Bike stolen at RideLondon spotted being ridden by suspect in offical event photos

I had my Cannondale Synapse stolen at the same place and time. As I was reporting my theft he was reporting his at the same time.Still not found fine. Was the bike recovered?

I was lucky I managed to hire a bike at the last minute from British Cycle Hire, saved the day for me.

I wouldn't leave my Susan on her own, even if Bernard Hinault was giving away free punches!

Two points:

From the way the thief is holding the hoods it looks like he knows how to ride (sadly it seems there might be thieving scumbags in our midst)

Even a locked bike cannot protect all the valuable bits on it, rims especially. A real mistake to walk away from it locked or not. Similarly I was at the TdF on Ax 3 on the very corner where Froomey made his break and it was mobbed all over the mountain like a zoo when the caravan/riders came through - it is very easy to get distracted and lose your pride and joy. Fortunately we kept all our kit together in our group with someone present at all times.

Still has the ding ding bell on it.

'Maybe, but the police are going to struggle to take any fingerprints because the bike is missing. That's the whole point, really.'

Love it

I think the bloody great number strapped to the bars might be the biggest clue that this is the same person's bike, looks like they've blurred it out for this picture.

Hi i think as been said above this is the wrong picture as yes no"whitewalls" but also head tube looks green not black as in other pic unless half and half colours?
black left side green right side?

Very sad indeed...
Come on Prudential you're an insurance company. Take the Kudos and replace the bike !!!

And where's his gloves? Must be finger prints all over the steed.

You're right, SammyG, they are different tyres! Maybe he nicked some wheels, too.

The fact theres a MET Police Cycle Task Force is laughable! It appears theres a unit or task force for everything these days - no wonder you never see any police officers actually plodding the streets!

London has a billion CCTV cameras, can't they simply follow this person around? I mean, as long as we have all our public activity recorded by the government, can't they use it for something helpful?

different tyres to the picture at the bottom?

Too bad the thief did not come across these police men:
http://innercitymobility.blogspot.de/2013/06/transformation-fashion-crim...

2.5 grand shopping bike? Come on, no one would like to be seen on such a cheap bike if he wants to go shopping in Knightsbridge. My advice: If You can not afford a 10k custom build, park at Victoria&Albert, walk over to H.

Before someone starts asking I'm currently riding the Brompton to work - in a business suit.

Perhaps he was signed up for the !00 the next day. I did the freecycle on a half decent bike but left it with 2 ubolt locks and a heavy duty cable lock for good measure while I popped off to EXCEL to register. Half expected it to be gone when I got back. Obviously a less desirable bike than I thought!

Who'd steal a Trek AND let themself be photographed riding it?...

That is one ugly bike.

lovely looking bike, such a shame, I hope someone recognizes him and he gets it back, all good bikes should be fitted with gps tracker h

Not sure if this is of any use but his t shirt is from m and s. I have one myself...

If only there was a Govt. agency with the ability to track your face across any camera netwo...oh wait.

First rule of good bike owner ship ignored.

Never leave your pride and joy out of line of sight, and don't trust anyone you don't know.

Maybe he misunderstood the meaning of 'FreeCycle'?
But seriously this is a pretty s**t thing to happen.
I was at an event last year where the Police caught an organised gang stealing bikes; you have been warned Keep your stuff safe and your eyes open. Who would ride a bike with clip-less shoes and deck shoes? Someone must have seen that and thought that's a bit odd....