Dear ******s,

The thread wasn't supposed to be about how the bike was acquired. I knocked on my neighbor's door and asked about it, he said it had been sitting there and he was thinking about scrapping it as it was in front of his lawn. Both tires were flat and it had obviously not been taken care of. I live in a quiet residential area and some drunk ass probably ditched it when he or she lost tire pressure. That sort of **** happens ALL the time around here. I DID in fact, check craigslist for any bikes matching the description and nothing came up. I put the sign on it wed. afternoon and took it around 5:45 pm on monday. Does that meet the rigorous standards for proper abandoned-bike acquisition? Or should I perhaps call the FBI and have them start up an investigation to find the previous owner so I can ask him if it was ok to take the bike he left rotting on the sidewalk?

Dear helpful non-******s,

I don't think it's lugged, steel-frame, I'll check the rest when I get home.