"Give your hands", "give your hands sir".
A young man in his twenties is on the ground, in the middle of the esplanade of the Arab World Institute, in the fifth arrondissement of Paris, on September 23.
At his side, an orange bicycle.
Mine, which I never imagined seeing again.
I just managed to trap the thief of my bicycle.
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My trusty steed, an entry-level Kona, had vanished for over a week.
His disappearance dates back to September 11, at the end of the evening.
When I left the restaurant, my bike, which was solidly secured with a top-of-the-range padlock, was no longer there.
The arch where I had parked it is empty.
The thieves didn't have to struggle much to get away with my mount.
This attachment ramp is wobbly and detaches from the ground as soon as it is lifted a little.
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Convinced that this model, rather rare, should be able to be resold at a good price on the internet, I decided to track it down every day, until I identified a suspicious ad and passed myself off as an interested buyer.
A twelve-day investigation that I tell you about in this episode of Biclou in the video below.