To the ST Community,
Wanted to reach out to the community regarding two bikes stolen in front of The Freehand Hotel yesterday after the Herbalife LA Tri.
A buddy and I had a good race, smashing our Oly PR's and enjoyed the event held by Herbalife.
Left the event and met up with other friends for a quick bit at The Freehand Hotel 12:15pm, locking both our bikes together with a cable combination lock (which now we know can be easily picked...).
Per the taxi driver that witnessed the event, two culprits were able to pick the lock within 3min and rode off before 1:00pm. (we missed them by 2min...) The area was crowded with many other witnesses but the culprits were dressed in athletic wear and didn't appear to raise any red flags while casually working on the locks.
We have an incident # and waiting to obtain a police report. Contacting the hotel for any surveillance footage. Also provided the DT bike patrol crew photos of our bikes in case they happen to come across it. (Checked to see if the race number RFID can track but no luck there.)
Though a long shot and my faith in humanity is gone, I'm hoping the ST community can be on the look out for these bikes popping up on craigslist, letgo, offerup, or other forums. If you see a R2 with redshift seat post / aero bars & campy wheels, &/or a grey Kestrel with BTA bottle cage and dual seatpost bottle holder, please let me know.
Hoping to get a good surveillance shot so I can contact local news stations for identifying the culprits.
Thank you.
Cervelo R2 (black with red highlights, white logo,56, 2017)
& Kestrel Talon (grey with orange, 54, 2016)
https://bikeindex.org/bikes/616450
Wanted to reach out to the community regarding two bikes stolen in front of The Freehand Hotel yesterday after the Herbalife LA Tri.
A buddy and I had a good race, smashing our Oly PR's and enjoyed the event held by Herbalife.
Left the event and met up with other friends for a quick bit at The Freehand Hotel 12:15pm, locking both our bikes together with a cable combination lock (which now we know can be easily picked...).
Per the taxi driver that witnessed the event, two culprits were able to pick the lock within 3min and rode off before 1:00pm. (we missed them by 2min...) The area was crowded with many other witnesses but the culprits were dressed in athletic wear and didn't appear to raise any red flags while casually working on the locks.
We have an incident # and waiting to obtain a police report. Contacting the hotel for any surveillance footage. Also provided the DT bike patrol crew photos of our bikes in case they happen to come across it. (Checked to see if the race number RFID can track but no luck there.)
Though a long shot and my faith in humanity is gone, I'm hoping the ST community can be on the look out for these bikes popping up on craigslist, letgo, offerup, or other forums. If you see a R2 with redshift seat post / aero bars & campy wheels, &/or a grey Kestrel with BTA bottle cage and dual seatpost bottle holder, please let me know.
Hoping to get a good surveillance shot so I can contact local news stations for identifying the culprits.
Thank you.
Cervelo R2 (black with red highlights, white logo,56, 2017)
& Kestrel Talon (grey with orange, 54, 2016)
https://bikeindex.org/bikes/616450
