I had an odd encounter today. I can't say it was that disturbing, but it left me a bit thoughtful.

I was locking my bike when I saw a group of young kids (10-ish) coming towards me.

One commented that he had a bike like mine, but it got stolen.

I'm not sure if that was just a comment to his friends, or if it was meant to get some kind of reaction out of me.

While I do buy used stuff, the bike I was on was a horrible Frankenbike that I assembled from parts 2 years ago. There is nothing quite like it. I'm sure he would have been too young to ride it 2 years ago when I bought the bare frame... and the last time it was built up, it would have looked very different than it does today.

Perhaps the kid just meant he had a road bike of sorts at one time...