walked by an interesting situation today when i was coming out of a restaurant for lunch today.

I had just finished eating lunch at a Vietnamese restaurant and zipped up my jacket while walking out cause it's was about -15 today. i walk towards my car and i see a homeless man with the high possibility of being a crackhead talking to this averagely dressed middle aged man. between the two people talking i see a low end mid-range mountain bike. As i walk closer i hear the "crackhead" say "c'mon man you gotta give me at least 10 bucks". I slow down my walking pace to take notice a bit on what is going on. The middle aged man pulls out his wallet, gets a 10 dollar bill and hands it to the homeless guy. He thanks him and walks off. Then the middle aged guy looks over the bike once again and strolls off the other way with the bicycle.

My thoughts in my head were: this guy probably stole this bike and sold it to a random walking by on the street.

A part of me wanted to inflict pain on the homeless dude cause no one really sells a bike for 10 bucks, i understand that you might find stuff on garage sales and craiglist here and there, but the circumstances of the situation just all pointed to that bike being stolen. But i couldn't prove that it was stolen, but that's what the instincts were telling me. also i guess the guy probably already had it bad enough because he was homeless and looked like he'd been doing crystal meth since preschool.

I understand that some people on this forum have had their bikes stolen and i know it can feel like you're being violated. Bike theft just seems more personal than other items that you own. If someone stole a t-shirt from me, or maybe a basketball i probably wouldn't be as mad if someone stole my bike.

anyways, what would you guys do in the situation. unfortunately i had to get to my car because i was freezing and parking was about to expire.

and what would you do if the guy was selling a colnago or something crazy exotic for the price of a Baconator combo at wendys (yes fast food is expensive up here in canadia, unlike the states.