Another one gone, another one gone...

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...another one bites the dust.

Bikes, that is. As in one of mine, gone. Came out of class, bike not there. Whomever made of with
my ride even took the lock...no pieces on

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ground, in nearby trashcans, etc. Well, I did find pieces of bike locks

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the trash...just not mine. That's reassuring.

I'm pretty bummed...this was the first bike I'd ever built up and now, barring a miracle, it's
gone forever.

I only rode it on campus because of this [censored] east coast weather...and because I wanted to take
this one flight of stairs with the high-speed

curbs

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and such at the end. This was exactly the second time all semester I rode

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mtb; every other day it was a [censored] old road bike no one wants to steal.

So, if anyone sees a '00 X-caliber built up all weird in the DC metro

area,

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hit them with a brick and email me.

Here's what was taken: pbase.com19501217Open ↗

X-cal frame, '02 RS Duke (yeah it sucks, but I paid like $100 for it new),
LX/XT/Avid Mag/Bontrager Select...it was a hell of a second bike.

Chris -hey, at least I still have my badass FS. And my new car. And my health. And this raging 4-
day headache from end-of-semester paper writing.

Either way, if you want to build a similar one back up at some point, I've got a gf big sur frame
I'm trying to get rid of. Hopefully you'll catch the jackass perp though!!!!!!

Jon Bond

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...another one bites the dust.

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Here's what was taken: pbase.com19501217Open ↗

X-cal frame, '02 RS Duke (yeah it sucks, but I paid like $100 for it new),
LX/XT/Avid Mag/Bontrager Select...it was a hell of a second bike.

That sucks, Chris -- hope they endo it on broken glass in a minefield...during an earthquake!

Bill "no offense, but there's NO WAY I'd let a decent bike out of my sight for more than a minute
or two" S.

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...another one bites the dust.

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Here's what was taken: pbase.com19501217Open ↗

X-cal frame, '02 RS Duke (yeah it sucks, but I paid like $100 for it

new),

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LX/XT/Avid Mag/Bontrager Select...it was a hell of a second bike.

That sucks, Chris -- hope they endo it on broken glass in a minefield...during an earthquake!

Bill "no offense, but there's NO WAY I'd let a decent bike out of my sight for more than a minute
or two" S.

Ditto - my good bike stays in my room behind locked door unless my roomie or me is in the room. Even
going to the bathroom I lock it.

Plus I've got an insurance policy on it for full replacement value... (read: combined MSRP of every
individual component!)

Jon Bond

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...another one bites the dust.

Bikes, that is. As in one of mine, gone. Came out of class, bike not there. Whomever made of with
my ride even took the lock...no pieces on

the

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ground, in nearby trashcans, etc. Well, I did find pieces of bike locks

in

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the trash...just not mine. That's reassuring.

Yeah, that sucks man ... nothing worse than that sinking feeling when you realize what happened.

Out of curiosity, what kind and brand of lock did you use?

C.Q.C.

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...another one bites the dust.

Bikes, that is. As in one of mine, gone. Came out of class, bike not there.

I've said it time and time again, buy a beater to commute.

JD

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...another one bites the dust.

Bikes, that is. As in one of mine, gone. Came out of class, bike not there. Whomever made of with
my ride even took the lock...no pieces on

the

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ground, in nearby trashcans, etc. Well, I did find pieces of bike locks

in

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the trash...just not mine. That's reassuring.

Big sympathy to you. That's is pitiful. Do hope you catch up with it by some miracle...

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Chris -hey, at least I still have my badass FS. And my new car. And my health. And this raging 4-
day headache from end-of-semester paper writing.

Now there's a memory I don't want refreshed.
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Off to ride the mountains, D H Reply to newsgroup. Spam is out of control.

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...another one bites the dust.

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Here's what was taken: pbase.com19501217Open ↗

X-cal frame, '02 RS Duke (yeah it sucks, but I paid like $100 for it

new),

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LX/XT/Avid Mag/Bontrager Select...it was a hell of a second bike.

That sucks, Chris -- hope they endo it on broken glass in a minefield...during an earthquake!

Bill "no offense, but there's NO WAY I'd let a decent bike out of my sight for more than a minute
or two" S.

Leaving anything alone in DC Metro for gods sake! It's like begging for someone to take it.

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Bill "no offense, but there's NO WAY I'd let a decent bike out of my sight for more than a minute
or two" S.

Understood...that's why I hadn't ridden it yet, why I felt the threat was lower in the cold rain on
a Wednesday in the middle of the damn day, and plus, it's a black and yellow bike with green tires
and a very craptastic chainwheel mod going on. I figured the average thief wouldn't know what he was
looking at for all the ugliness, and real cyclists understood the value of the bike...oh well.
Here's looking to the UMD police...hah!

I built that bike up that way (nine total speeds, no front shift, semi slicks, [censored] fork) just for
UMD commuting, incidentally. It's when I went up for a few volleyball games (my friend's a
trainer...plus there's chicks) and noticed all the cut cables and U-lock fragments that I picked up
a beater road bike. I figured two days of indulgence wouldn't kill me. Oh well.

Chris

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Out of curiosity, what kind and brand of lock did you use?

C.Q.C.

Don't remember the brand (it was a real lock by a real cycling company, but it's out of my head); it
was covered cable - I want to say just under half-inch - with a keyed padlock. The [censored]/[censored]
in question took the lock with them, so I can't say whether they cut the cable (most likely) or
popped the lock.

The problem? The brand wasn't Kryptonite. Next bike gets a New York-series lock, and the replacement
guarantee that goes with it.

Chris

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...another one bites the dust.

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Here's what was taken: pbase.com19501217Open ↗

X-cal frame, '02 RS Duke (yeah it sucks, but I paid like $100 for it

new),

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LX/XT/Avid Mag/Bontrager Select...it was a hell of a second bike.

That sucks, Chris -- hope they endo it on broken glass in a minefield...during an earthquake!

Bill "no offense, but there's NO WAY I'd let a decent bike out of my sight for more than a minute
or two" S.

you don't have anything to worry about. a potential thief would see that all of the allen heads on
the bike are now circular and that there's only one strand of cable shifting the rear derrailleur.
He'd figure he'd have to invest too much time and money in the d@mn thing to get it working well
enough so he could even score a quick buck with it that he'd just move on to the next easy target!

Michael

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Out of curiosity, what kind and brand of lock did you use?

C.Q.C.

Don't remember the brand (it was a real lock by a real cycling company,

but

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it's out of my head); it was covered cable - I want to say just under half-inch - with a keyed
padlock. The [censored]/[censored] in question took

the

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lock with them, so I can't say whether they cut the cable (most likely) or popped the lock.

The problem? The brand wasn't Kryptonite. Next bike gets a New

York-series

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lock, and the replacement guarantee that goes with it.

Chris

Don't trust the kryptonite guarantee too much. They need a broken/picked lock, plus your bike
registered both with the NBR and them within like a week of purchasing the lock. It is good
security, but just get a rider on your homeowner's insurance (or by itself, if you can get one -
don't know if you can) for full replacement value. Those are KEY words!

Jon Bond

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X-cal frame, '02 RS Duke ...

That sucks, Chris -- hope they endo it on broken glass in a minefield...during an earthquake!

Bill "no offense, but there's NO WAY I'd let a decent bike out of my sight for more than a
minute or two" S.

Leaving anything alone in DC Metro for gods sake! It's like begging for someone to take it.

You don't even have to be metro to get tapped these days. Friends of mine were camped *way* out in
the hinterlands between GJ and Moab. They were like 10 miles from pavement. They thought they were
far enough from "civilization" that they wouldn't need to worry about being ripped off. The bikes
were leaning against the truck and they were sleeping in the truck--gone when they woke up. An FSR
and a really nice Turner fully.

Bikes are too fence-able these days I think. And Crystal Meth isn't the bargain it used to be...
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Tom "never brings a lock & chain when camping 50 miles from town" Purvis
Salida, CO - arkansasvalley.nettpurvisOpen ↗

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Bill "no offense, but there's NO WAY I'd let a decent bike out of my

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for more than a minute or two" S.

you don't have anything to worry about. a potential thief would see that all of the allen heads on
the bike are now circular and that there's only one strand of cable shifting the rear derrailleur.
He'd figure he'd have

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invest too much time and money in the d@mn thing to get it working well enough so he could even
score a quick buck with it that he'd just move on

to

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the next easy target!

If you've got something to say, just say it! (Smart-[censored].)

Bill "rounded-out bolts keep thieves from stealing components* " S.

*like cleats off shoes, rear suspension braces, etc.

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Out of curiosity, what kind and brand of lock did you use?

C.Q.C.

Don't remember the brand (it was a real lock by a real cycling company, but it's out of my head);
it was covered cable - I want to say just under half-inch - with a keyed padlock. The
[censored]/[censored] in question took the lock with them, so I can't say whether they cut the cable
(most likely) or popped the lock.

The problem? The brand wasn't Kryptonite. Next bike gets a New York-series lock, and the
replacement guarantee that goes with it.

Chris

GEt the ny chain lock. I messengered in nyc, locked my bike 30-60 times a day for months on end.

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...another one bites the dust.

Bikes, that is. As in one of mine, gone. Came out of class, bike not there.

I've said it time and time again, buy a beater to commute.

JD

I did, that's what really chaps my ass. I have a forty-year-old road bike (that's right...it's from
the '60s, I'm from the '80s) that probably doesn't even need to be locked...this was only the scond
time this semester I've had the now-stolen bike locked outside.

I just wanted to jump a few curbs, hit some stairs, not swerve around potholes for one day...and I
get got for it.

I spent today passing out flyers with a photo, contact info, and a parts spec to all the LBSs and
pawn shops in the area, as if that's going to help. Oh well.

Chris

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Heh...I've turned in over 40 pages in 10 days. Classes are over; finals start Tuesday - I am
drinking myself into a coma tomorrow.

Chris -gotta love a good 'ole college binge

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Here's what was taken:

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Wow. That photo was viewed 201 times in the 24 hours after I posted this...good lord.

Um, thanks for listening to my sob story, I guess...sorry all the pictures suck, they're vid-caps.

Chris

Still pisses me off that schools don't do a damned thing about bike theft, I mean, how much are you
paying a year for your "education"? Tens of thousands of dollars worth of property is being stolen
on a regular basis and they don't care, but if just one woman makes up a story about being

Jesh, how much does a video camera cost? Seems there could be a lot of good answers to this problem
if the administrations seriously cared, like day long attended storage. I guess it don't really
matter since the security guards probably steal most of the bikes.

At least they're teaching you what it's like in the real world.

Were you ever going to sell the bike? I've heard of people engraving "never for sale" onto
every major component of their bikes. I might just do that, even on my old beater. A surprising
number of Sturmey Archer 3 speed hubs are being stolen, now that they are becoming increasingly
harder to find.

C.Q.C.

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Were you ever going to sell the bike? I've heard of people engraving "never for sale" onto every
major component of their bikes. I might just do that, even on my old beater. A surprising number
of Sturmey Archer 3 speed hubs are being stolen, now that they are becoming increasingly harder
to find.

C.Q.C.

An "audiophile" friend of mine had his beloved hifi stolen a few years ago. It was insured, but it
was something he had collected over many years, since his teens. When he finally assembled a new
system (around AUD$15,000) and decided it was his "system for life", he got a professional engraver
to put "Stolen from

though, on the visable faces, it actually looked like it was meant to be there
:-)

Cheers Greg

I'm really greg dot walton at swissonline dot ch