Earlier this month, Team Lamonta had their entire supply of LOOK/SRAM bikes stolen while at the Olympia’s Tour in the Netherlands.
Now comes the story below, orginally printed on Velonews. Since this is as social a network medium as they come, I thought that I'd help get the word out.
Thieves nick 300 bikes destined for Tulsa kids' ride
By VeloNews.com
This report filed May 30, 2007
It was tough news for Tulsa Tough Ride and Race-300 Schwinns destined for school-age kids tackling a special Tough Kids 10km ride on Sunday have gone missing.A 40-foot steel shipping container containing the bikes was apparently stolen last weekend from the Pacific Cycles shipping yard.
The youngsters earned the bikes through the Tough Kids Challenge, a program in which middle- and high-school students either participated in Tulsa's Little 100 cycling event or completed a bicycle-safety education course.
Tulsa Tough Ride and Race launched the youth health and fitness initiative this year with the support of The Children's Hospital at St. Francis.
The bikes, which sported the Tulsa Tough, Little 100 and Saint Francis logos, were to be delivered on Tuesday and assembled on Wednesday for pickup on Saturday. Organizers were hoping to find loaner bikes for Sunday's Tough Kids ride.
For more information, email info@tulsatough.com.
**UPDATE: May 31st @ 9:00am EST - Bikes were recovered by Dallas Police. Volunteers, including Ed of Cycledog stayed up all night assembling the cycles for the Saturday pickup.
2 comments:
Dallas police recovered the bicycles intended for the Tough Kids event in Tulsa. they were delivered last night, and a team of volunteers (including me) assembled them. It was a HUGE team. We did all the bikes in under 3 hours.
I'm one tired puppy, but after I get my son off to school and drink some coffee, I'll post something to CycleDog about it.
excellent, thanks for the update.
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