Yeah, I felt the same way about the chain, but by the time he told me about it and i said 'well let me know what type of chain and i will find one for you' he had gotten impatient and bought a new bike. He doesn't know anything about bikes so I was having problems helping him out from far away.

It looks like if he needs one asap my fiancee will give him his beater mtnbike/commuter so he has something. i told him to talk to bike shops about the theft and to keep an eye on craigslist.

K.