Old 10-15-07 | 07:40 PM
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Was stopped by a cop for "riding" 2 bikes.

Well, not really riding 2 bikes, rather riding 1 and holding the other so it would coast beside.

So I buy a bike from this guy who collects bikes on garbage days and has a ****load of them
in the backyard.
Quiet morning, suburban street, no cars. I am riding slowly. Then I hear this car creeping
behind me. Turns out to be a cop. Pulls me over. Asks for an ID and serial of the bike I am "towing".
I am like "what's the problem"? He goes "have you heard of the bike theft?".
Anyway, I spent half an hour answering his questions, like where I work, live, phone # and so on.
I told him that I bought the bike for $20 from a trash dude. Then he kinda looked at it and said "if it was a better looking bike I'd take it to the station".
The funny thing is, the bike I WAS riding was much "better looking". And he didn't even look at it.

The whole thing is just so silly.
I don't think that bike thieves transport their stolen goods in such a fashion.
And what if I had 2 bikes in a car, would he suspect them stolen too?
Most of the time they don't even give a **** when you report a bike stolen.
Anyway, I tried to be understanding and he let me be.
But I still have this crappy feeling......

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