oooooooooooooooooooooohhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh....so sorry to hear it. Please let him know that we, at the TE board, feel sick about it, too.

Amazing that the thief would break into a firehouse and steal a bike locked to a truck. It makes me think maybe he knows what a valuable bike it is, and will sell it for almost what it's worth. I almost wish that, instead of imagining the poor bike in servitude with no appreciation.

I know it must burn your friend to serve in a community where no one else wants to go, to risk his life, and be rewarded by the theft of something he so treasures. I'm riding to the City clinic where I work today, but I'd never take the Bianchi. I lock the Marin in the womens' locker room in the basement. The room is mostly used for storage. But I really do not doubt that if I took the Bianchi, some city employee would see it, recognize its value, and find a way to strip it or steal it. While I was upstairs providing prenatal and gyne care for women too poor to get care any other way.

I hope the city's or firehouse's insurance will help him out. Very sad.