldylock Forever size). It is an overall yellow frame with black (flat) handlebars, tires, fenders, and rack. There is a sticker of a slice of pizza just above the motor on the yellow bar; there is a Montlake Bike Shop sticker on the seat post.

Theft Details

Location
Seattle, WA 98195
Locking description
U-lock
Locking circumvented
Lock was cut, and left at the scene
Stolen at
2023-11-21T19:00:00-0600
Police report #
2023-80002177
Department & city
UW Police
Description of incident
11/24 Update: My bike has been posted on Facebook Marketplace (https://www.facebook.com/marketplace/item/837869884802043/ ) under the seller profile of "Hoa Huu Le" ( https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100094053105546 ). Photos of the changes made to my bike/seller's posting are in the photo section with comparison photos of my bike when I first purchased it for reference. Everything lines up with it being my bike- the unique color, the size, the damage congruent with where the lock was cut, the marks of adhesive where I had stickers, the seat foldy lock housing without a lock, even the percentage of charge left on the bike (when I left locked it up at 10 am on 11/21 it had only ~54% battery left, at the time of the photo taken someday (@ 235 am) between then and the time of the posting, the battery shows only 21%), in the photo It has been given a crap red paint job on parts of the frame. The housing for my lock is still on the bike, and it appears he damaged the right side of the rear rack posts when he cut the lock off (the lock had been cut off from the right side of the bike). Multiple attempts to contact him have been unsuccessful by multiple people; he changed the status to "sold," but the bike remains on FB Marketplace....so who knows? I fully support anyone who wants to see if they can get an address/meet-up with this guy...he has a ton of other (most likely stolen) bikes at his apt/photo locations (he inexplicably posted a random photo of other bikes in the same location with my bike's add). UW police have been of no help, nor have Seattle PD. Stolen on 11/21/2023 from UW bike house A07 (student card access only) along the burke-gilman trail by the health sciences buildings: The bike was locked up with a seaty foldy lock in a UW secure bike house in the morning, when I came back at the end of the day, the bike was gone and the lock was cut and left on the ground.

Frame and fork

Fork
Carbon fiber, yellow part # S192500009

Drivetrain and brakes

Ebike Battery
320w internal battery in down tube
Ebike Motor
SL 1.1 (Specialized)
Brake
Disc brakes

Additional parts

Bell/Noisemaker
-
Kickstand
-
Lights
Front and rear, electrically integrated

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