Michael: Thanks for the update. It sounds like the San Marcos is still in the area but maybe in hiding. Another insurance tip is to check your coverage to see if it's full replacement value or cost less depreciation.
dougP On Wednesday, April 6, 2016 at 6:56:38 PM UTC-7, Michael Ullmer wrote: > > I wanted to post a big thank you to everyone on the list who responded and > sent kind messages along. It felt great to have a community of people who > knew and appreciated what it meant to have TWO Rivs stolen. A LOT of time > was spent putting these together, piece by piece, and to people like my > insurance company they were just two "bikes." > > As many of you saw, the Hillborne was recovered thanks to Aarons Bicycle > Repair, less a Mark's Rack, Wald Basket and a Tubus Nova Low-rider rack > that the thieves literally ripped off (pieces of the struts are still > attached to the front eyelets). It also sustained quite a bit of paint > damage and a dent on the right chainstay just off the bottom bracket shell. > > The San Marcos was actually seen a few hours after my Hillborne was > recovered only a couple blocks from my house. The rider was confronted by > someone who knew it was stolen after looking at Bike Index. The rider > claimed that he "tried" to get it back to the owner (me) by posting it on > CL, but he definitely did not. The rider got confrontational and took off > and I haven't heard anything about it since. I'm still hoping though, it > was a great build that I was pumped to have ready for this summer's riding. > > The insurance company is going to cover a portion of the loss which is > great. Not sure when that's all going to come through, but I'm in no rush. > Not sure what I'll replace it with yet, an Ocean Air Rambler sounds very > tempting. > > If I learned anything from this, make sure you write down serial numbers! > If you have more time, take pictures and make a spreadsheet with details > about your builds. > > Again, thanks everyone for your support! > > On Wednesday, March 30, 2016 at 9:02:29 PM UTC-7, Jack B wrote: >> >> More info on this cool story: >> >> https://www.facebook.com/AaronsBicycleRepair/photos/a.116607528360586.13433.113752518646087/1101179329903396/?type=3&theater >> >> Also another BikeIndex success story from here in PDX: >> >> http://bikeportland.org/2016/03/30/i-had-given-up-hope-portland-woman-gets-stolen-bike-back-five-years-later-179491?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+BikePortland+%28BikePortland.org%29 >> >> Hoping that San Marcos turns up too! >> >> On Wednesday, March 30, 2016 at 9:01:45 AM UTC-7, Ryan Fleming wrote: >>> >>> So happy that you at least got one of your bikes back...I hope the other >>> finds its way home too! >>> >>> On Tuesday, March 29, 2016 at 6:19:02 PM UTC-5, Michael Ullmer wrote: >>>> >>>> Update! Thanks to Aarons Bicycle Repair in White center and Bike Index >>>> I got my hillborne back. Someone brought it in to sell it and they held >>>> in >>>> to it until I got there. I'll post more later about the recovery, still >>>> no >>>> Internet at the house and there's a lot going on with insurance, police, >>>> etc. >>>> >>>> Thanks for everyone's support! >>>> >>> -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
