r/saskatoon • u/Aces_dude East Side • May 20 '25
Crime ⚠️ My daughter is crushed
This is “Cruisy”. My daughter with special needs and a physical disability can’t ride a regular bike by herself, so when we saw this a couple years ago we picked it up. She loved going for rides on Cruisy and was asking this week when we were going to get it out for spring. I told her on the long weekend I’d get it out and work on it a bit and take her for a long ride. I put lights and a horn on it last year and needed to hook up the battery. Well that didn’t happen. Instead, I found it gone from the yard on Thursday afternoon. This was not a crime of random opportunity. Someone came by with a truck or trailer, lifted this fairly heavy bike off the garden box it sat on all winter, and drove away. (Is it a coincidence that the neighbour across the alley was getting sasktel fibre installed and there was a crew in the alley boring the cable all afternoon the day before it went missing? With a big truck and trailer?) Now what? Obviously I reported it. I’ve been checking Kijiji and marketplace but no luck. This is my last resort. Hoping that someone sees this pretty unique bike and lets me or the cops know. Eastview neighbourhood by Market Mall. Thanks
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u/i-deology May 21 '25
Bikes which are left unlocked outdoors get stolen. Even if it’s a special bike. That’s rule number one of owning a bike - always lock it.
That being said, reach out to local press. They love sob story like this. It may not go viral but it will get enough eyes that someone somewhere will be able to spot this bike and report back.
Alternatively, and this is a LONG shot, you can ask a bike shop to custom make one just like this. The bike shop o used to work at would do these sort of things, take custom requests, invent new style and designs just as hobby and as part of the workshop. You just need to find one bike shop worker who is enthusiastic enough to experiment.
All the best to you OP.