{"id":5630,"date":"2012-11-15T18:25:00","date_gmt":"2012-11-15T18:25:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/bikeroute.com\/NationalBicycleGreenwayNews\/2012\/11\/15\/guy-writes-program-to-scour-craigs-list-14-mos-later-recovers-stolen-bike\/"},"modified":"2023-10-18T20:07:21","modified_gmt":"2023-10-19T03:07:21","slug":"guy-writes-program-to-scour-craigs-list-14-mos-later-recovers-stolen-bike","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.bikeroute.com\/NationalBicycleGreenwayNews\/2012\/11\/15\/guy-writes-program-to-scour-craigs-list-14-mos-later-recovers-stolen-bike\/","title":{"rendered":"Guy Writes Program to Scour Craigs List, 14 mos Later Recovers Stolen Bike"},"content":{"rendered":"

On SF Bikes, Max posted to let everyone know the beautiful machine (detailed below) he lost more than a year ago was recovered. Here is how he pulled it off. Too Amazing:<\/span>
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From:<\/span>
<\/span>To:\u00a0SF Randonneurs , sfbike@lists.riseup.net<\/span>
<\/span>Cc:\u00a0<\/span>
<\/span>Date:\u00a0Thu, 15 Nov 2012 00:01:14 -0800<\/span>
<\/span>Subject:\u00a0[sfbike] Re: Stolen bicycle: 66cm red Rivendell Atlantis<\/span>

<\/span>FYI, this bike has been recovered (one day short of 14 months after it was stolen).<\/span><\/p>\n

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When it was stolen, I wrote a simple script that scraped craigslist and ebay looking for potential matches. It ran hourly for fourteen months, reporting 2-4 false positives per week. Yesterday it found a very suspicious posting.<\/div>\n
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Another potential buyer contacted the seller before I managed to, but this buyer evidently remembered my stolen-bike alert, and he contacted me to check whether it was my bike, which indeed it was. I am grateful for his honesty and good memory. I then arranged a sting operation with the police, and\u00a0the bicycle is now back in my possession.<\/div>\n
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Thanks to everyone who kept an eye out for the bike and offered words of support. I really did not expect to see that Atlantis again.<\/div>\n
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max<\/div>\n
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On Thu, Sep 15, 2011 at 8:38 AM, <max.,,,@gmail.com<\/a>><\/span>\u00a0wrote:<\/p>\n

Someone broke into the garage of my home in SF, on Fell St across from the Panhandle, between 8:30pm on Wed 9\/14 and 7:00am on Thu 9\/15.<\/p>\n

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Main features:<\/div>\n
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– 66cm frame<\/div>\n
– custom red paint job with cream head tube and lug details<\/div>\n
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– large black Ortlieb handlebar bag with QR mount<\/div>\n
– black Tubus Tara front rack, with custom fork braze-ons<\/div>\n
– black Topeak rear rack for Topeak baby seat (but no baby seat attached), with Planet Bike taillight<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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– Schmidt SON dynamo hub on the front wheel; DLumotec Oval Plus LED headlight<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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More details:<\/div>\n
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– 1980s Dura-Ace quill stem, 44cm Nitto “Noodle” bars with cream-colored handlebar tape<\/div>\n
– honey Brooks B17 saddle on silver Kalloy seatpost<\/div>\n
– Sugino XD triple crank (48-38-26); XT rear hub, SRAM 12-26 cassette<\/div>\n
– downtube shifters (D-A) and Shimano 105 front\/rear derailleurs<\/div>\n
– Shimano BR-R550 cantilever brakes and Tektro R200 brake levers<\/div>\n
– 36-hole silver Mavic T719 rims<\/div>\n
– black Kenda 700Cx42 tires<\/div>\n
– silver Planet Bike fenders with mudflap on front fender<\/div>\n
– two water bottle cages<\/div>\n
– black Jandd tool pouch under saddle<\/div>\n
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Major identifying marks:<\/div>\n
– scratch on “A” of “Atlantis” decal on left side of downtube<\/div>\n
– small scratches on upper part of left seatstay<\/div>\n
– handlebar tape in need of replacement; missing handlebar plugs<\/div>\n
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Date:\u00a0Thu, 15 Nov 2012 15:35:16 -0800
Subject:\u00a0[sfbike] Re: Stolen bicycle: 66cm red Rivendell Atlantis
Many people have emailed me in the last few hours asking for the script or suggesting that I make it available as a service. So:<\/p>\n

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(1) In the interest of full disclosure, the script is attached. But it’s not a standalone piece of code. It is a spider module for the Scrapy framework. See\u00a0http:\/\/scrapy.org<\/a>. Knowledge of Python required.<\/div>\n
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(2) Sadly I don’t have time right now to turn it into an easy-to-use service.<\/div>\n
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(3) But, as others have suggested, someone has already built such a service. Seehttps:\/\/racklove.com\/<\/a>. It’s pretty cool, and I don’t think it existed last year.<\/div>\n
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max<\/div>\n

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This is a large and unusual bike. If you see it, please contact me at or\u00a0415-xxx-xxx8<\/a>.<\/div>\n
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Thank you.<\/div>\n
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max<\/div>\n
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