Re: [RBW] Re: joe appaloosa photos, registration

2016-04-22 Thread Jack B
+1 for registering on Bike Index, it totally works! One of my time-wasting habits is to browse CL for used bikes and parts. I saw a suspicious post the other day, checked Bike Index, and sure enough it was a stolen bike! Just now heard back from the owner that she recovered her bike. It felt r

Re: [RBW] Re: joe appaloosa photos, registration

2016-04-21 Thread René Sterental
Yes!!! I need to register my bikes as well, and at some point need to plan an S24O to China Camp, probably taking the train to SF from Palo Alto. It's in my bucket list! René On Wed, Apr 20, 2016 at 1:20 PM, WETH wrote: > Beautiful bike! And thanks for the reminder about bikeindex and > regis

Re: [RBW] Re: joe appaloosa photos, registration

2016-04-21 Thread Patrick Kelly
Will, That's a good point I hadn't thought of. It just so happens I used photos of my bike in front of the wall outside my house, so that works. But, I'm thinking even better would be to include a photo of yourself with the bike. Put that on bikeindex, and it's gonna be pretty hard to refute. The

[RBW] Re: joe appaloosa photos, registration

2016-04-21 Thread Will
Thanks for this nudge. I registered my Atlantis and attached two pictures. Took maybe 3-4 minutes. If the LBS folks and others keep a weather eye on the stolen list this should be an effective way to get the word out if you ever need too. What's nice is you can list your parts, if you want. I

[RBW] Re: joe appaloosa photos, registration

2016-04-21 Thread islaysteve
I'm just curious as to whether folks here also register their bikes with the local police, if such registration is available. I've done it in Sacramento 40 years ago, and I do it today in Montgomery Co. Maryland. You can now to it online here. Do people not like to put the stickers on their

[RBW] Re: joe appaloosa photos, registration

2016-04-20 Thread Lungimsam
...and if you register, be sure to keep your purchase invoice/receipts so no one can say " But that's my bike, and that's my serial number! Yeah, the one he posted on there!". -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. To unsubscribe

Re: [RBW] Re: joe appaloosa photos, registration

2016-04-20 Thread Patrick Kelly
It's a 55 with 700c wheels. Yeah, fenders would be nice, but I hardly ever ride in the rain, here. On Wed, Apr 20, 2016 at 2:12 PM, Dave Johnston wrote: > Looks great! Needs some fenders though. Is that the 51cm 650b size? > > -Dave > > On Wednesday, April 20, 2016 at 3:40:11 PM UTC-4, Patrick D

[RBW] Re: joe appaloosa photos, registration

2016-04-20 Thread Dave Johnston
Looks great! Needs some fenders though. Is that the 51cm 650b size? -Dave On Wednesday, April 20, 2016 at 3:40:11 PM UTC-4, Patrick D Kelly wrote: > > A bit of slightly off-topic advocacy here. I'd like to encourage > everybody who hasn't to register their bikes at bikeindex.org. If you > don'

[RBW] Re: joe appaloosa photos, registration

2016-04-20 Thread WETH
Beautiful bike! And thanks for the reminder about bikeindex and registering one's bike. On Wednesday, April 20, 2016 at 3:40:11 PM UTC-4, Patrick D Kelly wrote: > > A bit of slightly off-topic advocacy here. I'd like to encourage > everybody who hasn't to register their bikes at bikeindex.org.