[bikeqld] Trek 7.3FX stolen from Toowong

[Peter Whittle]

Hey thanks for that, Ian. Never heard the council were doing the microdots.
I'm onto that!

Pete

-----Original Message-----
From: bikeqld-bounces at bikeqld.org.au [mailto:bikeqld-bounces at bikeqld.org.au]
On Behalf Of Ian Lister
Sent: Wednesday, 15 April 2009 11:14 PM
To: bikeqld at bikeqld.org.au
Subject: Re: [bikeqld] Trek 7.3FX stolen from Toowong

Ouch, I'm sorry to hear about that, Dan. I'm in Toowong and will both keep 
an eye out for your bike (in case it hasn't been spirited far far away) 
and be sure to keep mine well secured. I don't know what the statistics 
for bike theft are around here (for any definition of "around here") but 
the search results on the second web site you linked to certainly indicate 
that Toowong currently has the bike theft market cornered. Did the police 
have anything of interest to say about it?

For anyone wanting to take some extra steps to secure their bike, Brisbane 
City Council has recently been promoting their subsidy of microdot 
packages:

     http://www.brisbane.qld.gov.au/BCC:BASE:944947490:pc=PC_5446

It seems that for $30 you get to spray a bunch of personalised microdots 
over all your valuable stuff. You can get the kits from Council libraries, 
service centres and, for anybody else in the vicinity of Toowong, the 
upcoming Green blahblah at Perrin Park:

     http://www.brisbane.qld.gov.au/BCC:CITY_SMART::pc=PC_3223

The police are still recommending engraving (and lending engravers for 
free):

     http://www.police.qld.gov.au/services/property/bikes.htm

A lot of cyclists would probably be more reluctant to go messing up their 
valuable bikes with engraving than with microdots, but at least it's a 
clearer deterrent - simple and effective.

Best of luck,

Ian

On Wed, 15 Apr 2009, Dan Callaghan wrote:
> Dear list,
>
> I went down to my garage this morning to hop on my bike to work (now
> that the weather has finally cleared!) only to discover it has been
> nicked. It was a red 2008-model Trek 7.3FX flat-bar roadie, mostly stock
> gear but with Shimano one-sided SPD pedals. Here is a photo of the 2009
> model, which is very similar:
>
> http://www.trekbikes.com/images/bikes/2009/xl/73fx_candyred.jpg
>
> I understand this colour/model combination is fairly uncommon, I've
> never noticed any others around Brisbane. If you do happen to see one
> about, I'd be very keen to hear about it.
>
> I live in the Toowong area, I saw there has been a few other incidences
> around here lately:
>
>
http://brisbane.gumtree.com.au/f-bike-Community-lost-and-found-W0QQCatIdZ183
26QQKeywordZbikeQQisSearchFormZtrue
>
> but then I suppose it's really a perpetual problem ..
>
> Dan C
>
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