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Stolen Riese & Muller Bikes: UK Frame-Number Check
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Riese & Muller frame numbers usually start with WRJ2 on newer bikes and are engraved on the drive side above the motor, sometimes behind the chainring or pulley. Older frames use prefixes including RM, CUP, AVP, KEP, 6PG or PY. The number also appears on the white sticker on the frame and in the e-bike paperwork. Run it through Cyclesite's free lookup for an instant UK check against a stolen-bike registry and rider-filed theft reports.
Where Riese & Muller engraves the frame number
On the drive side above the motor, and on some models tucked behind the chainring or the pulley, which is why it is missed so often. The prefix tells you whether you are looking at the right number: WRJ2 on newer bikes, and RM, CUP, AVP, KEP, 6PG or PY on older ones. The same code appears on the white frame sticker and in the e-bike paperwork. The Bosch motor number, the battery serial, the display code and an RX Connect number are all separate.
Riese & Muller on the UK used market
Riese & Muller builds some of the most expensive electric bikes sold in the UK, and the Load cargo bikes in particular are family transport worth several thousand pounds parked in the street or a front garden. Cargo bikes are difficult to hide but valuable enough to be targeted deliberately, and their size means they are usually moved on whole rather than stripped. That makes a frame-number check unusually effective on this brand.
FAQs
- Where is the frame number on a Riese & Muller?
- Engraved on the drive side above the motor, sometimes behind the chainring or pulley. It also appears on the white sticker on the frame and in the paperwork.
- What prefix should a Riese & Muller frame number have?
- WRJ2 on newer bikes. Older ones may start with RM, CUP, AVP, KEP, 6PG or PY.
- Is the RX Connect number the frame number?
- No. RX Connect, the Bosch motor number, the battery serial and the display code are all separate identifiers. Only the engraved frame number identifies the bike.
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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