All the low-value stuff, like single arm warmers and gloves, got binned, as did the piles and piles of dirty casual clothing. I did this because experience tells me that this stuff never gets claimed.
I could have photographed it all, posted it on the website and invited people to claim it, but that was just never going to happen.
There was some stuff stolen too. A GPS unit that was handed in vanished a few minutes after it was handed to me. A wallet was handed from van drivers to a volunteer, was never seen again, the cards used in Chingford a few days later. The police are investigating the stolen wallet. I also had a handful of jerseys, £50, some change and sundry tat stolen by someone that I hired. Happily I recovered all of that (except the cash).
I've had requests for a couple of helmets and a couple of pairs of shoes, but they never made it into the van with the control equipment and bag drops.
I still have some lost property to return. There are a couple of bashed phones, a couple of rucksacks, and a very, very expensive Gore jacket that I'm amazed nobody has claimed.
Happy to confirm that HK's stuff is on the way to her. I confirmed this a couple of weeks ago and again last Friday. LWaB did indeed ask to come collect his stuff. I advised him where the stuff was and he never replied.
Vorsprung, please accept my apologies for not looking after your stuff better. I didn't bin helmets or shoes, but that's not to say nobody else did.
Happily we'll have a much better system for 2017 - the rider who very kindly volunteered to post back the bag drops has precisely the sort of logistics setup need to make things much smoother.