STOLEN! Crank Mob Tandem
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richtotheie at 05.16.08 - 12:16 pm
Stolen from Ridge Way (Echo Park Area) about 45 minutes ago.
BE ON THE LOOK OUT. AND FEEL FREE TO OPEN THAT CAN OF WHOOP ASS.
Purple/Teal MOTIV Tandem
Lesson:
Never put together your bike and think it's safe enough to leave it and take a shit. It'll get stolen.
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*note - the mini bike and jousting poles were not attached to the bike when stolen.
richtotheie05.16.08 - 12:17 pm
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Everyone Troll Craigslist!
Line for delivering an ass-whoopin starts here.
jchungerford05.16.08 - 12:22 pm
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I'm going to unleash the wrath of my brothers', Tippmann A-5.
bentstrider05.16.08 - 12:25 pm
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WTF! I just saw it on the way out this morning!!! I guess it was taken off the rack by this point?
neverclever05.16.08 - 12:31 pm
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He left it unattended for a second and came back out and it was gone.
People leave their bikes in the front of our house all the time, I'm actually surprised this was the first one that was stolen.
kyber05.16.08 - 12:33 pm
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Will keep an eye for it on the West Side :)
bondink05.16.08 - 12:40 pm
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OMG that's terrible!!! nooooo
tomato05.16.08 - 12:40 pm
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NO!
does it still have the extra fork we added to it to scrape and spark the pavement? is there a seat for the person in the back to sit on, or is there another fork sticking out of it as well?
ruinedbyidiots05.16.08 - 12:43 pm
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I AM SOOOO PISSED!!!
WHO WOULD TAKE A BIKE THAT'S UNLOCKED?????
User105.16.08 - 12:51 pm
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I'm calling bullshit - I expect that this vehicle will be at CRANK Mob. They're just trying to surprise us. That's my guess. Pranksters!
In other news, the Bike Car is sooo broken.
Alex Thompson05.16.08 - 1:20 pm
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No alex, very serious. Filed the police report already. I'm really bummed. HOW ARE WE GOING TO JOUST NOW?!?!?!?!
richtotheie05.16.08 - 1:25 pm
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We could joust with your pranks?
I'm beating the shit out of anyone I see on that tandem until it's found. So if it shows up at CRANK MOB, it's riders are getting wrecked.
Alex Thompson05.16.08 - 1:27 pm
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I'm nervous. I don't have an alibi.
stevo405.16.08 - 1:29 pm
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I guess we'll just have to Bike Car Joust. But that can't happen until someone gets another... Bike Car.
(this idea emerged at the Molehills Level 6 CubCamp ride two weeks ago, the participants of the ride are trademarking this term as of right now)
jericho1ne05.16.08 - 1:31 pm
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you guys can come grab my tandem if you want. I'm home all day.
ideasculptor05.16.08 - 1:40 pm
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dUDE LETS just BE reAL FOR OEN sECOIND
MORE REALisM IF YOU CAN, plEASE
SKIDMARCUS05.16.08 - 1:54 pm
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i thought bike car jousting could only happen on the freeway?
sayton05.16.08 - 2:19 pm
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scan and post police report, before i show emotion.....
eddieboyinla05.16.08 - 2:28 pm
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Bike car jousting doesn't seem realistic to me. I only know one person who can make a bike car tip over, and he lives in NY and he's my scumbag brother. Realistically, can he drive both bike cars in a bike car joust? Probably not, which means it would be really difficult for each one to have a chance to fall over. That's not real jousting.
Alex Thompson05.16.08 - 2:34 pm
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whos gonna take the bike car on the freeway once it gets repaired?
ruinedbyidiots05.16.08 - 2:34 pm
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bike car jousting is when a bicyclist goes up against a car in a joust? Doesn't sound very fair to me.
ideasculptor05.16.08 - 3:04 pm
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hmm, something about bike car jousting makes me think it would turn into something more like an 18th century naval battle (think pirate battles on boats).
FuzzBeast05.16.08 - 4:22 pm
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Ya know, stuff like this seems to be on the increase lately. I'm starting to wonder if there's a person or persons that are turning up to rides just to steal bikes.
But I can't prove it.
ephemerae05.17.08 - 7:42 pm
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Richtotheie ............ Is this it ??? Found this on Craigslist a few minutes ago........ http://losangeles.craigslist.org/lac/bik/685532680.html
Freeekeone05.18.08 - 12:17 pm
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whoah! looks really similar.... one has a rack the other doesnt....
Roadblock05.18.08 - 12:24 pm
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tires look a little different too...
Roadblock05.18.08 - 12:25 pm
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:( what are the odds of that?
it's not mine. They just happen to have it's brother.
Same exact bike but mine has different handles and no rack nore a kickstand.
FUUUCKKK
richtotheie05.18.08 - 12:27 pm
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maybe they changed it a little so that they wouldn't get caught!?!?
shadylane05.18.08 - 12:36 pm
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yeah if it's just the handlebars and rack that's different... maybe it's yours....
redridinghood05.18.08 - 1:01 pm
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Yeah. They just switched some parts (from other stolen bikes no doubt).
theroyalacademy05.18.08 - 1:03 pm
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Richie - was there anything distinctive about that tandem? Like maybe a paint ship or something?
Alex Thompson05.18.08 - 1:08 pm
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I think this calls for a Detective RIDE! Lets get 'em!
shadylane05.18.08 - 1:30 pm
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also, different tires....
but if someone is going there to look at it, take some up close pictures!!! especially of the stem. Mine was hand spray painted black.
I talked to them and they were realllly cool. Didn't exactly sound like the type to steal it. But like Kieron just said, "the devil always wears a smiling face"
onethirtynine05.18.08 - 2:03 pm
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also, my cranks were in line together. These are not.
richtotheie05.18.08 - 2:13 pm
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http://losangeles.craigslist.org/sgv/bik/1128361068.html
Different handlebars though right?
dusky04.18.09 - 9:44 am
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Good looking out. Someone call Richie and go down and get that shit back!!!!
X-Large04.18.09 - 11:19 am
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those guys sure are tandum do steal that bike. what next, tallbikes?
tortuga_veloce04.18.09 - 1:05 pm
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Keep us updated... We can roll and pick that up crank mob style.
Rogue Rida04.18.09 - 4:34 pm
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http://losangeles.craigslist.org/sgv/bik/1151017903.html
It got re-posted but I don't think it's the same bike. :|
dusky05.4.09 - 8:06 pm
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I heard that it was not the Crank Mob Tandem, although it looks really really similar.
X-Large05.4.09 - 8:07 pm
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unfortunately, there's really no way for me to tell if it's my bike...
I don't have the serial, and the bars, seats, and tires are different... MEH!
richtotheie05.4.09 - 11:23 pm
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http://losangeles.craigslist.org/sgv/bik/1151017903.html
that bike that guy posted looks exactly like your bike, they could of just switched them tires,
paint looks same, the golden sticker in the center looks the same.
notice the white wring on the seats.
tekmo05.5.09 - 1:37 am
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Stem is different too...much longer on his. Quite a bit of labor and parts changes for $100. Then again, they coulda rode it around for a year and figure they got what they needed out of it...i say GET 'EM!
supersano05.5.09 - 10:31 am
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wasnt it first posted without the rear seat? thats the way i remember it last. forks instead of a seat post in the rear so you could carry the jousting poles.
ruinedbyidiots05.5.09 - 10:41 am
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when it was stolen, it had everything... I've seen many of these on craigsilst so it wasn't a special paint job. I've moved on from this theft. Thank god it's been my only bike stolen.
richtotheie05.5.09 - 11:32 am
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We need a tandem back on Crank Mob, with the empty rear seat, so we can scoop up folks up like a taxi cab. Friends of the Friendless - style...
jericho1ne05.5.09 - 1:05 pm
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