I sometimes do work in one of the most exclusive co-ops in Manhattan, and unbelievably they actually let me put my bike in the basement bike rack. (virtually unheard of in my experience) So the other day they had cleared out the whole basement for some maintenance and asked me to put my bike in the long-term bike room. I never knew it was there, but behind the door in that dark little cavern there were several dozen bikes in a rack, almost all of them covered in a thick layer of dust. The dust was so thick you couldn't even tell what color a bike was until you wiped it off. Some pretty nice old steel in that rack, untouched for years. Then I remembered the CL ad from a few weeks ago listed by a building super trying to empty out a storage bin: "2 bikes, one Favorit, one Raleigh- $40 for both, but you must take both". Missed out on that one. Made me wonder how many secret bike caves must exist in Manhattan alone.
If I had a larcenous bone in my body I would have cleaned up one of those Italian beauties and left my Raleigh Sports sitting there in the rack.

Joe NYC