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Stolen Radio Bikes: UK Frame-Number Check (Free)
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Radio frame numbers are stamped underneath the bottom bracket shell. Read the code on the frame itself, not on the cranks, forks or hubs, because a BMX is routinely built from parts belonging to several different bicycles. 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 Radio stamps the frame number
Underneath the bottom bracket shell. The shell on a BMX is wide and flat and the code is normally easy to read once the bike is turned over, so a blank one is harder to explain here than on a bike with suspension hardware in the way. Fork serials are separate, and forks are among the most frequently replaced parts on a street BMX.
Radio on the UK used market
Radio Bikes is a European BMX brand widely sold in the UK through specialist shops, and its complete bikes are a common first proper BMX. That means a lot of them are owned by younger riders, left at skateparks, and resold informally without receipts. Where a bike has been rebuilt, the components will have arrived from several sources and only the frame code stays constant.
FAQs
- Where is the frame number on a Radio BMX?
- Stamped underneath the bottom bracket shell. Turn the bike over. Forks are among the most frequently replaced parts on a street BMX, so ignore fork numbers.
- Can I use the fork or hub number?
- No. Forks and hubs are components and are frequently swapped on a BMX. Only the frame code identifies the bike.
- What if a used Radio has no receipt?
- Usual for a BMX. Confirm the code is stamped into the shell and run it through Cyclesite's free stolen-bike check.
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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