Not in Abilene, they don't. I did call and report it to the police, but I don't expect them to actually do anything about it. The only point in calling them is so I can legally take it back if I or one of my friends happen to see it somewhere.

I was advised by a friend who works at one of the pawn shops here in town that I need to check with them periodically as although the cops are supposed to look over their inventory they're not particularly thorough about it.

The PA-02 survived longer than 2 weeks before the creaks and rust set in, but Central Texas is a heck of a lot drier than Chengdu, even with the unusual rain this year.

It gets worse; I figured "Oh well, guess I'd better fix up the Murray" and went out to the garage to find that the Murray, which was hanging on the wall with no wheels, had also been stolen. Why you would steal a bike with no wheels is beyond me but here we are.

I wouldn't let a thing like a stolen bike let me miss a day commuting by bicycle. I've been riding my wife's Skyway and one of my coworkers just gave me a Schwinn mtb that looks like it'll convert to a nice commuter with a few modifications.