The Stolen Bike Nightmare
11-09-10, 10:49 AM
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The Stolen Bike Nightmare
How often do you get this? It happens at least once a month for me...
11-09-10, 10:52 AM
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Throw the stick!!!!
Never, of course that's why I have insurance. 
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11-09-10, 10:55 AM
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Never...I have a nightmare that I can fly but can't get more than about 3" off the ground no matter how hard I try.
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11-09-10, 10:55 AM
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Never. Other than outside a cafe or at a group rest stop, I rarely leave any bike in a place where it could be stolen. Not at the market or on a campus or on the street...
How do you use your bike?
How do you use your bike?
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11-09-10, 11:00 AM
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I usually sit astride it, with my feet on the pedals, hands on the handle bars, and butt on the saddle. I thought that was how your supposed to. How do you use your bike?
11-09-10, 11:01 AM
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Sometimes I think about it during the day when I have a couple minutes. Then I remember that I bought stuff cheap enough to replace (upgrade? oh yeah) without major headaches. And insurance.
11-09-10, 11:02 AM
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Really? Never happens with me.
I did have my bike stolen back when I went to college in Baltimore. It was an amazingly good bike, top of the line for its time (1985). That totally sucked.
I did have my bike stolen back when I went to college in Baltimore. It was an amazingly good bike, top of the line for its time (1985). That totally sucked.
11-09-10, 11:26 AM
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You gonna eat that?
Never. My most expensive bike would cost less than $1k to replace as is and I could live with less. If it vanished it would be an inconvenience but not a disaster. It would just be an excuse to start looking at CL more seriously. 
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11-09-10, 11:31 AM
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I've had it. I have no reason to fear getting my bike stolen, but I had the dream anyway, and it sucked.
Then I had the one about blowing off class all semester and only showing up for the final.
Next, I'm downtown in my underwear.
Then, I'm having a cigarette.
It never ends.
Then I had the one about blowing off class all semester and only showing up for the final.
Next, I'm downtown in my underwear.
Then, I'm having a cigarette.
It never ends.
11-09-10, 11:47 AM
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I doesn't happen often but it does happen. And I wake up pretty freaked out.
11-09-10, 11:53 AM
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I did have a nightmare once about stollen baby bike bolts.
Oh yeah, that was a thread not a nightmare.
Oh yeah, that was a thread not a nightmare.
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Just once, over 20 years ago. I had my first MTB locked up next to a guard shack in the Navy shipyards. Found the lock on the ground where the 2-week old Diamondback used to be. Uncle Sam reimbursed me. Thanks everyone.
...and of course, knock on wood.
...and of course, knock on wood.
11-09-10, 11:57 AM
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Throw the stick!!!!
My deductible would be about the same as my pedals so I think I would go ahead and turn it in.
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11-09-10, 12:11 PM
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Never. My bikes sleep in the living room on the same side of the padlocked door that I do. And I usually park one in the bedroom to look at while falling asleep.
And I also get to park my bike in my office at work.
And I also get to park my bike in my office at work.
11-09-10, 12:14 PM
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Throw the stick!!!!
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11-09-10, 12:30 PM
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Never have a stolen bike nightmare. The only consistent recurring nightmare is that I'm in college, taking an exam in a course I have never been to and never read the material for. Actually, not to far from reality during my last semester of college.
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11-09-10, 12:33 PM
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This stolen bike nightmare is what kept me off the saddle for almost 20 years. My MTB was stolen along with my friend's a long time ago while it was locked on a rack unattended. It was a dumb mistake as to why it was left unattended, but after that incident, I lost all passion and gave away my road bike. Now I have nightmares about the wife telling me NO MORE BIKE SINCE YOU ALREADY HAVE A BIKE! It's an MTB, but they're all the same to her. I mean she already shook her head when she found out what road bike I wanted. That alone is already a freakin' nightmare... <_<
11-09-10, 12:45 PM
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I have a dream that's remarkable similar to this. I'm played here by Pee Wee. My dream bike is way cooler than his.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t4o9U0K9R8w
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t4o9U0K9R8w
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11-09-10, 12:50 PM
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Hey stolen bike means new bike (upgrade time). Not that I want to lose what I put all that time/money into, but I'm not attached to my possessions. My wife, on the other hand, cried both times we sold her car and when we sold her kitchen table/chairs.