This thread is in memory of my first road bike, a Lotus Challenger SX
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A couple weeks ago, I left my it locked to a parking meter at Packard's corner in Allston, right off of Commonwealth Avenue. When I came back after a couple hours, I found it completely wrecked. I was furious. Some ******* had hit-and-run my bike. To my surprise however, I found a note taped around the top tube left by a good samaritan. It said a white unmarked truck wrecked my bike and left in a hurry. They saw it happen and wrote down the license plate number.
I filed a police report the very same night. A couple days later, I already had a detective working on the case. He asked me to take it to a local bike shop to get a repair/replacement quote so he could request restitution. I took it to Landry's bicycle, and they said it was totaled and the only option was replacement, namely a Specialized Allez Steel @ $770.
I turned in the official quote to the detective and 5 days later I get an email saying he spoke with the owner of the truck company responsible. He said the driver admitted to being in the area but not to doing it. He was offering me a 300$ cash settlement. Obviously I took the cash...going to court would have been WAY more expensive and unnecessary.
So now I'm on the lookout for a new bike...You'll be missed lotus.