true story from around here;

A few of us on the toronto fixed boards noticed a custom handmade lugged fixed gear locked in an area notorious for bike theft. It was there for a week before parts started going missing. Campy drivetrain, real nice stuff, stripped. We freaked, thinking how ridiculous it was that someone left such a nice bike locked out like that.

Turns out, the guy had gotten hit by a car and someone locked his bike up for him while he went to the hospital. Having gotten injured pretty bad, he wasn't able to retrieve his bike.

And I guess the moral of the story is that it's too bad some dude like you with an angle grinder wasn't around. Because instead of being able to salvage the frame when he finally was able to get out of the hospital and pick the bike up, YOU coulda had the chance to just steal the whole bike since it woulda just gotten stolen anyway...