stolen 1995 Cannondale M400
Stolen 2009-09-17T15:00:00-0500 from Wheaton, IL 60187, US
- Serial
- 13437
- Primary activity
- Commuting (around town / hybrid)
- Manufacturer
- Cannondale
- Model
- M400
- Year
- 1995
- Primary colors
- Black
- Frame size
- 16IN
- Frame Material
- Aluminum
- Distinguishing features
-
Black 16" frame with yellow letters. It has a thin cable wrapped around the seat post to secure the seat to the bike frame to prevent someone from just walking up to the bike, flipping the seat lever and walking away with the seat. The shoe/toe clip is missing from the right pedal. There is a black plastic clip on the handle bar to clip on a Cat Eye flash light. There is a black water bottle holder/cage on the lower frame and also has a plastic clip with a velcro strap to secure a hand-held air pump.
Theft Details
- Location
- Wheaton, IL 60187
- Locking description
- Heavy duty bicycle security chain
- Locking circumvented
- Lock is missing, along with the bike
- Stolen at
- 2009-09-17T15:00:00-0500
- Police report #
- WH09172951
- Department & city
- Wheaton
- Description of incident
-
My bike was locked to the bike frame on the south side of the train tracks along Crescent Avenue in Wheaton, IL. This particular bike rack is concealed between the train tracks (hill) and the cars that are parked in the parking lot adjacent to the tracks. Therefore, I believe that someone was able to walk up to the bike unnoticed and either cut the cable or pick the lock and then simply walk away with the bike like it was theirs. There are some businesses and residential homes in the area, but since the rack is concealed between the tracks and the parked cars, it made it easy for someone to take their time to remove the lock without being noticed. This bike rack should be removed from this concealed area and I definitely will never lock up a bike on this rack ever again. Also, when I returned at the end of the work day (5:30pm), there was another bike locked up in its place, which tells me that the thief must have stolen my bike in the morning hours in order for the other person to be able to lock their bike in the same location where my bike was locked.