I'll need to find a new name.

My much loved and much upgraded TREK 420 was stollen from our home. The end of many happy miles and years of obsessing about upgrades.

I've reported it to the police, local used bike shops, the national bike registry.

You can list a stolen bike on the national bike regisrty for $0.99! If the bike is not found in 6 months, you can list another bike free.

I planned to buy a new bike in May anyway but I would always have kept this bike, it fit perfectly and I loved the double takes when cyclists saw that this was not just a regular 420.

People who know didly squat about bikes liked it because of the cool purple to green fade paint job and complimenting cinelli purple cow-spot handlebar tape. I clean all our bikes often so she looked brand new.

People who know about bikes would do this funny double take when they saw it's Ultegra throughout, flightdeck and the Mavic pro rims on a 420. Oh well, by now she's either sold for a hit of crack or stripped for the parts 8-(

But we're so lucky because if the break in occured while I was home things could have been much worse. And if it occured while we were away they could have taken more or worse harmed our dog to quiet her. I'm sure Mae tried to let the whole neighborhood know. But we're all ok and the weird thing is the only thing taken was this bike.

The four other bikes in the next room are locked to each other by multiple locks which then weave through a bike rack making stealing them a 6 person job. Unfortunately I'd taken the TREK off the rack and it was unlocked on my cycleops. I would not have thought I needed such security in my own home but...it happens.

I urge you all to lock your bikes even when in your home.

TREK420~maybe renamed Mondonico soon