Theft Description

Bike was taken from the bottom of Waterloo Place in London, it was locked opposite the Duke of York statue on September 11th 2016, next to where the team buses were located for the Tour of Britain. The bike was locked from around 17:30 until 18:15. As I reported it to the police a gentleman approached asking what had happened as his bike had also been taken from the same spot near to that time. He said he had seen the Bianchi just before 18:00 still locked though when he had returned to double check the area he only saw someone riding off towards Trafalgar Square. This suggests that this was a targeted area and the thieves took at least two bikes that afternoon. From what I remember he said he had a Ribble road bike. Police said due to budget cuts, CCTV in the area has been removed. Because the model is now discontinued and because of the markings especially on the top tube, this bike isn't seen too often on the road & online, so could potentially be noticed. The bike was registered (luckily around 2 hours before it was stolen!) with the police at their pop up stand at Trafalgar Square, therefore there will be a register number on the bottom of the frame along with the UV prints. The only thing not attached is the sticker they supplied deterring thieves as I never got chance to attach it. They said they numbers are indestructible, unless heavily tampering with the frame. Thanks