If you think your day was bad...

[Trek420]

what wannaduacentury sez "Sorry about your friends bike...Tell him to keep an eye on ebay and other auction sites and check local bike shops so they can keep a look out for it." and Craigslist, and the local bike chop shop uhm flea market...

Nearby my home there's a hardware store that at first I was tickled pink to find has bike stuff. Hey, on the way home, I need a tube.... But on closer inspection the parts they have are used and stripped from ..... the "used" bikes they sell.

I asked myself "self" I asked "If you have a bike with a nice kit, you'd keep it together and sell it as is. Right? Why would you ever not?"

Right...to sell a hot bike.

So I think at minimum....he's not too careful where his bikes are from.

Sometimes I go there when I need a paintbrush or something, but I always check Craigs first and see who's lost what bike. And I have e-mailed people "your bike MIGHT be at ____ hardware, check it out".

Yes, I've talked to the cops, my LBS is the mechanic for the local PD's bike cops also.

I think there's a special place in H*** for bike theives, and below that is the special place for anyone who'd steal from the fire dept.

And, two women in my dept. had heart attacks in the last month. One at work, one at home. Both survived, both my age.