Ribble Optima

  • Colour

    Matt black

  • Frame Number

    Hidden

  • Stolen From

    ,

  • Stolen When

    4/2/18

  • Crime Reference Number

    1913 - 4219

Bike Description

Men's carbon bike, matt black, shimano spd pedals, bell, rear clip on mudguard, bottle carrier

Theft Description

It was locked to a stationary lock within a locked shed - all broken into.

Recovery Description

In April, just at the beginning of lockdown, we received an email from Stolenbikes, linking us to someone who had bought the bike on Gumtree in a town hundreds of miles from us. When the buyer checked the frame number online (because he wanted to check the frame size), it became clear he had been given a false number by the seller, and the real number came up as a stolen bike. He contacted the website and his local police, and we have just recently been able to collect the bike from him, with support from our local police and his. Thanks to Stolen Bikes. com, we have successfully retrieved both our bikes now. I spent a lot of time early on checking ebay and gumtree to no avail, and it was a combination of Stolen Bikes.com and being able to supply the police with all the details, especially frame numbers that has helped us get them back . Thank you so much!