20+ yrs ago I bought a steel, cheapo Motiv Stonegrinder bike from Costco. It's got very few miles on it and is actually in pretty decent shape. It's a nice ride to go out with my kids on. Last fall I loaned the bike to a good friend's son who was attending college here. The original chain broke and before he replaced it the bike was stolen. (unfortunately, he never told me about that which is a separate issue).

Fast forward to this afternoon as I'm scanning Craigslist and I see the bike posted for sale. 90% certain it's mine - it's got the Performance Gotham road tires and I can see the new cantis on the front that I put on it. Plus the ad says "it even has a new chain". Problem is I'm still on vacation and can't double check the serial number.

I paid $200 for the bike and it probably isn't worth any more than $75-$100. Would you even pursue trying to recover it? I know 5-6 different police officers between the campus, city, county and state patrol ranks.