List of bikes stolen from Nashville shop

[WadePatton]

I hate thieves. Somebody help bust these folks. Info snipped from local board:

forwarding on....

Sent: Tuesday, March 31, 2009 2:52 PM
To: granfondocycles@comcast.net
Subject: Watch for These Gran Fondo bikes

Friends,

The bad news - we were broken into and robbed at the shop this weekend. The thieves seemed to have a list - they picked right through our high end inventory and lifted 9 bikes, about $50,000 retail. They left the cash drawer untouched and didn't vandalize anything - so for that, we are thankful. Some of these bikes are pretty high profile, so I wanted to ask you to keep an eye out for us. We are currently working with Metro Nashville detectives and State Farm, but the thought of our bikes hitting eBay or getting into any unknowing bike shop rubs us the wrong way, so the list will follow.

Thanks for reading,
Vida and Lynn

Our Stolen Bikes:

Pinarello FP6 Chorus 11
55
White, black, red, White Talon bar/stem, White Most Saddle and seatpost, Campy Eurus 2 way fit wheels

Specialized Tarmac Expert Riva
56
Black/Red, Ultegra SL, Ultegra wheels

SW Roubaix SL Ultegra SL
54
Blue/White, Ultegra SL, Mavic Ksyrium Equipe wheels, FSA stem, bar, Fizik Pave saddle, Spec seatpost

Specialized Roubaix SL, SRAM Red
56
Black, Red/Force Mix, Roval Roubaix 350 wheels

Specialized Tarmac SL SRAM
54
White, Force/Red Mix, Mavic Ksyrium SL

Orbea Ordu Rival
51
Black/Red, Rival, Zipp 404's, Vittoria tires, Profile T2 Aero Bars, RC Stem

Orbea Opal Chorus 11
57
Black/Red/White - Chorus 11, Mavic Ksyrium SL, Selle Italia Flight Saddle, Zeus carbon post

Orbea ORCA Sammy Sanchez White Gold
51
Super record, Zipp 202's, Zeus carbon bar, stem, post, Vredistein tubulars

Lynskey Helix, Centaur, Fulcrum 3
Med
Centaur, Fulcrum R3's, FSA stem, Wing Pro Compact Bar, Lynskey Ti post

[Louis]

Orbea Ordu Rival
51
Black/Red, Rival, Zipp 404's, Vittoria tires, Profile T2 Aero Bars, RC Stem


I hope those Orbea guys don't hope to sell too many of these in France.

In French "ordure" means "trash." Somehow that's got to have an effect on sales in the Francophone world.

[WadePatton]

gm's "nova" didn't sell in latin america where the name means something like "no go".

and "camaro" is one letter from "shrimp".

and they took the names of great european auto racing venues and pasted them on c-r-a-p cars. (monte carlo, monza, "gran prix")

morons.

thieves suck too.