yeah...i mean, on one hand you were being civil, but in retrospect i'm sure it would've been a much better idea to hang around and after he unlocked your bike just taken it.

i couldn't get in that first link. what were you suggesting? i tried calling the number (not from my phone) but it just went through to some sort of voice recording. i'm assuming the guy called from some landline or a payphone. anyway, what's done is done. unfortunately i don't there's going to be any retribution and i'm getting more and more okay with that. just wish i could put a face to it though... i'm pretty curious

yeah i should've stuck around but i had no idea if the bike was locked up overnight/if it had been there for a while etc. i waited around for a good hour... the thing is there was a good chance that whoever was riding the bike didn't know it was stolen, or, at least, wasn't the thief. i'm guessing stolen bikes change hands pretty quickly

I thought this thread was going to be about this:



I bet in hell this is what all the bike theives have to ride (minus the Brooks of course - maybe with a hot poker in its place?). There. We're back on topic now.

Thanks for the mini-puke. That bike's disgusting.

That bike is ghetto fabulous.

That photo is great! Someone should do a race where you show up with your bike and a craptacular frame, and when the whistle blows you have to swap all of your parts onto someone else's junk frame and then ride the race. At least that's my concept for how that bike came to be.

This link doesn't work?
https://bikeforums.net/attachment.php...6&d=1154042640
Read the thread, but what happened was that Juvi was coming to Chicago so he posted his # here last-minute so people could catch up with him. Mikorp lost no time in posting the number, along with a hilarious photoshopped pic of Juvi, on a m4t ad on craigslist casual encounters. Sounds like the number is dead, but if it worked this would be a great way to get revenge.

Just think of it was a life lesson to be less attached to things; everything is imperimenant, just a matter of when it's gonna break/get stolen/ect.

Marqueemoon, thanks for posting that bike. I saw it earlier and just thought to myself, "Wow that is an odd looking thing." I'm glad that I wasn't to only one who thought it was offensive looking. I don't even know where to being, but I think the spacers on top of the stem is the worst part for me. And, that is saying a whole lot.

I've been at my computer for around fifteen straight hours working on a paper and now I'm sitting here in the late night/early morning laughing because I wasn't the only one who saw that bike on FGG and thought it was the worst things on two wheels.

Easily the worst part is the 'nago straight fork. At least it's not a Star Carbon, like I thought on first glance.

quoted for truth

ps **** this guy. if you do manage to get in direct contact with him again, stomp all over him and tell him next time lock up his ****ing mouth.

****...
I'd definitely call that number once... If the thief answers it, let your imagination free. Post a couple of ads on the net with that number. I vote for sexual offers but that's just me. Of course, only do that if you're not that attached to your own number...

I understand your bike was stolen but I think most bike thieves steal in order to sell. In other words, maybe you're victimizing someone else who bought you're bike from a thief, unknowingly. Honestly it's rough, when you're in the market for a used bike, to know exactly where it came from. Just don't assume. Investigate before you do something rash or else, in the end, you'll be the one feeling like a criminal. Good Luck.

That would not explain why the guy destroyed it. Bikes are also stolen just to have a bike. I hate people that destroy things for no good reason. Around here, I am more concerned with some drunk meat head just smashing up my bike for no reason than it being stolen. I see bikes locked up with taco'ed wheels with some regularity.

I would definitely call that number or better yet see if you can get a name attached to it.

Or you could russle up something like this (London phone box card aka tart card) and place it in phone booths around town.

At least you got the bike back and reasons to get all those upgrades you were meaning to do.

I used to ride my stepmother's Montgomery Ward(defunct store like Sears) 5 speed around campus. Never locked it. Left it in front of the science building for TWO days, then surprise, somebody stole it. That bike was 12 yrs. old, I was kinda curious who was that hard up for a bike.

A year later, I'm studying in a women's dorm lobby with some girls and I noticed the old bike alongside the rest. It had been repainted, new cables, new saddle. Somebody obviously was taking better care of it than me. I left a note on the saddle saying "cool bike, wherever did you find it?" The bike was gone the next day and it never returned. I guess the girl that stole it got a little scared. If she'd asked me, I'd have given her the bike.

One can't get to ones cushion if one is stuck across town because a lowlife took ones bike.

A man is only as big as what makes him angry.

I would cut the steerer tube and ride the $hit out of that bike!

This.....



Is wisdom.

rename the bike Phoenix. red, orange and black color scheme. make it really flashy, as cheaply as possible. lock it up where you found it with a crummy, easy-to-break lock. hide in the bushes with a baseball bat and maybe a friend (to keep you in check) and wait.

the first words out of your mouth should be "so...you like bikes??"

you'll be a crazy fool at that point. go with the flow.

or be like Serendipper said...keep your head up and don't let yourself get bitter; it's an easy thing to fall into, and very hard to get out.

If you were in NYC, I'd buy you a beer. People can really, really suck sometimes, that's just really uncivil and the sign of waaaaay deeper issues than your bicycle. Hell, it made *me* mad and it isn't even my bike. The wheels are expensive, but it sounds like your frame/bb/seatpost/hubs/stem/bars/brakes (if you ran them) are still OK. It'll take a little TLC and some $$$, but maybe not as much as you think.

Wow, not only stealing your bike, but f-ing it up when found out. Dude could have just walked away. Man some people really do suck.

Here's my idea Alex.

I'm thinking a good quality 24 hour web cam with infrared night vision aimed at a locked bike. We all get the URL and some could even record the video at night. If someone else can come up with the camera stuff and get it all hooked up, I can actually donate a bike and a cheap round key U-lock.
It even has a built in alarm. And a cable lock too.

Just an idea. It probably won't lead to anything, but who knows.