Originally Posted by
Sangetsu
Amid them I noticed a frame to which was attached a rear wheel, seat and seatpost, and a stem with bullhorn bars.
The Kalloy seatpost and 3T stem had been replaced by Nitto and Sugino NJS parts, my Selle Turbo saddle had been replaced by a Brooks with large copper rivets. The rusty axle nuts on the rear wheel had been replaced by new, red-anodized hardware.
From the sounds of it you saw a bike with the same frame and same rear wheel, with everything else completely different or missing.
That seems like it'd fall well within the realm of coincidence, and far from a definite "hey that's my bike!"