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  1. Original post
    Simon Mason
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    Setting out for a 30 mile run yesterday, I headed for the Humber foreshore near the bridge and was
    somewhat startled to see a Raleigh Team Banana road bike dumped in the mud flats at low tide. After
    finding a plank of wood to walk on, I managed to drag it out of the river. I then hid it in some
    gorse bushes and returned to pick it up today.

    I know it's not exactly akin to finding King John's jewels in The Wash but there's not a lot wrong
    with it. Needs a front tyre, rear wheel and the crank sorting out. Gears and brakes seem OK.

    simonmason.karoo.netzbanana.htm

    Will post photos of it on the mud flats later.

    Simon

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  2. Anonymous
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    "Simon Mason" <[email hidden]> wrote in message
    "]news:[email hidden]...

    Quoted message said:

    I know it's not exactly akin to finding King John's jewels in The Wash


    but

    Quoted message said:

    there's not a lot wrong with it. Needs a front tyre, rear wheel and the crank sorting out. Gears
    and brakes seem OK.

    simonmason.karoo.netzbanana.htm

    Is that front fork ok? Looks a bit bent back in the photo.

    cheers, clive

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  3. Thomas Letherby
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    In message <[email hidden]>, Clive George

    Quoted message said:

    "Simon Mason" <[email hidden]> wrote in message
    "]news:[email hidden]...

    Quoted message said:

    I know it's not exactly akin to finding King John's jewels in The Wash


    but

    Quoted message said:

    there's not a lot wrong with it. Needs a front tyre, rear wheel and the crank sorting out. Gears
    and brakes seem OK.

    simonmason.karoo.netzbanana.htm

    Is that front fork ok? Looks a bit bent back in the photo.

    Is it the light or has the rear wheel got a major flat spot too 🙁
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    Thomas Letherby Remove NOSPAM to reply.

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  4. Simon Mason
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    "]news:[email hidden]...

    Quoted message said:


    Is that front fork ok? Looks a bit bent back in the photo.

    Seems OK Clive - have a closer look (note seaweed stuck above front hub).

    simonmason.karoo.netzbanana1.htm

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  5. Scott Leckey
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    Might I suggest a visit/call to your nearest police station? Someone, somewhere may be mourning
    its loss...

    Scott Leckey

    "Simon Mason" <[email hidden]> wrote in message
    "]news:[email hidden]...

    Quoted message said:

    Setting out for a 30 mile run yesterday, I headed for the Humber foreshore near the bridge and was
    somewhat startled to see a Raleigh Team Banana


    road

    Quoted message said:

    bike dumped in the mud flats at low tide. After finding a plank of wood to walk on, I managed to
    drag it out of the river. I then hid it in some


    gorse

    Quoted message said:

    bushes and returned to pick it up today.

    I know it's not exactly akin to finding King John's jewels in The Wash


    but

    Quoted message said:

    there's not a lot wrong with it. Needs a front tyre, rear wheel and the crank sorting out. Gears
    and brakes seem OK.

    simonmason.karoo.netzbanana.htm

    Will post photos of it on the mud flats later.

    Simon

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  6. Ouch
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    Quoted message said:

    Setting out for a 30 mile run yesterday, I headed for the Humber foreshore near the bridge and was
    somewhat startled to see a Raleigh Team Banana road bike dumped in the mud flats at low tide. After
    finding a plank of wood to walk on, I managed to drag it out of the river. I then hid it in some
    gorse bushes and returned to pick it up today.

    I know it's not exactly akin to finding King John's jewels in The Wash but there's not a lot wrong
    with it. Needs a front tyre, rear wheel and the crank sorting out. Gears and brakes seem OK.

    simonmason.karoo.netzbanana.htm

    Will post photos of it on the mud flats later.

    Simon

    Those wheels look like they could do with some truing!

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  7. Simon Mason
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    "Scott Leckey" <[email hidden]> wrote in message
    "]news:[email hidden]...

    Quoted message said:

    Might I suggest a visit/call to your nearest police station? Someone, somewhere may be mourning
    its loss...

    Isn't there some law whereby if it's beyond the tidal watermark it doesn't belong to anybody, or
    something like that?

    Simon

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  8. Richard Goodman
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    "Scott Leckey" <[email hidden]> wrote in message
    "]news:[email hidden]...

    Quoted message said:

    Might I suggest a visit/call to your nearest police station? Someone, somewhere may be mourning
    its loss...

    Scott Leckey

    Considering the condition in which it must have been dumped that seems very unlikely......

    Rich

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  9. Simon Mason
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    "Thomas Letherby" <[email hidden]> wrote in message
    "]news:[email hidden]...

    Quoted message said:

    In message <[email hidden]>, Clive George

    Quoted message said:
    Quoted message said:

    "Simon Mason" <[email hidden]> wrote in message
    "]news:[email hidden]...

    Quoted message said:

    I know it's not exactly akin to finding King John's jewels in The Wash


    but

    Quoted message said:

    there's not a lot wrong with it. Needs a front tyre, rear wheel and the crank sorting out.
    Gears and brakes seem OK.

    Quoted message said:


    Is it the light or has the rear wheel got a major flat spot too 🙁

    Yes, it needs a whole new back wheel. Simon

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  10. Stephen Clark
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    "Simon Mason" <[email hidden]> wrote in message
    "]news:[email hidden]...

    Quoted message said:


    "Scott Leckey" <[email hidden]> wrote in message
    "]news:[email hidden]...

    Quoted message said:

    Might I suggest a visit/call to your nearest police station? Someone, somewhere may be mourning
    its loss...

    Isn't there some law whereby if it's beyond the tidal watermark it doesn't belong to anybody, or
    something like that?

    Simon


    I think the bike you have belongs to the Queen then.

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  11. Anonymous
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    "Simon Mason" <[email hidden]> wrote in message
    "]news:[email hidden]...

    Quoted message said:
    Quoted message said:

    "]news:[email hidden]...

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    Is that front fork ok? Looks a bit bent back in the photo.

    Seems OK Clive - have a closer look (note seaweed stuck above front hub).

    simonmason.karoo.netzbanana1.htm

    Still looks a bit iffy to me - but that could be the photo. If you draw a line along the steerer
    tube, the blades are a bit to the back of that before they sweep forwards.

    If the photo isn't lying, I'd check the paint for stretch/crumple marks and possibly even have the
    fork out to check for cracks. But you've obviously got the best view of all this.

    cheers. clive

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  12. Simon Mason
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    Quoted message said:

    "Simon Mason" <[email hidden]> wrote in message
    "]news:[email hidden]...

    Quoted message said:
    Quoted message said:

    Isn't there some law whereby if it's beyond the tidal watermark it


    doesn't

    Quoted message said:
    Quoted message said:

    belong to anybody, or something like that?

    Quoted message said:

    I think the bike you have belongs to the Queen then.

    Yes, I thinks that's it - I'll see if she wants it before I spend any money doing it up.

    Simon

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  13. Adrian Boliston
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    "Simon Mason" <[email hidden]> wrote in message
    "]news:[email hidden]...

    Quoted message said:

    Setting out for a 30 mile run yesterday, I headed for the Humber foreshore near the bridge and was
    somewhat startled to see a Raleigh Team Banana


    road

    Quoted message said:

    bike dumped in the mud flats at low tide.....

    Is this the cheap'n'cheerful bike circa late 80's talked about in this thread:
    cyclingplus.co.uktopic.asp

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  14. A.Lee
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    Simon Mason said:

    Setting out for a 30 mile run yesterday, I headed for the Humber foreshore near the bridge and was
    somewhat startled to see a Raleigh Team Banana road bike dumped in the mud flats at low tide.
    After finding a plank of wood to walk on, I managed to drag it out of the river. I then hid it in
    some gorse bushes and returned to pick it up today.

    I know it's not exactly akin to finding King John's jewels in The Wash but there's not a lot
    wrong with it. Needs a front tyre, rear wheel and the crank sorting out. Gears and brakes
    seem OK.

    After you've spent on a tyre/wheel/sundry other bits, it would have been cheaper to go to your local
    secondhand/junk shop, and get one in working order for £25. Looks like it was put in the river for a
    reason - it wouldnt fit in a dustbin! Alan.

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    North Midlands.

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  15. Garry Broad
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    On Sun, 19 Oct 2003 13:16:08 +0100, "Clive George"

    Quoted message said:

    Is that front fork ok? Looks a bit bent back in the photo.

    That was my first impression too.

    gb

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  16. Just Zis Guy
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    Simon Mason said:

    Seems OK Clive - have a closer look (note seaweed stuck above front hub).
    simonmason.karoo.netzbanana1.htm

    I would say that the front fork is bent, probably following a head-on with something solid.

    Being a steel bike that may be fixable, but check the top and downtubes for wrinkles behind the
    headset lugs.

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    Guy
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    WARNING: may contain traces of irony. Contents may settle after posting.
    chapmancentral.demon.co.ukchapmancentral.demon.co.uk

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  17. Tony Raven
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    Simon Mason said:


    Isn't there some law whereby if it's beyond the tidal watermark it doesn't belong to anybody, or
    something like that?

    Would you be happy with that excuse if it was your bike that had been found?

    Tony

    --
    "If you tell the truth you don't have to remember anything." Mark Twain

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  18. Ouch
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    Quoted message said:
    Quoted message said:

    Might I suggest a visit/call to your nearest police station? Someone, somewhere may be mourning
    its loss...

    Scott Leckey

    Considering the condition in which it must have been dumped that seems very unlikely......

    Rich

    If I had my bike stolen and I could get it back, I'd want it back. If it's good enough for Simon, it
    might be good enough for the original owner too.

    Besides, I'm sure that if nobody could be traced or if nobody wanted it, Simon would probably be
    able to keep it anyway?

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  19. Richard Goodman
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    <ouch> wrote in message "]news:[email hidden]...

    Quoted message said:
    Quoted message said:
    Quoted message said:

    Might I suggest a visit/call to your nearest police station? Someone, somewhere may be mourning
    its loss...

    Scott Leckey

    Considering the condition in which it must have been dumped that seems


    very

    Quoted message said:
    Quoted message said:

    unlikely......

    Rich

    If I had my bike stolen and I could get it back, I'd want it back. If it's good enough for Simon,
    it might be good enough for the original owner too.

    If we're talking about that particular bike, I don't think so...

    Of course, you may have a point about Simon ;-)

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    Besides, I'm sure that if nobody could be traced or if nobody wanted it, Simon would probably be
    able to keep it anyway?

    That's been my experience of lost property handed in. No doubt it is the legally correct thing to
    do. Still, it wouldn't surprise me if even the police told him to take it away, in the condition
    it's in. If they do hang on to it, it has to be 99.9% certain it won't be claimed, and it'll just
    rust up and seize up even more, while he's waiting to claim it back, now that it's out of the mud.

    I'd say be practical and realistic about this - let Simon do it up if he wants and restore it to
    some useful life. Albeit with the caveat that in the unlikely event that if it ever did happen to
    have been reported missing and rediscovered in Simon's possession, the original owner would be the
    legal owner and it would have to be returned - no doubt in a better state than when it was dumped.

    Rich

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  20. Ouch
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    That's been my experience of lost property handed in. No doubt it is the legally correct thing to
    do. Still, it wouldn't surprise me if even the police told him to take it away, in the condition
    it's in. If they do hang on to it, it has to be 99.9% certain it won't be claimed, and it'll just
    rust up and seize up even more, while he's waiting to claim it back, now that it's out of the mud.

    I'd say be practical and realistic about this - let Simon do it up if he wants and restore it to
    some useful life. Albeit with the caveat that in the unlikely event that if it ever did happen to
    have been reported missing and rediscovered in Simon's possession, the original owner would be the
    legal owner and it would have to be returned - no doubt in a better state than when it was dumped.

    Rich

    Fair enough. maybe that's what I would do too, I don't really know. What would happen though if it
    was on a "wanted" list and they found it in Simon's possession? Would he be charged with theft?

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