Sgt. Joe got the ATM transaction information from Wells Fargo, got his address from the DMV, gave Mr. Pudge a visit and retrieved the bike. Read the whole story at Velo Review.
Finally, Sgt Joe's tips on identifying stolen bikes:
Someone riding a bike that has clipless pedals wearing tennis shoes.
A tweeker riding a custom titanium Serotta cross bike.
Joshua Hutchens of Cyclepath has a good tactic of yelling “Hey that’s my bike” and seeing if the guy takes off running. We call that a clue.
And I call that good detective work.
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Comments:
Good story, but I ride on clipless pedals with street shoes pretty often. I hope that doesn't make me a suspect.
What are the odds on conviction? Receiving stolen goods--pretty good. Bike theft (in this case grand larceny)--very poor.
# posted by HannibalLecter : 12/11/2007 12:16:00 PM
...this is like a love story, only better... ...major props to the very astute matthew, who's heads up move was the first step in getting this ball rolling & to officer santos, who's diligence, knowledge of procedure & maybe an understanding of just how important that bike was to brigette, brought this tale to a happy ending...
...hey, fritz, thats my bike !!!... ...sorry, just checkin'...
# posted by bikesgonewild : 12/11/2007 01:07:00 PM
..."who's" should be "whose" but you knew that when you read it...
# posted by bikesgonewild : 12/11/2007 10:49:00 PM
Whose who's, peddle pedals, their they're, it's its all the same.