I forgot to say that while my bike was never recovered, I was advised to, and did, scour all the local pawn shops, local newspaper ads, etc. I also sent a picture to all the bike shops in town in case it was brought in for appraisal/service (believe it or not thieves sometimes do this), or sell it off cheap to an unsuspecting soul that brings it in for service, etc. My bike club also ran a picture in the south texas cycling news, since it was a very distinctive bike the hope was that folks might spot someone riding it, but all this did was cause my husband to get repeatedly stopped since he also rides a blue bike friday that looks very similar to my stolen one, expect that it is a larger frame size. I also listed it in the stolen bike registries on line, and we have a club member who is on our local police dept. bike patrol that kept a lookout for me, circulated info. to the other officers, etc., and told me to phone him if I ever see someone riding it for assitance. I do know friends that have recovered stolen bikes successfully, but my bike was never recovered. I was able to file a claim on my homeowners policy, but I had a very large deductable so while it helped, it didn't help as much as I would have liked.