Stolen: Liv Avail Advanced 2015 (Western Cape)

[Lee.M]

Stolen: Liv Avail Advanced 2015

When: 27/03/2026

Where: Brackenfell South, Cape Town, Western Cape

Extra small frame. Handle bar tape well used. Very few marks on the frame. White pedals. Two bottle cages.

Get further details about the incident in the Stolen Bikes section.

[Luqies]

https://www.facebook.com/marketplace/item/2342991356220763?ref=search&referral_code=null&referral_story_type=post&tracking=browse_serp%3Aaac25c35-79c9-4249-96b2-0878c6a30bed

Here is your bike...hope you get it back

[Gerlach]

On 3/30/2026 at 12:43 PM, Lee.M said:

Stolen: Liv Avail Advanced 2015

When: 27/03/2026

Where: Brackenfell South, Cape Town, Western Cape

Extra small frame. Handle bar tape well used. Very few marks on the frame. White pedals. Two bottle cages.

Get further details about the incident in the Stolen Bikes section.

@Lee.M get hold of SJC security to assist you with the recovery if they can. 

Edited Tuesday at 11:24 AM by Gerlach

[SoloCyclist]

14 minutes ago, Gerlach said:

@Lee.M get hold of SJC security to assist you with the recovery if they can. 

User has 2 posts so might not always be active here

Can admin not track them via a cellphone number or email address

[Gerlach]

Let me Check quickly on the Whatsapp group because the bike was stolen in Sonkring, i'm on the group there.  Can someone assist to get hold of admin maybe. 

[Gerlach]

7 minutes ago, SoloCyclist said:

User has 2 posts so might not always be active here

Can admin not track them via a cellphone number or email address

Looks like she was active 13min ago. 

[117]

Nice of the current user to remove the pedals already

[Ibraheem Laher]

7 hours ago, Luqies said:

https://www.facebook.com/marketplace/item/2342991356220763?ref=search&referral_code=null&referral_story_type=post&tracking=browse_serp%3Aaac25c35-79c9-4249-96b2-0878c6a30bed

Here is your bike...hope you get it back

Make them pay 10 grand a give a solid klap for free

[Spookie]

Thought that ad looked too good to be true, this explains it… 🤬

[Luqies]

looks like that guy sold the bike and removed the listing...

[Gerlach]

55 minutes ago, Luqies said:

looks like that guy sold the bike and removed the listing...

Or they got the bike back. @Lee.M any update? 

[Lee.M]

Yup the listing was either removed or the bike was sold. I at least informed the police.

[Lee.M]

Its also an aluminium bike and not carbon. And the **** removed my pedals and bottle cages for some reason. Anyway I was able to get a phone number and address so I hope the police are able to do something.

[Duane_Bosch]

Guys just some thoughts from someone who has been through the misery of having a bike stolen, paid out, recovering the bike and having the insurance company take the bike back.

1. Don't take the law into your own hands. Best case the oke selling the bike will lay a charge of theft against you for stealing your own bike. Worst case. Well use your imagination.
2. Don't buy the bike back. (I did this) All you're doing is rewarding crime and you're also telling the scumbags what the bikes are worth
3. If insurance has paid you out THE BIKE NO LONGER BELONGS TO YOU. Inform your broker and the police but that's it.
4. Would you really want it back? It's kind of like having a partner be unfaithful. It's just never the same again. I had a motorbike stolen and recovered and when I got it back the love affair was over.
5. The person selling the bike is unlikely to be the thief of the bike but he's probably a hardened criminal. See point #1.
6. It's easy to be bok on a keyboard but actually getting in your car and driving into gang town to recover a bicycle is a whole different ball game.

Sorry for your loss @Lee.M

Edited Thursday at 12:25 PM by Duane_Bosch

[Lee.M]

Thanx @Duane_Bosch I appreciate the input. My bikes were under-insured unfortunately, but that is my own fault for not keeping up to date with bike valuations. And its a big emotional loss because I worked hard to pay for those bikes and I made a lot of memories with them. But I agree that it could be more dangerous going after them, and rather just move on. I have given the details over to the police and I am also moving away from the area that they stole them from because we genuinely don't feel safe anymore. 

[Gerlach]

17 minutes ago, Duane_Bosch said:

Guys just some thoughts from someone who has been through the misery of having a bike stolen, paid out, recovering the bike and having the insurance company take the bike back.

1. Don't take the law into your own hands. Best case the oke selling the bike will lay a charge of theft against you for stealing your own bike. Worst case. Well use your imagination.
2. Don't buy the bike back. (I did this) All you're doing is rewarding crime and you're also telling the scumbags what the bikes are worth
3. If insurance has paid you out THE BIKE NO LONGER BELONGS TO YOU. Inform your broker and the police but that's it.
4. Would you really want it back? It's kind of like having a partner be unfaithful. It's just never the same again. I had a motorbike stolen and recovered and when I got it back the love affair was over.
5. The person selling the bike is unlikely to be the thief of the bike but he's probably a hardened criminal. See point #1.
6. It's easy to be bok on a keyboard but actually getting in your car and driving into gang town to recover a bicycle is a whole different ball game.

Sorry for your loss @Lee.M

@Duane_Bosch long time no see.