It must be one hell of a mountain bike

Ezreal2001 said :

That not Nathan Rennie’s old ride is it?

Probably not, don’t think he ever rode a yellow one – the closest he came was green and gold themed:
http://r.smugmug.com/Bike-riding/World-Championships-2009/DSC0188/680347869_LPeeK-L.jpg
.. though he was sponsored by DT Swiss for a while and red rims could be his old FR2350 wheels.

When I hear “custom-made (frame-name)” that SHOULD mean the frame was built with unique dimensions for the customer. However, the “custom-made” bit probably just means it wasn’t purchased as a complete bike, rather it was built-up with specific components.

There can’t be many Makulus out there in yellow (not like it’s Giant Glory) so getting the word out isn’t a bad idea. Unfortunately, it probably just got sold at a Crime Converters in Adelaide this morning for $800 to some 14 year old who can’t and won’t ride it..

luther_bendross said :

shiny flu is totally on the money here: $5K just for the frame is nothing for a surprising number of Canberran MTB enthusiasts (the demographic for this price point splits pretty evenly between the very well paid, very young & very active chaps at Duntroon; and the obscenely paid, 35yro+, almost completely inactive white collar professionals – the ones you see in coffee shops across the the city on weekend mornings).

Ha! Lolz. I always feel poor at Stromlo with my $650, seven year old Trek, but I feel very rich in the testosterone department when I overtake some weiner in $650 worth of lycra.

lol

Not that it excuses theft, but surely a bike like that would be insured? Heck, my sub thousand dollar Giant is insured.

shiny flu is totally on the money here: $5K just for the frame is nothing for a surprising number of Canberran MTB enthusiasts (the demographic for this price point splits pretty evenly between the very well paid, very young & very active chaps at Duntroon; and the obscenely paid, 35yro+, almost completely inactive white collar professionals – the ones you see in coffee shops across the the city on weekend mornings).

Ha! Lolz. I always feel poor at Stromlo with my $650, seven year old Trek, but I feel very rich in the testosterone department when I overtake some weiner in $650 worth of lycra.

Obviously it wasn’t worth enough to lock up.

I’m guessing it belongs to someone that is able to kick up a stink, other wise we wouldn’t be hearing about it.

shiny flu said :

I’m guessing it’s more a case of someone having friends in blue and not having adequate insurance/locking techniques.

Having a friend in blue makes no difference but I guess if you want to believe that then there is nothing anybody can say to change your mind.

Police seek help from the public all the time and in this instance it’s for a bike that stands out. Is that a problem?

To suggest that Police shrug their shoulders when normal people are the victims of a crime is simply wrong… keep trolling.

My $25k Nissan got nicked, and they couldn’t care less, yet they care about some pushy?

Meh.

shiny flu is totally on the money here: $5K just for the frame is nothing for a surprising number of Canberran MTB enthusiasts (the demographic for this price point splits pretty evenly between the very well paid, very young & very active chaps at Duntroon; and the obscenely paid, 35yro+, almost completely inactive white collar professionals – the ones you see in coffee shops across the the city on weekend mornings).

Why is ACT Policing so interested in the theft of a freakin’ bicycle?

They shrug their shoulders when normal people get broken into and when normal people have their cars stolen.

I’ve yet to see anything like: “ACT policing is seeking witnesses to the theft of a white Commodore VN in Farrer”.

It’d want to be a pretty good bike to get its own press release.

Most of the break ins and half of the attempted sexual assaults in Canberra don’t get that kind of coverage.