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Stolen Felt Bikes: UK Frame-Number Check (Free)
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Quick answer
Felt frame numbers are stamped on the underside of the bottom bracket. Felt is a road, gravel and triathlon brand with a steady UK presence, so it appears in used and theft listings. Run the number through Cyclesite's free lookup for an instant UK check against a stolen-bike registry and rider-filed theft reports.
Where Felt stamps the frame number
On the underside of the bottom bracket shell on the vast majority of Felt road, gravel and triathlon bikes. The number is stamped or etched into the frame and is what stolen-bike databases use.
Felt on the UK used market
Felt is well known for aero road and triathlon bikes, so the FR and AR road bikes, the Breed gravel range and the IA time-trial frames are the most common used examples. Carbon and tri frames are higher-value targets, so confirm the frame number against a receipt before paying.
FAQs
- Where is the frame number on a Felt bike?
- On the underside of the bottom bracket shell on the vast majority of Felt models. Turn the bike over to read it.
- Can I check a Felt bike if I don't know the year?
- Yes. The frame number alone is enough. On a carbon Felt expect a laser-etched marking or a printed label rather than a punched code, so look for a light marking.
- What if a Felt frame number is missing?
- On carbon the code is etched or on a label and can be faint or peeled rather than removed, so clean the area and use raking light. If it has clearly been ground away, walk away.
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
- thefts recorded in 12 months
- 8,221
- change on the year before
- −12%
- of closed cases had a suspect identified
- 10.1%
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