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A “True Crimes” Cycling Connection?

We do not frequently think about criminal activity and cycling, a minimum of not when it concerns violence.
But the Allied ABLE is an exception.

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

Allied and Rapha, among Strickland’s sponsors, celebrated this achievement with a restricted production, special edition frame. Irvine Bicycles handled to snag 2 of them.This is a photo of the one at the shop.

Things for Strickland werenâEUR ™ t rather so afterwards, both in biking and his personal life. And nobody took much notification up until a romantic entanglement resulted in murder and a story that swept the tabloids.

In 2022, Strickland became friendly with Moriah “Mo” Wilson, an up-and-coming professional bicyclist in her own right. “Friendly” changed into a romance. This did not agree with Colin’s girlfriend, Kaitlyn Armstrong. Mo was discovered in a pal’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 became a global manhunt. It was unproductive for 43 days. On Day 44 a plastic-surgery transformed Armstrong was jailed in Costa Rica, where she ‘d been working as a yoga instructor under a pseudonym.

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

Oh – our ABLES have a criminal activity story, too. The partner of the one we still have actually was taken in a brazen daytime robbery. The owner had simply returned home from a trip. When he went into his house to open the garage he got sidetracked for a few seconds. Something captured his peripheral vision from a side window, and he understood it was person on a bike. His bike. The thief left an old Trek mountain bicycle. The bike never ever resurfaced.

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