View Poll Results: How many bikes have been stolen from you?
0 - Why would anyone take my bike?
36
45.00%
1 - If only I could get my hands on the thief
25
31.25%
2 - once bitten, twice ENRAGED!
9
11.25%
3 - part of life in the big city - WAHHH!
6
7.50%
4 - I don't know what to say...
1
1.25%
5 or more - just another cog in the underground economy...
3
3.75%
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poll - how many bikes have you had stolen?
08-13-06, 05:10 PM
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just one-- a blue huffy Mtn bike with slicks that I had in my garage which I absent-mindedly left open on a friday afternoon for about 2 hours. somebody just walked in and grabbed it. 
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08-14-06, 08:47 AM
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2 stolen.. Pea Picker about 35 years ago and a PX-10 about 25 years ago.
Got both of them back. The Pea Picker was local, the PX-10 was recovered in Missouri.
Got both of them back. The Pea Picker was local, the PX-10 was recovered in Missouri.
08-14-06, 09:22 AM
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Originally Posted by randya
Zero. But your description - "why would anyone take my bike?" is way off the mark. It should say something like - "I make sure it's properly locked in an appropriate location at all times, including at home in the garage". Or maybe I'm just lucky?
LOL - sorry about that - wasn't sure how to phrase it - maybe "how could anyone possibly take my bike" is better
08-14-06, 09:55 AM
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2 stolen.. Pea Picker about 35 years ago and a PX-10 about 25 years ago.
Got both of them back. The Pea Picker was local, the PX-10 was recovered in Missouri.
Got both of them back. The Pea Picker was local, the PX-10 was recovered in Missouri.
08-14-06, 11:20 AM
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One night I drunkenly left my '85 Schwinn World Sport unlocked outside of a bar in which I was getting drunker still. It was my parents' high school graduation present to me and I'd ridden it all through college and law school and even done a few triathlons with it. No one to blame but myself and John Barleycorn.
But dang I miss that bike.
But dang I miss that bike.
08-14-06, 12:54 PM
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One, and I expected it to get stolen.
It was a beat up Roadmaster x-mart bike I left out in the alley in broad daylight, and I camped the window with a stopwatch in one hand, mug of Mead in the other, waiting to see how long it takes before it gets stolen. I didn't even get the mug halfway down (around 10 mins) before someone runs by, grabs the bike, realizes it's not ridable, and rolls it off with him.
...I am so glad I had great locks in that neighborhood.
It was a beat up Roadmaster x-mart bike I left out in the alley in broad daylight, and I camped the window with a stopwatch in one hand, mug of Mead in the other, waiting to see how long it takes before it gets stolen. I didn't even get the mug halfway down (around 10 mins) before someone runs by, grabs the bike, realizes it's not ridable, and rolls it off with him.
...I am so glad I had great locks in that neighborhood.
08-14-06, 02:14 PM
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I've had none stolen but my daughter and son in law had both of theirs taken from their garage while on a vacation.
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08-14-06, 03:59 PM
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Never had one stolen, although I once left my almost 40 year old 10 speed unlocked in a bad neighborhood... A couple of kids told me when I got out of the store that some vagrant was gonna take it but they caught him and knew it wasn't his bike so they questioned him and he left it instead. Spooked by a couple of kids, I guess.
Since then I keep a cable-lock with a thick plastic sleave and integrated lock hung under my seat at all times, so no matter where I go, I have a lock, short as it may be. When I lock the bike I always get it around part of the bike frame, through the rear (more expensive and harder to remove) wheel and then around something nobody's gonna be able to move.
I also don't have quick releases anywhere on the bike except my light - I carry two flat metal tire levers which have hex holes in them to accomidate the nuts holding the wheels on... I'm not too fussy if it takes 10 seconds and a little 'elbow grease' as opposed to 2 seconds to remove my wheels, I'm not running races.
Since then I keep a cable-lock with a thick plastic sleave and integrated lock hung under my seat at all times, so no matter where I go, I have a lock, short as it may be. When I lock the bike I always get it around part of the bike frame, through the rear (more expensive and harder to remove) wheel and then around something nobody's gonna be able to move.
I also don't have quick releases anywhere on the bike except my light - I carry two flat metal tire levers which have hex holes in them to accomidate the nuts holding the wheels on... I'm not too fussy if it takes 10 seconds and a little 'elbow grease' as opposed to 2 seconds to remove my wheels, I'm not running races.
08-14-06, 04:37 PM
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is it still 2 if they were both stolen at the same time? woke up one morning and both bikes were gone (maybe 3, it was a while ago) and dad's boat motor was gone, and a bunch of tools..
08-14-06, 04:38 PM
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Three.
One was my son's $600. BMX bike.
The other two were mine. Both were TREK Y-frame dual suspension MTN bikes. The first one was found.
However, the Cop - "The Community Liaison Officer" from the OPP detachment decided she needed it more than I and kept it for herself !!!!
The insurance replacement Y-TREK was also stolen six months later out of my locked garage in broad daylight. For all I know, she got that one too!
One was my son's $600. BMX bike.
The other two were mine. Both were TREK Y-frame dual suspension MTN bikes. The first one was found.
However, the Cop - "The Community Liaison Officer" from the OPP detachment decided she needed it more than I and kept it for herself !!!!
The insurance replacement Y-TREK was also stolen six months later out of my locked garage in broad daylight. For all I know, she got that one too!
08-14-06, 06:49 PM
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i had 1 atala (straight steel frame i believe, 1972 "giro de atala") totally rebuilt (main frame/triange only original part) stolen. it was my vessle to freedom (post tbi), took me x-usa ('82), x-PA ('83), all Nova Scotia ('85), and many club rides, centuries, and solo explorations. it was retired to commuter, removed from my use 1996 (someone broke into my locked shed and then bolt-cut cable locked bike). police here were pathetic.
almost like loosing a friend, feelings of sadness, helplessness, Anger, etc are re-surfacing as i write this!
moving forward, my newer bikes now are more task specific.
enjoy the ride!
almost like loosing a friend, feelings of sadness, helplessness, Anger, etc are re-surfacing as i write this!
moving forward, my newer bikes now are more task specific.
enjoy the ride!
