Stolen: Custom titanium gravel/touring bike Acor titanium 2019


About the bicycle

Type:

Road Bike

Brand:

Custom titanium gravel/touring bike

Model:

Acor titanium

Year:

2019

Colour:

Raw titanium

More about the bike:

Custom built touring bike, Acor Plus frames in raw titanium, carbon fork.
Wheels: 650b, front dynamo, tan wall Hutchinson Overide tires
Groupset: Sram Rival 1, cranks Rotor xc
Control tech titanium components, Selle Anatomica saddle, Shimano pedals.
Bikepacking bags attached, Blackburn Outpost Elite and Topeak. A lot of touring stuff inside. Sleeping equipment, tent, clothing, electronics, GoPro session camera, knog lights, wahoo roam computer.
Has reflective orange stickers on fork and seat stays.

Incident details

Date of incident:

18/12/2019

Location:

Blesboklaagte 296-Js, Mpumalanga

Incident type:

Bike Jacking / Mugging

Police Station:

Witbank

Case Number:

580/12/2019

More about the incident:

Have been robbed by 3 guys on railway bridge. Police refused to open a case as I'm not local

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Marse1

Member since: 4 years ago

Location

Blesboklaagte 296-Js, Mpumalanga

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Kranswurm

Terrible.Sorry for your loss.Bastards.

19 Dec 2019 05:55


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DJR

Sorry to hear.

 

The cops simply MUST accept your complaint and your statement. They have no choice. Insist on it and insist on getting a case number. Whether the lazy arseholes will actually DO something about it is a different matter. 

 

Perhaps there is a local Hubber somewhere nearby who could help out? From the look of the bike, you must be touring and now without transport and all kind of essentials. 

19 Dec 2019 06:15


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Wayne pudding Mol

Terrible, really sorry

19 Dec 2019 07:58


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gummibear

Sorry about the robbery but cops have to open up a case for you.

19 Dec 2019 08:14


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Shebeen

Sorry to hear.

 

The cops simply MUST accept your complaint and your statement. They have no choice. Insist on it and insist on getting a case number. Whether the lazy arseholes will actually DO something about it is a different matter.

 

Perhaps there is a local Hubber somewhere nearby who could help out? From the look of the bike, you must be touring and now without transport and all kind of essentials.

100%

They have to take one. Imagine if that was really the case. A ca number plate car would get broken into immediately!

19 Dec 2019 09:31


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Long Wheel Base

ARGH, and bystanders just look and carry on with their day. Cops are so freaking useless, just as useless as the b@sturds that robbed you. Hope you get your bike back.

19 Dec 2019 09:49


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Marse1

Thank you guys. 

Managed to open a case today talking to another officer. 

I started in Maputo last Sunday and had to finish at Namibian coast at new year. Sadly it won't happen

19 Dec 2019 12:48


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DJR

Thank you guys. 

Managed to open a case today talking to another officer. 

I started in Maputo last Sunday and had to finish at Namibian coast at new year. Sadly it won't happen

That REALLY sucks. Not just a bike that is gone, but an adventure and a dream! For that I have serious empathy! If you want to get to Cape Town somehow and still have a holiday, I'll lend you one of the DJR bikes to ride! It's old, it's steel, it's got history, has done a few gazillion miles, but it is ready for anything! 

19 Dec 2019 13:35


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Shebeen

Thank you guys. 

Managed to open a case today talking to another officer. 

I started in Maputo last Sunday and had to finish at Namibian coast at new year. Sadly it won't happen

man that really sucks. guess all your touring stuff too so it's not just the bike gone. [edit] opened the actual stolen link - that is a lot of kit gone, damn

 

 

had to google where that actually is (Witbank).

Can the hub poilce and especially the locals there please keep a lookout here, pretty sure the thiefs won't sit on this for long - they will want xmas bonus

19 Dec 2019 13:58


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mazambaan

That is properly *** in so many ways. Sorry man.

19 Dec 2019 16:05


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Prince Albert Cycles

Any follow up on this ? Keep thinking how terrible this is .

22 Dec 2019 14:35


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Marse1

Sitting in hotel in this prison-like town with high fences and empty streets. Met a detective who told doing his best. 

Terrible yeah, vacation ruined completely

23 Dec 2019 09:14


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Long Wheel Base

Sitting in hotel in this prison-like town with high fences and empty streets. Met a detective who told doing his best. 

Terrible yeah, vacation ruined completely

This really sucks. Seriously hope the detective is actually doing something and you get your bike back.

23 Dec 2019 09:24


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Slowbee

No man okes.

 

There are enough hubbers to spread the word.

 

BUT, first we need a pic of the bike.

23 Dec 2019 09:36


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DJR

This is it

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23 Dec 2019 10:50


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tubed

totally effed up - so sorry for the loss of your dream - things like this take months of planning - at a loss for words right now.......

 

those 3 guys - I'd find it hard to forgive/ find any remorse

 

hope you at least get home safely

23 Dec 2019 12:38


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nonky

i am really really sorry, dude.

 

unfortunately, south africa has some sh!tty people...it's a great pity that you had to get to meet them on the wrong side of a gun barrel.

 

this will sound trite but, at the very least, you are OK and uninjured.  You're in a sh!tty hotel but it could easily have been a very sh!tty hospital or worse.

 

take care and all the best. hope they catch the bastards.

23 Dec 2019 12:45