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Stolen Look Bikes: UK Frame-Number Check (Free)
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Look frame numbers are underneath the bottom bracket, etched or on a bonded label because the frames are carbon. Ignore any number on the pedals: Look pedals are a separate product with their own markings and can be fitted to any bike. 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 Look puts the frame number
Under the bottom bracket, etched or on a bonded label. The pedal confusion is the specific issue with this brand: Look invented the modern clipless pedal and is better known for Keo pedals than for frames among many riders, so a number read off a pedal body gets offered as the bike serial surprisingly often. Pedals move between bikes in seconds; the frame code does not.
Look on the UK used market
Look carbon frames sit at the upper end of the road market and hold value, and the 795 Blade in particular is distinctive enough to be recognised if relisted. As with any bike at that level, thieves more often strip a frame for parts than sell it whole, so a complete, cheap example with no purchase history is the pattern worth pausing on. Ask for a photograph of the code under the shell.
FAQs
- Where is the frame number on a Look?
- Underneath the bottom bracket, etched or on a bonded label. Do not read a number off the pedals instead: Look pedals are a separate product.
- Is the number on my Look pedals the frame number?
- No. Look Keo pedals are a separate product with their own markings and can be fitted to any bike.
- Why is the frame marking so light?
- Carbon is not punched. The code is etched or printed, so clean the shell and light it from the side.
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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