Bike Thieves Are Evil

I need to vent. My kids were home from college and threw a party for the Yale Boy's Acapella Group that was in town to perform at their old high school, and for some of their old high school friends. We kept the party in the backside of the house, but obviously doors were open in front to let kids in and out. What did I discover today? My son's cannondale full suspension mountain bike was gone, taken right from my living room! The only good news is that my terry titanium isis w custom crank set sitting right next to it, and my husband's trek 5500 carbon/durace bike were still there.

We can't imagine any of the guests doing it, so just think some kid must have been walking by, noticed all the activity, saw the bikes in the living room, and picked the one he'd most like to ride and slipped out a side entrance with it (the living room has french doors that open to the outside) and rode away on it.

So, just a warning, if you have kids that throw parties while you are sleeping (even for nice kids), stow your bikes and valuables in your bedroom!!

This isn't my first experience with bike theft. I had my beloved bike friday pocket rocket pro stolen, locked to a bike rack at work. The reason my son hadn't brought his bike to college was he was afraid it would be stolen on a college campus, so he took a beater to school and left this one here where it was 'secure.' I wasn't able to bike commute this morning, but before leaving I locked my Isis to my banister with a NYC kryptonite lock inside my house. Sheesh. I don't even feel safe in my own house anymore.

wow - that really blows. sorry it happened to you. :mad:

Oh that is just too much. :mad: :mad: :mad:
I hope you could give photos of the bike to the police. Maybe put up some posters around the area about the stolen bike?
Make sure some of the guests know that this happened....in case they see someone they know riding around on it.

So sorry, it really really stinks.

That really sucks! I can't imagine having something stolen from my home (or at least I don't want to...)

I do remember your story from your Bike Friday - so, I have to confess, I'm glad it wasn't your bike. But still....that sucks!!

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That is awful.

It's good they left the other two, but still...:mad::mad::mad:

that really sucks.

Lisa has some really good suggestions.

Actually, they left 3 bikes, all of which had more value. DH's bike friday was also right next to the one they took. But the mountain bike looked coolest to a boy.

Yeh, I know what to do, been there done that. My kids already asked all their friends to be on the lookout, but after what happened with my bike friday I am not optimistic.

Thanks for the support guys. I really just needed a place to vent.

Oh no -- not again! I am so, so sorry. There is nothing else to say. I know how careful you are after having your own bike stolen. Who would ever expect to have a bike stolen out of their own home when they were there?! Boggles the mind!

Jeez louise -- there is a special place in h*ll for these thieves! :mad: :(

Emily

oh that s*cks. I am so sorry for you. :mad:

Yeh, that's why they were in my living room and not the garage. Feronia in fact was in my bedroom on the trainer. All I can say is at least it wasn't Isis or Feronia. I couldn't go through getting another custom crank set made again. I can't believe Isis was right next to this bike, and Rui's friday was right behind it, at least he took the cheapest bike in the room but it still blows.

For a while after my friday was stolen I did lock Isis to my weight bench inside my house, but then I moved the bench upstairs and thought I was being paranoid......

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Originally Posted by emily_in_nc

Oh no -- not again! I am so, so sorry. There is nothing else to say. I know how careful you are after having your own bike stolen. Who would ever expect to have a bike stolen out of their own home when they were there?! Boggles the mind!

Jeez louise -- there is a special place in h*ll for these thieves! :mad: :(

Emily

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trisk-How annoying :mad: Poo!

The same thing happened to Ian when we first bought our house. The first thing we did was call the good bike shops in town who might be able to put the word out. We never did see it again :mad:

Some people need a slap on the head

I tell ya, I'd be regularly cruising the bike racks on the campus, with my receipt and bolt cutters in hand.

I've cried over so many stolen bikes in my youth. I know the feeling.

Karen

While, of course, none of your kids' friends would have done such a thing (...) certainly someone must have seen someone leave with the bike. Contact all the people who were there and ask them outright if they saw anyone take the bike.

Best of luck in getting it back.

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Originally Posted by tulip

While, of course, none of your kids' friends would have done such a thing (...) certainly someone must have seen someone leave with the bike. Contact all the people who were there and ask them outright if they saw anyone take the bike.

Best of luck in getting it back.

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Not to be a wet rag, but one of your house guests could have done it. I've spent a few years around law enforcement (rode with a sheriff's deputy for 3 summer seasons, among other things), and it was truly amazing the number of "good kids" that got into trouble, often taking advantage of an opportunity. The parents were usually the "not my child, he/she is a good boy/girl." Yeah, right. Guess I'm a cynic. I'd talk to the kids that were at your house, as a group, and ask if anyone knows anything, please return the bike, stealing is wrong, it's a bad reflection on their organization, their school, etc.

Gargh
That sucks - BIG TIME!

I'm with BMCC... I am a cycnic too... I wouldn't discount the friends immmediately. We like to think those we gather around us are without reproach but unfortunately it is not always so.

Hopefully it was none of them.
Def contact the invited ones.
Hopefully one of them might have a clue about when it went missing, or an idea of where it might be.
Perhaps just asking around might help it miraculously reappear on your doorstep...

RIght... some times a "no questions asked" deal will let a 'good kid tempted' undo what he did.

Rats, the "bicycle as super hero" video that I first saw from team estrogen doesn't seem to be out there anymore. It was a real cutie about a bicycle that wreaks its own vengeance on a bicycle thief or ten...

I realize that it may very well have been a guest. I did have my kids send an email to all in attendance, inquiring if someone may have "borrowed" it to get home and forgotten to return it (as another way of saying no questions asked), if they saw anything, etc. While I don't think it was someone in their inner circle, I know these kids well, it easily could have been a friend of a friend that was legitimately there.

Even though this wasn't MY bike (although it is a $ loss for us) I think I am so upset that it happened inside my own home.