My Seven was stolen by a ****ing scumbag. I just finished another year of coaching high school mountain biking and instead of seeing the reward of doing good, my bike gets stolen.
My Seven was stolen by a ****ing scumbag. I just finished another year of coaching high school mountain biking and instead of seeing the reward of doing good, my bike gets stolen.
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Agreed. At first, I thought having my Mantis Profloater stolen while I was at work (yes, it was locked up, and in front of our security-manned employee entrance) sucked majorly, then...........
That's sucks bro. I honestly know how you feel. It's not as highspeed as your Seven, but my beloved Motiv Rockridge, that I bought back in 1991, was stolen 2 month's ago. Converted it to a single speed and had been using it as my commuter bike for the past 8 years.
Hey man, if you walk into traffic and get hit by a car, you're dumber than me.
If you leave you're bike out locked to something that's useless and you're **** gets jacked, again you're still dumber than me. Especially with as much shop experience as sanjuro has, and having grown up in NYC and licing in SF.
I still feel bad don't get me wrong. That seven was nice as **** and getting a bike jacked sucks. But my pity only goes so far
Hey man, if you walk into traffic and get hit by a car, you're dumber than me.
If you leave you're bike out locked to something that's useless and you're **** gets jacked, again you're still dumber than me. Especially with as much shop experience as sanjuro has, and having grown up in NYC and licing in SF.
I still feel bad don't get me wrong. That seven was nice as **** and getting a bike jacked sucks. But my pity only goes so far
The details: I went for a 4 hour ride, really exhausted.
But instead of going home right afterwards, I had to see a friend's band play at a club in the Tenderloin, one of the roughest neighborhoods in SF.
I locked my bike very securely, using a mini U-Lock, and a redundant cable lock thru the frame, wheels, and saddle; and my bike was right in front of the doorman.
90 minutes later, I come back outside, bike is still there.
But I was totally fried at this point, so I figure I get a slice down the street.
Lock my bike up again, but just the cable.
Inside for 3 minutes, my view was blocked so I wasn't paying attention, cable is snapped, bike is gone forever.
My biggest mistake was being extremely tired. I have locked my bike just using the cable, and locked my bike in the bad neighborhoods.
But I wasn't alert at all. I normally would be checking on it every 30 seconds, and I think I might have been scoped out before I stepped in the pizzeria. I would have noticed that if I wasn't exhausted.
I can deal with losing this bike, but what bothers me the most is that I should know better than anyone else how to protect my bike. I've been riding for decades, lived in the worst neighborhoods, and I am paranoid. But I had a moment of weakness and it was exploited.
The other thing is that a ****ing crackhead is riding on a bike I spent years putting together and maintaining.
Condolences. I had a bike jacked out of my car earlier this year. It sucks to know you did something stupid (why not use the u-lock you were carrying?) but bikes are replaceable, even expensive custom bikes.
Condolences. I had a bike jacked out of my car earlier this year. It sucks to know you did something stupid (why not use the u-lock you were carrying?) but bikes are replaceable, even expensive custom bikes.
When I analyzed it further, my u-lock, an OnGuard mini, was breaking.
The plastic sheathe had cracked apart, so it was harder to line up the pieces to insert the shackle into the crossbar. I am definitely not impressed with how OnGuard makes their locks.
So instead of taking 2 minutes to line up my lock pieces, I used my cable because it is quicker. Stupid me.
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