so i just got my single speed mtb built up a couple nights ago and i hadn't gotten a chance to ride it yet, so today i thought i'd ride it down to the inner harbor for lunch. i lock my bike in front of the science center (where i'm meeting my friend); it's a nice public place, didn't really think about the idea of it getting stolen. i lock it through the front wheel (QR), frame, and railing and head off to eat.

on my way back i'm walking down the street and i see a guy ride across the street in front of me ON MY BIKE so i take off running after him. after about a block and a half i've run him down and i yank him off my bike. he starts telling me this crap about how some guy was going to pay him $30 to take it etc etc which i didn't care about, i just told him i wanted my bike back. as much as i wanted to beat him down i didn't know if he had a knife, gun, whatever, so i really just wanted my bike back. he walked off one way, i rode off the other. turns out he had used bolt cutters and cut through my masterlock.

so now i finally feel like i'm in the "big city." time for a u-lock and fat chain...