Hi all,
my daughter (a cirkid as you can probably tell) just lost her unicycle to a thief, who stole it from the trunk of my car last night.
We bought it last year as a group buy through Cirkids and I’m not sure where…I can find that stuff out later on.
I’m not sure the brand though it has “Twenty” on the frame in a kind of “tag” font (I didn’t pay much attention since I never dreamed it would get stolen). It wasn’t that expensive, has a 20" wheel.
For now I was hoping there was some kind of network for stolen unis. People who keep their eyes peeled etc.
this is a devastating blow to my 9-year-old, who has worked really hard and has become really attached to her uni.
Since most people don’t steal unis because they plan on riding them, two of the places to keep your eyes open are eBay (you can do location-based searches) and Craigslist - there’s one for Vancouver: http://vancouver.craigslist.org/.
Good luck in tracking your uni down - I’d hate to have one of mine ripped off - I’m sure it’s only worse for your daughter!
I will let some of the other local riders know and we’ll keep a look out. You can get a hold of the local Vancouver club via www.vanuni.com . If you or your daughter are intersted in any help or advice buying a new uni, looking for some people to ride with, or any general unicycle information just drop us a line.
Cheers,
James
PS. If your daughter (or any other cirkids) would like to come out to the event described here it that would be great:
I actually found out where the group purchase was done, and contacted the store…turns out they have an identical uni in stock, and will sell to me for only a few dollars more than my original. I’m almost sure i’ll just go buy it tonight, since I’m guessing the chances of recovering ours are pretty slim.
It’s great to know about local events…she’s a beginning rider but it’s her favourite part of cirkids so I’m sure she’d be interested.
If you reported the unicycle stolen to the Vancouver police, you might give them a call in a bit, ask for the folks in charge of stolen bikes, and see if you can wander through the lockup looking for your unicycle (though in the case of the unicycle, you can probably just ask them if they got one in).
In past years, the police database of serial numbers and contact information was all messed up (poor data entry quality control), and riders weren’t being contacted when their bikes were recovered by police. On a longshot, a friend in the bike industry who had three custom bikes stolen in one go called the police a month later, wandered through the lockup and recovered one bike, and pointed out to the grateful officer two or three other high end custom bikes that belonged to his friends. I should think that the VPD data entry system has improved in the past couple of years, but it might be worth a go.
