Stolen: 2008 Cervelo P-3 at CapTexTri in Austin
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Sully800 posted 26 weeks ago.
That is terrible. I'm sure Anton will be able to change my mind, but this stuff really makes me lose faith in humanity some times.
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Anton posted 26 weeks ago.
Did you file a police report?
Notify all the LBS in the area?
Most bikes have a serial number...do you have that? (although thieves will file them off)
Check pawn shops?
Will the RD make good on this?
Sorry for your loss...but while rare it does happen...
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Anton posted 26 weeks ago.
We all have both a light and a dark side Sully...It is unfortunate that there is always someone willing to give in to that dark side....I feel sorry for the person who stole it...not only for what fpugsley will do to them if he ever finds them but also for the twisted aspects of their life that drove them to it.
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Sully800 posted 26 weeks ago.
It wasn't fpuglsey's bike, he was just reposting. But yes, it is sad that people feel they have to steal from others.
About 2 months ago I was mountain biking in a park about 2 miles from campus. I set down my bag to eat, and momentarily forgot about it and started riding again. less than 10 minutes later my bag was gone along with my phone, my keys and my wallet. Even without the loss of monetary value, it's a big PITA (and not the delicious kind)!
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Anton posted 26 weeks ago.
www.slowtwitch.com a tri related site run by the former owner of Quintana Roo. Lots of good info...has a forum too....but not nearly as nice or friendly as here! :)
Oh, and my bad...not realizing it wasn't fpugsley's bike... Guess I should have put on my reading glasses.
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gfd posted 26 weeks ago.
Anton wrote:
www.slowtwitch.com a tri related site run by the former owner of Quintana Roo. Lots of good info...has a forum too....but not nearly as nice or friendly as here! :)Informative site, but it can get downright nasty over there.
Sorry to heat about your bag Sully.
On the light side, On Monday I was pulled over on the side of the road investigating a strange noise my bike was making when I man walked by with his dog and offered his assistance. He then told me where his house was if I needed to borrow his tools or use his phone. Made me feel good to have an interaction that didn't involve honking and profanity.
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theShiba posted 26 weeks ago.
Well, sadly, if the thief is smart, he'll part it out, and sell all the stuff on eBay. Let's be on the lookout for new auctions of Zipps, and a frame, etc.... maybe we can catch this guy, if we look for it.
I am just reposting this from slowtwitch... me and my bike got home safely.
Stolen: 2008 Cervelo P-3 from the transition area at Cap Tex Tri in Austin, May 24
Please be on the lookout for my nearly new 2008 Cervelo P-3C that was stolen from the transition area at Cap Tex Tri on May 25th. It was located in the plus 50 area for the Olympic Tri and was the first bike on the aisle a few rows down from the Elite wave.
A bag was stolen from the next row from a friend who had to have his wife bring spare keys from Houston. There was a section of fence along the river trail that had been opened for some sort of maintenance after the swim was finished. Volunteers were checking numbers at the front gate but the transition area was so large that they couldn’t see the entire area. 1700 bikes had originally been in the Olympic transition and several hundred were left at the time I returned to get my gear.
My shoes that had been clipped in the pedals had been removed and were on the opposite side of the rack. The transition was completely emptied by the time the police arrived.
The bike was new in March and worked perfectly in its only two races, Ironman Arizona on April 13th and Cap Tex Olympic on May 25.
2008 Cervelo P3 size 56, red black white, All Three Sports sticker on back of seat tube, My name on both sides of the top tube but probably removed by now. SN SWP3C02M00141
* Seat: Fizik Arione Tri with braided carbon rails, modified center cutout on bottom (really comfortable), seat attachment hardware modified with a grinder to fit larger rails, seat post also has an extra hole drilled for a rear bottle carrier attachment experiment
* Seat mounting bolts replaced with titanium bolt and titanium brake extension nut
* Zero gravity brakes with yellow pads, Nokon cables
* FSA OS 99, 80 mm stem,
* Easton EC90 full carbon aero fork, red and black, steerer cut very short
* Easton Attack one piece bar/aero bar, with carbon fiber computer mount made from a piece of broken handlebar zip tied between the bars
* Sram carbon TT shifters, Nokon cables and Powercordz
* Sram Red front and rear der.
* Sram Red 11-26 cassette
* Zipp rear dimpled disc, no stickers, glued on magnet, Veloflex carbon tubular-22
* Zipp 808 dimpled front, no stickers, Vittoria crono evo tubular-21
* M2 Racer skewers
* Profile aero bottle with pads glued to sides to wedge in aero bars
* Zipp 300 crank with Token ceramic BB
* Look Keo Carbon Ti pedals, fairly worn, black color
Not sure how to post the only photo that I have that shows the bike, other than a few race photos, but you know what it looks like.
Let me know if you have any information that might help catch the pitiful x%^**^%$( excuse for a human being that did this or can help me get my bike back so I don't have to ride my mountain bike or fight with my daughter to take back my old tri bike that I passed to her.