Have you seen my Fernet- Branca bike?

[alf]

My bike was stolen and has been seen at Great Lakes Coffee on 9/18.
This bike is one of a kind. If you have seen it or who has it, please let me know.

Thank You all for the help

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[Honky Tonk]

My bike was stolen and has been seen at Great Lakes Coffee on 9/18.
This bike is one of a kind. If you have seen it or who has it, please let me know.

Thank You all for the help

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SO sorry, alf. I'll keep a look out.

[Hermod]

Someone was doing the Christmas shopping for their kids.

[Scottathew]

I'm sorry to hear this. I do a lot of CBD and River Walk biking, I'll keep an eye open for it.

[Willi]

They took the whole thing , that sucks, sometimes they just leave parts....

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[ABetterDetroit]

Tough break. Good luck because its not exactly a "calling all cars" situation.

[Honky Tonk]

Tough break. Good luck because its not exactly a "calling all cars" situation.

Let us knows if you see it around Macomb County somewhere.

[DetroitPlanner]

I saw that bike....
It was at the Alamo.
In the basement.

Face it, it is gone. That is why I only had bikes bought at garage sales growing up.

[Lowell]

Sorry for your theft and I will keep a look out for it.

I've never seen a Fernet- Branca before so beyond its relatively brand uniqueness is there anything thing distinctive to your bike? Perhaps a sticker on it, a unique scratch etc. that would clearly mark it as yours. May I assume you have the serial number for it too?

I would hate to snoop around someone's bike without reason.

[Llama]

Have you listed it here?

http://detroitbikeblacklist.com/

[Cincinnati_Kid]

Hope you find it. One thing's for sure, not many of those are probably around, so that should help in finding it. Good luck in your search.

[Willi]

Should we tackle the guy, tazer him, mace him and use zip ties on wrists and ankles
in a heroic attempt at vigilante justice - UNTIL the Detroit cops come to investigate -
............. a call about a stolen bike ?

Even if someone does see it -- How do you plan to get it back ? -- Swipe it back in the night ?

Hey man, I get it, it sucks bigtime. Thieves are low life scumbags parasites upon society.
I've had my car stolen and in NJ the cops don't even show up for that, you file over the phone.
I just think you need to get an old Beater Bike off Craigs List and not hope tooo much. Sorry

[rb336]

I thought Fernet-Branca was a brand of bitters

[Dan Wesson]

I thought Fernet-Branca was a brand of bitters

It's a Nirve model bike. A promotional give away at business's across the US.

A few for resale on the web $250 to $350

[Lowell]

Long ago a friend of mine living in pre-hipster south of Wayne State Cass Corridor bought a very good brand new Peugot bike. And a can of gray spray paint. He then scruff painted the bike to the point where at first glance it looked like an aged beater. He had a great high performance ride, never a theft attempt and, since he was also someone who didn't like to flaunt his good fortune, never was accused of being a show-off.

[LVirus702]

My bike was stolen and has been seen at Great Lakes Coffee on 9/18.
This bike is one of a kind. If you have seen it or who has it, please let me know.

Thank You all for the help

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Sorry, I’m new to forums and I signed up just for this. If nothing else it would make a crazy story. And I’m writing this just in case anyone still visits this thread. But I know where your Fernet-Branca bike is …. [[and no, I didn’t steal it lol. I live in Vegas)

[canuck]

Ray1936; an ex Detroit policeman lives in Henderson NV. He might take your deposition. Non lol.

[JBMcB]

I thought Fernet-Branca was a brand of bitters

It's an apertif, like Campari, but really bitter. Fernet and coke is the Cuba Libre equivalent in Argentina.

That sucks about the bike, it was cool.

[ABetterDetroit]

Sorry, I’m new to forums and I signed up just for this. If nothing else it would make a crazy story. And I’m writing this just in case anyone still visits this thread. But I know where your Fernet-Branca bike is …. [[and no, I didn’t steal it lol. I live in Vegas)

Cool, tell us the crazy story.

[Jimaz]

Cool, tell us the crazy story.

Unless it involves a character called Large Marge.

[LVirus702]

Cool, tell us the crazy story.

Holy crap, I didn’t think anyone would even be on this thread anymore. Don’t mind the absolute mess, cleaning up the ‘ol yard today but…


I’m pretty sure this is it. As a hobby I like to work on/build bikes. So I have a few bikes and motorcycles around. Someone saw that, and brought her to my door. She IS a BEAUT, and I was born in Argentina plus they let her go for stupid cheap. I’ve had a few beer bikes and stuff come through so I thought it had to be a promo bike. I was thinking she’s too beautiful to strip and paint she deserves to be restored. So I get online to see what I can find to restore it and find she’s a one of a kind from 2,000 miles away… 😱🤯🤯

[LVirus702]

How and why she came across the country and ended up at my door, I don’t know. Why me, why my door? That’s crazy. But if anyone knows the original owner and it meant something to them, I don’t mind making sure she finds her way back to them. Maybe they liked it and bought it, maybe they owned a bar and got it through some promo, or maybe it means more than that to them. I just thought in case it does, I gotta say something.

[Cincinnati_Kid]

How and why she came across the country and ended up at my door, I don’t know. Why me, why my door? That’s crazy. But if anyone knows the original owner and it meant something to them, I don’t mind making sure she finds her way back to them. Maybe they liked it and bought it, maybe they owned a bar and got it through some promo, or maybe it means more than that to them. I just thought in case it does, I gotta say something.

So, is that Alf's bike?

[Danny]

That is why you always lock your bike while you're in the hood. My bike got stolen once.