Velvet Posted May 13, 2008 Report Share Posted May 13, 2008 From my front porch, downtown Ottawa. It was locked to itself. Mainly orange Bonelli, covered with stickers from Europe and eastern Canada. Basket on the front, with a speedometer/odometer registering almost 5,000kms. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
phishtaper Posted May 13, 2008 Report Share Posted May 13, 2008 sorry to hear this. sucks. insured? btw, how can an orange bike be manly? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Velvet Posted May 13, 2008 Author Report Share Posted May 13, 2008 It wasn't manly. It was my bike. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Basher Posted May 13, 2008 Report Share Posted May 13, 2008 btw, how can an orange bike be manly? It had a basket on the front, and it's the colour your worried about? Sorry to hear Velvet - with such a unique bike and a crew of vigilante hippies on the lookout, I am confident that justice will be served. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Freak By Night Posted May 13, 2008 Report Share Posted May 13, 2008 Sons of bitches! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ms.Huxtable Posted May 13, 2008 Report Share Posted May 13, 2008 It's official. My faith in humanity is dead.Sorry to hear that Velvet. I can certainly empathize. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
phishtaper Posted May 13, 2008 Report Share Posted May 13, 2008 oh, nevermind, i thought "mainly" said "manly". still, sucks. ... a crew of vigilante hippieshey, there it is! let's get him! come back thief! ... huff huff huff ... hey man, look, a puppy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Velvet Posted May 13, 2008 Author Report Share Posted May 13, 2008 Phew! On my walk to the bikeshop to see if they had thwe serial number I found it! The bastards tried to cut through my mondo lock and gave up, tossing the bike (manly basket and all) over a fence by the Queensway. With the help of my neighbor I hopped the fence (made me feel fifteen again) and we retrieved it. Seems like there is no damage aside from them trying to get through the lock, but even that doesn't need replacing!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Basher Posted May 13, 2008 Report Share Posted May 13, 2008 Nice! Dust for prints. If you need help doing it, I think there is a pretty reliable method outlined in Beverly Hills Cop 2. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AD Posted May 13, 2008 Report Share Posted May 13, 2008 well that's a good ending! nice. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bagochips Posted May 13, 2008 Report Share Posted May 13, 2008 (edited) Didn't the same bike get stolen from the same place once before? Or am I misremembering?Either way, I'm happy for you that you got it back! Edited May 13, 2008 by Guest Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ms.Huxtable Posted May 13, 2008 Report Share Posted May 13, 2008 YAY! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
badams Posted May 13, 2008 Report Share Posted May 13, 2008 Glad to hear you got your bike back...I would be so pissed if mine was stolen. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gr8FuL Posted May 13, 2008 Report Share Posted May 13, 2008 Glad to see you found your bike!! not too many happy endings in those types of situations , so best possible scenario,besides catching the fuckers in the act and beatig them senseless. where i live i've never owned a bike lock, never locked my house door, EVER , leav emy keys in the ignition of my unlocked car, and everyone is the same way. I could NEVER live in a big city, or any city forthat matter EVER. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
phorbesie Posted May 13, 2008 Report Share Posted May 13, 2008 yay! that's wonderful. now make sure to lock it up properly mkay? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheGoodRev Posted May 13, 2008 Report Share Posted May 13, 2008 Oh man, this is the second happy ending bike story I've read in as many days!If you've got ten minutes, read about how this guy finds his stolen bike on Craigslist and he and a girl he only really knows from Stillepost meet up and reclaim it from the thief:http://www.stillepost.ca/boards/index.php?topic=104958.0 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Davey Boy 2.0 Posted May 13, 2008 Report Share Posted May 13, 2008 i tried for about 45 minutes to get through that lock, CC. next time i'll be throwing it onto the queensway not just beside it Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Velvet Posted May 13, 2008 Author Report Share Posted May 13, 2008 Didn't the same bike get stolen from the same place once before? Or am I misremembering?Either way, I'm happy for you that you got it back!Well, yes. Someone tried to take it from the front porch and just left it on the sidewalk in front of the house...I suspect it's 'cuz they realised they wouldn't get through the lock. I'm off to the hardware store now to get something to anchor my lock to the porch.Thanks for the well-wishes everyone. It's not the fanciest bike in the world so normally I wouldn't be tooooo upset but the fact that it's the bike I've taken on all my bike trips...well, I wanna keep it forever. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Booche Posted May 13, 2008 Report Share Posted May 13, 2008 Oh man, this is the second happy ending bike story I've read in as many days!A happy ending bike story? Please refrain from telling us the other version. Thanks in advance. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PalacePrincess Posted May 13, 2008 Report Share Posted May 13, 2008 ...well, I wanna keep it forever.as you should! after reading all your amazing trip logs, i could tear up at the thought of that bike being gone forever. glad it is safe & sound! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mattm Posted May 13, 2008 Report Share Posted May 13, 2008 (edited) That's crazy. Just two days ago someone stole the guy upstairs from us' bike around 11am from the front porch. He had left it there for the past 2 years, completely unlocked and it finally got stolen but it really irks me that someone just walks up mid-day and rides off. We were in the house and so was he. Edited May 13, 2008 by Guest Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jay Funk Dawg Posted May 13, 2008 Report Share Posted May 13, 2008 I've had 3 bikes stolen from me in Toronto - I can't imagine buying another one! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blurry Posted May 13, 2008 Report Share Posted May 13, 2008 Crazy!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sarahbelle Posted May 13, 2008 Report Share Posted May 13, 2008 yay I am glad you found your bike. I really hate people that steal bikes. what a bunch of jerks!! I am lucky that no one has stolen mine.. I ALWAYS always take the seat off if I am leaving it for a while... I can't beleive that the person who took it would just get rid of it too.. and I thought baskets on bikes=automatic stealing deterant... grrr... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kanada Kev Posted May 13, 2008 Report Share Posted May 13, 2008 and I thought baskets on bikes=automatic stealing deterant... grrr... No way! Bikes with baskets can FLY! I thought Peewee's bike had a basket, but it doesn't Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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