A "True Crimes" Cycling Connection?

We do not frequently think about criminal offense and biking, a minimum of not when it comes to violence.
But the Allied ABLE is an exception.

The Able and its distinct style got its public launching at a marquee 200-mile gravel race, then understood as Dirty Kanza, in 2019. Colin Strickland, a reasonably unknown professional rider, rode it to a surprise triumph.

Allied and Rapha, among Strickland's sponsors, celebrated this accomplishment with a limited production, scandal sheet frame. Irvine Bicycles managed to snag 2 of them.This is a pic of the one at the store.

Things for Strickland werenâEUR ™ t rather so excellent later on, both in biking and his individual life. And no one took much notice till a romantic entanglement led to murder and a story that swept the tabloids.

In 2022, Strickland ended up being friendly with Moriah "Mo" Wilson, an up-and-coming pro cyclist in her own right. "Friendly" morphed into a romance. This did not agree with Colin's sweetheart, Kaitlyn Armstrong. Mo was discovered in a friend's apartment or condo, lying in a swimming pool of blood. Dead from a gunshot wound.

Armstrong was a clear suspect, however before charges were submitted she disappeared. A local search ended up being a worldwide manhunt. It was unsuccessful for 43 days. On Day 44 a plastic-surgery changed Armstrong was jailed in Costa Rica, where she had actually been working as a yoga trainer under a pseudonym.

It's an extremely convoluted story. If youâEUR ™ re curious, take a look at this article https://www.outsideonline.com/outdoor-adventure/biking/moriah-wilson-murder-gravel-racing/

Oh - our ABLES have a criminal offense story, too. The partner of the one we still have was stolen in a brazen daytime robbery. The owner had simply returned home from a ride. When he went into his home to open the garage he got sidetracked for a couple of seconds. Something caught his peripheral vision from a side window, and he knew it was person on a bike. His bike. The burglar left an old Trek mountain bicycle. The bike never resurfaced.

So, if you like odd or distinct cycling, antiques. this one's still readily available. It's a hell of a lot more intriguing than a gold Campy white wine opener, eh?