Originally Posted by sovende

I imagine that there’s more than a few Univega fan bois taking some level of offense at “for a $70 bike” . Plenty of bikes that are total dogs get stolen everyday.

I’m still wondering as to the “why” of the situation? I’ll venture one possibility .

The owner needed a new chain. Since it’s a single speed configuration, they’ll need one of the same length. The chain has a “quick link”, so the chain was reasonably easy to remove. The bike is secured (kind of) in a rack near a LBS. They will have the LBS ensure the new chain is the same length as the old one and buy a new “quick link”. Return to the bike rack (hoping the bike was still there), install the new chain and ride off. Case solved .