Lee's back wheel was stolen!
30 March 2008
Filed under Life
(not Lee’s actual bike, but a reasonable approximation of what the scene looked like)
As Jacqui, Lee, and I left work on Friday, we were talking about biking-related subjects. We opened the front door to our building and walked towards our customary bike rack thing. Lee’s bike was U-locked to it, but I noticed something odd. His back wheel was missing!
I asked Lee if he had taken his rear wheel up with him earlier (which would’ve been strange). He told me no and then noticed what I had seen. His rear wheel had been stolen!
And not only had it been stolen, it was stolen off a bike locked on a sidewalk in broad daylight, on a busy street, in a fairly nice section of downtown!
Poor lee had to take his bike up to the office, minus a wheel and ride the bus home in shame. I feel really bad for Lee, but it makes me feel a bit better about securely locking up both my wheels/frame in the morning. I think I might start doing the procedure of removing my front wheel and locking everything up in the rear.
At least Lee didn’t end up like one of these people:
I’m constantly amazed at the number of people who don’t realize they have to lock up through their wheels and the frame.
29 Comments
#1. Ben posted this 6 months, 2 weeks ago.
I’m sorry to hear that for Lee! I had my bike locked up in broad daylight in a small Kansas town and someone took my bike seat and seat post. These days you have to have every inch of your bike locked down it seems. :(
#2. Clint Ecker posted this 6 months, 2 weeks ago.
Yeah, it totally sucks. We’ve had both our rear fenders stolen, but nothing this brazen!
I’m definitely going to be giving some extra attention to locking up my bike from now on.
#3. Paul posted this 6 months, 2 weeks ago.
Bummer. I had the same disappointment when I lived in Chicago several years ago working at Jellyvision. My bike was locked to a rail inside the locked exterior door. Someone still managed to slip in and take the wheels. Where do all of these wheels go??
I also had 2 bikes stolen from behind our flat when we lived on N. Orleans. I managed to pay some kids on Sedgewick $20 to find them and bring them back… outsourced justice!
- Paul
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