wearyourtruth---the difference b/w taking this pista and taking a bike frame from say, a junkyard, is that at the junkyard the owner has intentionally discarded the item. Anything that has been purposefully given up is, in my book, fair game to take. Something that is still locked up while the owner just happens to be M.I.A....that's a different story. Like Twitcho said...you have no idea what the circumstances are surrounding this bike.