I have a funky theft story ....
Someone stole my friends Bontrager (rather uncommon bike). Well, about two weeks later I was on a morning ride and saw this dude ride by me on a Bontrager identical to my friends. Curious, and a little pumped ... I've had two bikes stolen and one stripped, I turned and followed him. We all know that modern, well maintained race bikes are very quiet and I managed to roll right up behind him at about 15 mph. When I was certain that it was my friends bike, I accelarated and grabbed him above the elbow. At that point we exchanged a few words and I had no idea what to do with the guy so I told him that if he got off the bike and scooted, I would forget he existed .. he like this idea. Strange but true, I swear. Needless to say, my friend is one of the luckiest bastards I know.
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Jeff