Condition of Bicycle / Distinguishing Features:
Huge navy canvas saddlebags were attached. Some rust on back wheel fender, whole bike chain cover was newly replaced in black, Needs special adaptor to pump air, about 56 cm frame, bought in 2002 in the Netherlands -- still has white sticker of Dutch 2nd hand store on back, cargo steel, slimmer tubes than now fashionable, black handlebars, thumb gear changer, Has a built-in back wheel lock under the seat with key. Dearly missed!
Incident Description
Which type of area was your bike stolen from?:
Front of building in residential area.
How was the bike locked?:
How long was the bike locked in this location?:
Incident Description:
It was leaning against our garage door in the driveway on a quiet/low-crime residential street. Sometimes teenagers or adults walk by on their way to the lake late at night on warm nights. Also our house is near Northwestern which just came back into session and has lots of students looking for bikes, I had a great lock and helmet in the saddlebag but forgot to lock or bring the bike into the garage. This time I didn't park the car in the driveway making the bike very obvious to passers by. My fault all-round.
The photo is of a Gazelle very similar to mine. Same shape (except for chain cover), same base color except my handlebars were black. Missing my saddlebags and teh silvery-lavender and yellow-green design near the Gazelle insignia.