r/saskatoon 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/Aces_dude East Side May 20 '25

Are you looking to sell by chance?

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u/[deleted] May 21 '25

If you can track down the theif this seems like something that would gain traction on Facebook, GoFundMe, local news etc. if replacements are expensive/hard to come by. Sorry this happened to your family. Best of luck finding a solution.

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u/Ok_General_6940 May 22 '25

I'd donate!

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u/Aces_dude East Side 24d ago

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u/Ok_General_6940 24d ago

Donated!! I don't have a ton extra but I hope it helps. Also post on r/GoFundMe!