If you think your day was bad...

Put yourself in my buddy Raynes shoes (he's a "HE" btw)...

"My bike was stolen last night.

This guy had some gall. the bike was mounted and locked to the roof rack of my truck and was parked inside the apparatus bay of my fire station. This poor soul waited until we left on a call then broke into the fire house and ripped the bike off of my rack.

When we pulled back into quarters at zero dark thirty I discoved my bike had dissapeared. I've been nauseous ever since.

the beautiful bike...a 2003 US postal trek 5900, full carbon, full dura ace, fully gone into the depth of bike he--.

Knowing the area I serve my bike will be thrust into a life of servitude being bartered for some crack, or possibly carrying 100 sacks of clothes for a 6' bag lady or towing a home made trailer full of an entire lifes worth of soda cans, no more racing, no more polish and lube. Fair the well my little carbon buddy, fair the well.

I've begun saving for a new ride. I guess I'll focus on my running."

Could you imagine?? Oh there is a new place in hell reserved just for that thug!

GRrrrrrr..

I hope they find the F********* that stole his bike & then subjects him to some ironman strength..

UGH....dorks

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Makes me feel sick to the stomach to think about it.
To go from being the love of someone's life, straight into the hands of someone who doesn't even know its joy and value is a sad, sad place to be.

oooooooooooooooooooooohhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh....so sorry to hear it. Please let him know that we, at the TE board, feel sick about it, too.

Amazing that the thief would break into a firehouse and steal a bike locked to a truck. It makes me think maybe he knows what a valuable bike it is, and will sell it for almost what it's worth. I almost wish that, instead of imagining the poor bike in servitude with no appreciation.

I know it must burn your friend to serve in a community where no one else wants to go, to risk his life, and be rewarded by the theft of something he so treasures. I'm riding to the City clinic where I work today, but I'd never take the Bianchi. I lock the Marin in the womens' locker room in the basement. The room is mostly used for storage. But I really do not doubt that if I took the Bianchi, some city employee would see it, recognize its value, and find a way to strip it or steal it. While I was upstairs providing prenatal and gyne care for women too poor to get care any other way.

I hope the city's or firehouse's insurance will help him out. Very sad. :( :mad:

I'm sorry, but I think I can beat that in a very sad way.

On Monday, when I went to work, one of my colleagues Carolyn who had just pulled into the staff carpark collapsed next to her car. 3 of my other colleagues tried in vain to resuscitate her, but to no avail. The ambulances came but could not revive her, and Carolyn aged 49, passed away. She was a beautiful vibrant lady.

Because she had collapsed in the carpark, it was in full view of many of the staff who were coming into work at the time. So it affected many of us and it was awfully traumatic.

The morning passed in a bit of sad blur, and then I got an email from my 2:30 meeting. Another colleague just heard that his father passed away that morning and he had to go interstate to make arrangements for his father's funeral.

It was a depressing and sad day.

Very sorry to hear about it, Eva. Yup, loss of life always puts loss of stuff in perspective.

I am sorry the bike was stolen. I, too, wonder if the thief knew its value.

Your friend may want to look for it on ebay. . .

it really does turn my stomach. I just don't understand how people can do that. No conscious at all. I hope justice is served.

Sorry about your friends bike, I'd be mad too. Tell him to keep an eye on ebay and other auction sites and check local bike shops so they can keep a look out for it. I'm 1 mi from my firehouse(also used to be a vol) and people stole tv's and such all the time, bad part was it was the relatives of our supposed members who scouted the place. Ugh! So we had to lock everything b/f we left on our runs.

You might get your friend to check with his car insurance or homeowners insurance to see if the bike is covered. I just recently bought a house and my insurance covers 10k worth of valuables with me when I am away from home, and I think car insurance may do something similar.

Jessica

Eva- wow! Sorry to hear of the loss of your colleague. last year a former co worker dropped in pretty much the same manner, and it still haunts me. He was in his side yard dumping the trash. A neighbor spotted his body the next morning. He died of a massive coronary. But the real sad part was this guy was former coast guard and kept himself in really good shape. At the firm when the other marketing guys were scarfing doughnuts and fast food he was eating bananas and yogurt. He was also a runner and his brother was an ironman. I still question how something like that could happen to such a health consious guy?! But like I've said before... It's just another reason to cherish every day we have here!

As for Rayne's bike, yeah it stinks! I'll suggest that he call his ins. company. I know he's a homeowner.
And I thought my day was bad. Apparently someone swiped the fed ex box from Terry w/ 3 sweet little skirts in it. The real bummer is that they prolly just chucked it when they opened the box and saw what it was. I mean it's really no use to anyone unless they cycle. But meanwhile I'm out 152 clams! :mad:

Sorry about all the bad days going around! I'm going to appreciate my day a little more (especially after a nice ride early this morning).

what wannaduacentury sez "Sorry about your friends bike...Tell him to keep an eye on ebay and other auction sites and check local bike shops so they can keep a look out for it." and Craigslist, and the local bike chop shop uhm flea market...

Nearby my home there's a hardware store that at first I was tickled pink to find has bike stuff. Hey, on the way home, I need a tube.... :o But on closer inspection the parts they have are used and stripped from ..... the "used" bikes they sell.

I asked myself "self" I asked "If you have a bike with a nice kit, you'd keep it together and sell it as is. Right? Why would you ever not?"

Right...to sell a hot bike.

So I think at minimum....he's not too careful where his bikes are from.

Sometimes I go there when I need a paintbrush or something, but I always check Craigs first and see who's lost what bike. And I have e-mailed people "your bike MIGHT be at ____ hardware, check it out".

Yes, I've talked to the cops, my LBS is the mechanic for the local PD's bike cops also.

I think there's a special place in H*** for bike theives, and below that is the special place for anyone who'd steal from the fire dept.

And, two women in my dept. had heart attacks in the last month. One at work, one at home. Both survived, both my age.

Sorry about all of the"bad days." RM, your friend dropped because of family history! My husband, cyclist, good eater, already on Lipitor and BP meds was having chest pain last yr. After 2 docs saying it was nothing, he ended up having 2 80% blockages, and had stents put in. If he wasn't a cyclist, he probably would have gone out and shoveled snow and dropped dead. It's possible your friend ignored some of the subltle signs of heart disease (like, I'm hurting because I rode or ran too far!) and then had the massive heart attack. Men do tend to do this, especially athletes. It was stricltly family history for my husband... no one could believe he had heart disease>

Robyn