Originally Posted by
bovine
I still don't know wtf a bike thief would go through the trouble of breaking into my garage to joy ride the bike 10 feet. Maybe they thought better of stealing and trying to ride around a day-glo green bike. It would be pretty conspicuous.
Talking to the police, they said the most common bike theft in our area is simply people joy riding them or needing to get across town etc. They tend to leave them where they are going. In your case, they may simply have brought it back after their ride and did not want to take the risk of getting caught putting it away. I'm glad your story turned out as well as mine.