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Stolen All-City Bikes: UK Frame-Number Check (Free)
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All-City frame numbers are stamped underneath the bottom bracket shell, into the steel. Many of these bikes are home-built from a bare frame, so identify the frame rather than the components hanging off it. Run the frame code through Cyclesite's free lookup for an instant UK check against a stolen-bike registry and rider-filed theft reports.
Where All-City stamps the frame number
Under the bottom bracket shell, stamped into the steel, which takes and holds a mark well. The complication is the build rather than the marking: All-City sold frames on their own as much as complete bikes, and a Space Horse or Cosmic Stallion in the UK has very often been assembled at home. Tubing decals describe the steel and are not serials.
All-City on the UK used market
All-City frames circulate second hand well after the brand wound down, and they are exactly the sort of thing that gets rebuilt to a new owner's taste each time it changes hands. Components therefore prove nothing about history. Because the frames are steel and stamped properly, a code that genuinely cannot be found after cleaning is a stronger signal here than it would be on a light-etched carbon frame.
FAQs
- Where is the frame number on an All-City?
- Stamped underneath the bottom bracket shell, into the steel.
- The bike was built up from a bare frame. What identifies it?
- The stamped frame code. Components on a home build can come from anywhere and tell you nothing about provenance.
- Are the tubing decals part of the serial?
- No. They describe the steel. The frame number is the code stamped into the shell.
Police datapolice.uk releases
Most stolen bikes are never traced back to anyone
Police recorded 28,531 bicycle thefts across 44 UK city centres over three years. A suspect was identified in 10.1% of closed cases, and 1 in 33 reached a charge. Pick an area for the local picture.
Jun 23Down 25% in three yearsMay 26
- 8,221
- thefts recorded in 12 months
- −12%
- change on the year before
- 10.1%
- of closed cases had a suspect identified
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