Congratulations!
Welcome guest, is this your first visit? Click the "Create Account" button now to join.
Results 1 to 15 of 16
Thread: Stolen bike RECOVERED!
Hybrid View
-
06-26-2007, 09:29 AM #1
Nemesiiis!
- Join Date
- Jun 2007
- Location
- Denton, TX
- Posts
- 34
-
06-26-2007, 10:51 AM #2
TimeTrial Wannabe
- Join Date
- Apr 2005
- Location
- Middle Earth
- Posts
- 3,997
Mimi- fab story... I take it bike ok? in tact? This guy who "found" it had replaced cable as well as the new wheel?
Great it "found" its way home again... wouldn't it be great if this type of story was the rule, not the exception?
And does Raleighdonson now have two bikes instead of one?
Courage does not always roar. Sometimes, it is the quiet voice at the end of the day saying,
"I will try again tomorrow".
-
06-26-2007, 11:44 AM #3
I like bikes
- Join Date
- Apr 2006
- Location
- Seattle
- Posts
- 8,548
Road Raven
Raleighdonson has two bikes now, yes. And since he's the slug of the family, he's not riding either.
I am not sure what you are talking about. It's a fixie and now it has a freewheel. It used to NOT have a freewheel, which I believe means that when your pedal moves in either direction, the wheels move too.
-
06-26-2007, 12:35 PM #4
listen to the bees
- Join Date
- Jul 2006
- Location
- Riding my Luna & Rivendell in the Hudson Valley, NY
- Posts
- 8,411
There's a new fad going around in young daredevil bikers to do trick riding much like skateboarding. They ride backwords too. Somebody wanted to use your bike for these riding gymnastics, or just to be "cool".
Originally Posted by mimitabby
If it were me I would have brought the police to talk to the young man about where he got the bike. Could be he already was on record for bike swiping. People need to learn there are consequences for taking bikes- whether they assume the bike is "abandoned" or whether they maliciously steal it.
Glad you got the bike back though- a good ending! Maybe you should just sell it as a freewheeler now- you'll get more than $20 for it I'm sure.Lisa
My mountain dulcimer network...FOTMD.com...and my mountain dulcimer blog
My personal blog:My blog
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
-
06-26-2007, 12:44 PM #5
I like bikes
- Join Date
- Apr 2006
- Location
- Seattle
- Posts
- 8,548
I agree with you Lisa, I would have called the police or at least the campus police! and i certainly would not have given him 20 bucks for giving back something he "FOUND"
-
06-26-2007, 01:14 PM #6
Small world, big life!
- Join Date
- Apr 2006
- Posts
- 3,867
drift: Doesn't it turn the wheels backwards when you pedal if it is a "fixed gear" bike? Doesn't a freewheel mean the wheels don't turn when you pedal backwards?
So they put a freewheel on it, and now it's like all our bikes, not like a fixie.
Karen
-
06-26-2007, 01:19 PM #7
I like bikes
- Join Date
- Apr 2006
- Location
- Seattle
- Posts
- 8,548
yes, Karen, I think that's right
-
06-26-2007, 01:23 PM #8
Team Pink
- Join Date
- May 2007
- Location
- San Antonio Heights, CA (Upland)
- Posts
- 1,067
Awesome! Reminds me of when Dh's truck was stolen. I actually saw it being stolen from our apartment, told Dh, who ran outside in shorts and tank top, no shoes. Saw it idling in the street while one of the two guys was getting into his own car. Dh opened the driver door, grabbed the guy by his shirt and yanked with all his might ... to no avail. The guy hit the gas and drug Dh down the road. When he turned right, Dh went tumbling onto the street. After a trip to the ER with MAJOR road rash, he was thankfully okay.
The very next day, I spotted it parked not too far from our apartment. They had apparently dumped it after the episode with Dh. Good thing, too, because our livelyhood was in that truck. His tools and supplies for some work he was about to do, which we needed desparately. We never thought we'd see that truck or everything that was in it again.
Congrats on getting the bike back! I wonder if we'll come across my 9 year old's bike that was stolen recently. Hmmm!!!
Reply With Quote
