Thanks for the sympathy, everyone! God, these forums are so great.

I'm definitely looking into New York locks as well, and I haven't even gotten a new bike yet! As for bringing my next baby inside...it's a tough call because my apartment is on the third floor of my building and it's also very small. Since the bike was so heavy, I didn't want to get discouraged from riding because I'd have to lug it up and down. Also, I was keeping my boyfriend's bike in my apartment for a while, and there really weren't room for two (and truly, his is a nicer bike. I'd have wept of the Cannondale Adventure 400 got stolen instead of mine.).

As luck would have it, there's an unclaimed bike in the office downstairs from mine, and it's a cool-looking Trek mountain bike! More details as this story develops...