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Thanks all.

The Ribble is perfect spec-wise, but made of aluminum, and therefore has been deemed not pretty enough!

Is there a popular steel-tubed equivalent?

The dream looks like this, but small:

Hi all,

Looking for a 48 / 49 cm frame for my girlfriend. (Top tube can be a bit longer: up to 55ish).
Ideally would like steel tubing, 700c, horizontal tt, mudguard eyelets, rack mounts, and clearance enough for some schwalbe marathons.

Budget: £200

Might consider whole bike, but mainly after frame only.
Please let me know what you've got / what you've seen.

Thanks!

what length is the stem?

Apparently :)

Great to hear you got the bike back. edscoble deserves some credit for the tip off.

Indeed, Ed's absolutely brilliant - was totally on the case straight away!

Thanks, Gaz, I'll work that into the OP. Good news, and it's good to hear that this modus operandi works. Why can the police 'pose as buyers' once they get to the scene, but not before? You seem to be saying as much:

Basically this is exactly what I am saying.

It's about the time it takes for police to get permission from on high to organise a sting operation; usually three or four days, by which time your bike may well be sold to someone else.

By organising the sting yourself, you bypass the need for this permission, and things can happen much quicker.

The need for permission is essentially the difference between, on the one hand, the police soliciting the appearance of a suspect by lying to them, and, on the other, a policeman acting on information about where and when a suspect is likely to appear in possession of stolen goods.

Yesterday my friend managed to retrieve a stolen bike that a fellow lfgss member spotted on gumtree. The following advice is based on what worked for us (and is mainly a repost from the stolen bikes thread):

If you see your stolen bike for sale online this is what to do:

Arrange to meet the seller by text message in a busy public place, during the week, and in daylight hours. (eg; a tube station).
Then contact the police station nearest to where you have arranged to meet the seller, and explain the situation.

The police don't have the authority to pose as buyers, so in arranging the meeting yourself, you will be bypassing a lot of red tape, and allowing the police to act far faster than they would otherwise be able to.

DO NOT go to meet the seller yourself; it is more than likely not worth the risk. The police will take care of everything once they know the meeting place / time.

They go in, pose as buyers and make the arrest, whilst you stick around to give statements / get your bike back.

So;
ARRANGE THE MEETING YOURSELF VIA TEXT MESSAGES.
THEN CALL THE LOCAL POLICE AND LET THEM DEAL WITH IT.

Yesterday my friend managed to retrieve a stolen bike that a fellow lfgss member spotted on gumtree. The following advice is based on what worked for us (and is mainly a repost from the stolen bikes thread):

If you see your stolen bike for sale online this is what to do:

Arrange to meet the seller by text message in a busy public place, during the week, and in daylight hours. (eg; a tube station).
Then contact the police station nearest to where you have arranged to meet the seller, and explain the situation.

The police don't have the authority to pose as buyers, so in arranging the meeting yourself, you will be bypassing a lot of red tape, and allowing the police to act far faster than they would otherwise be able to.

DO NOT go to meet the seller yourself; it is more than likely not worth the risk. The police will take care of everything once they know the meeting place / time.

They go in, pose as buyers and make the arrest, whilst you stick around to give statements / get your bike back.

So;
ARRANGE THE MEETING YOURSELF VIA TEXT MESSAGES.
THEN CALL THE LOCAL POLICE AND LET THEM DEAL WITH IT.

Yesterday my friend managed to retrieve a stolen bike that a fellow lfgss member spotted on gumtree. The following advice is based on what worked for us (and is mainly a repost from the stolen bikes thread):

If you see your stolen bike for sale online this is what to do:

Arrange to meet the seller by text message in a busy public place, during the week, and in daylight hours. (eg; a tube station).
Then contact the police station nearest to where you have arranged to meet the seller, and explain the situation.

The police don't have the authority to pose as buyers, so in arranging the meeting yourself, you will be bypassing a lot of red tape, and allowing the police to act far faster than they would otherwise be able to.

DO NOT go to meet the seller yourself; it is more than likely not worth the risk. The police will take care of everything once they know the meeting place / time.

They go in, pose as buyers and make the arrest, whilst you stick around to give statements / get your bike back.

So;
ARRANGE THE MEETING YOURSELF VIA TEXT MESSAGES.
THEN CALL THE LOCAL POLICE AND LET THEM DEAL WITH IT.

^this.
you meet the police, they borrow your phone and head off to the meeting. you stay in the car and hang around afterwards to give statements / get your bike back.

whole thing takes a few hours, but well worth it in the end.

my friend just had his bike stolen from his flat this weekend:

black aluminium FAGGIN road bike, 56ish cm with full ultegra groupset, cxp22 rims, armadillo tyres, gold bar tape, shit saddle.

please let me know if anyone sees it advertised.

Got this back today purely due to forum help; thank you to those who flagged it up, you know who you are.

NOW THE IMPORTANT BIT

If you see your stolen bike for sale online this is what to do:

Arrange to meet the seller in a busy public place, during the week, and in daylight hours. (A tube station, for example).
Then contact the police station nearest to where you have arranged to meet the seller, and explain the situation.

The police don't have the authority to pose as buyers, so in arranging the meeting yourself, you will be bypassing a lot of red tape, and allowing the police to act far faster than they would otherwise be able to. (up to 3 days faster).

Whatever you do, DO NOT go to meet the seller yourself; they are an unknown threat, and more than likely not worth the risk. The police will take care of everything once they know the meeting place / time.

So;
ARRANGE THE MEETING YOURSELF.
THEN CALL THE LOCAL POLICE AND LET THEM DEAL WITH IT.

2nd dibs sti shifters

(budget: 40/50 quid)

FUCK! it came up at the bottom of my screen just as i was checking my wanted: nitto jag 110 ad.

fail.

dibs jag. pm'd

bi monthly bump

dibs shimano dt shifters. pm coming.

i'll take it! pm'd

that's all i have i'm afraid.. maybe someone on here can tell you what the components are from such small images. the seller did say that he'd had it resprayed (hence the 'renovated' 531 sticker), but that all the components were original. he bought it from a team mechanic, apparently.

good luck, sounds like an interesting project.

2nd dibs

http://www.ebay.co.uk:80/itm/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=170769808966