sorry to hear about this wangster, but as a militant grammarian, the title of this thread is KILLING me. btw, like someone mentioned earlier, fortunately those bars are definitely on nashbar sale for 15 bones if you want to purchase them again. like you said, you save 4 bucks a day riding your bike to work everyday. just think that you made up the cost of the stolen bars in less than a week. that's the way i would think about it. i don't know how much face plates run these days. good luck with all this.