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Frame on stolen bike is identical to this one.

Just got a little more information on the bike that was stolen in Santa Monica last night. Keep you eyes open — someone will either ride it or sell it soon. Every stolen bike matters, but this one belongs to a friend. Let’s get it back.

Based off of the way this bike was built up, repairing and removing many components is extremely difficult without proper tools, or simply near impossible. Because of this there is a chance that the thief will try to take it into a local shop and/or workshop to ‘get help’ in removing the wheels (or saddle). If you spot this bike, or perhaps a sign of someone coming into a shop trying to remove the saddle from the seatpost, please either alert myself or the SMPD. The police report # is 10-112875.

I’ve been asked to provide a photo of the bike… and unfortunately I’m unable to find one. What I could do, instead, was provide a photo of the exact same frame model (and paint job) found off the ‘net, as well as a very thorough description of the bike’s characteristics which is below.
Reward available.

Basically there are only two main colors for the bike: a bright orange frame surrounded by all black components. No fancy flames or color fades, just a few simple double black stripes around the tubes with silver in the middle.
Quite hard to miss.

This is the parts list:

.	Frame	Salsa Las Cruces, 53cm, Orange	Aluminum, very subtle indentation on underside of downtube.
.	Handlebars	Salsa Bell Lap	Drops flare outwards 27.2mm size
.	Stem	Bontrager	black
.	Brakes	Avid Shorty 4	black cantilever brakes
.	Fork	Winwood Carbon	Cantilever bosses, carbon fork aluminum steerer
.	Seatpost	Real Design Carbon	31.6mm size. Titanium Bolt for seat clamp is severely damaged, the head is cracked & split, making seat removal near impossible.
.	Seat/Saddle	Specialized Toupe	130mm size, no padding
.	Shifters	Shimano 105	Right-shifter is missing dustcap
.	Front DR	Shimano 105	Silver cage
.	Rear DR	Shimano Deore	Long cage mtb derailleur
.	Crankset	FSA Gossamer	Cyclocross gearing
.	Pedals	Shimano A530	have small ‘protoype’ stickers on interior of binding mechanism.
.	Wheelset	“Leo”	Rims are black, approx 28mm deep, bladed spokes. Hubs etched with “Leo Wheels.”
.	Tires	Michelin Pro Race 2	Very, very used tires. I’ve basically been riding them until I get down to the kevlar layer or a blowout, which ever comes first. Still hope I can get to that point.
.	Skewers	Pitlock	The pitlock system uses a special encoded CNC milled key to open the locks, and it is impossible to open the skewers with any other tool. Since the thieves do not have the key nor know which code# would be used for a replacement key (which takes 2-3 months in replacement), the wheels are not able to be removed from the frame nor fork. This makes tire changes, flat repairs, or any thing wheel-related impossible.
.	Lock/Chain	Abus Steel-O-Chain 880	A really heavy and thick chain covered by a burly fabric sleeve, labeled with “Abus” all around. Chain was through frame & front wheel. It may or may not still be on the bike.