Comments on: Commuter Story: Taking Back What’s Rightfully Ours!

By: stevetheupsguy

stevetheupsguy — Tue, 08 Jul 2008 02:07:17 +0000

This was an awesome story. Glad you got the bike back and loved the way you told it, I felt like I was there. It’s so true about riding a bike and being aware of everything outside.

By: david p.

david p. — Tue, 01 Jul 2008 16:03:21 +0000

man, i bet you were so pumped with adrenaline! that must’ve been really exciting. great story!

By: Cycling

Cycling — Wed, 25 Jun 2008 15:39:33 +0000

Gripping story! After ‘losing’ many bikes in the past I know how frustrating it can be so I’m glad they got some comeuppance.

By: Raiyn

Raiyn — Wed, 25 Jun 2008 08:31:27 +0000

Perhaps now would be a good time to suggest the National Bike Registry? Just an added layer of protection like good locks and proper locking technique.

By: matthew booth

matthew booth — Tue, 24 Jun 2008 21:46:36 +0000

Enhancement Smoker – that was a nice attempt to lower the quality of the website… I don’t care for idiots much.

Kaz – I’m glad you got your bike back. I had my bike stolen of my bike rack while my car was parked in a church building parking lot on Sunday morning. I would have paid money o get the chance to see someone riding it around and call the cops on them.

Perhaps it was a bit of good karma…

By: Dman

Dman — Tue, 24 Jun 2008 20:14:11 +0000

Great story! A good friend of mine had a brand new (two days old!!) $600 DK BMX stollen while we were in college. We searched all over town for weeks for the bike…never saw it. Glad some stories turn out better!

By: kaz kougar

kaz kougar — Tue, 24 Jun 2008 20:11:11 +0000

Actually Enhancement Smoker, “The bad guys” were white as am I. And my two youngest children are black, I love them very much and that is no joke! And get this, I have Latino friends as well. Therefore I have no qualms with anyone based on their race.
For the record the “bad guy” was carrying a brown bag that appeared to contain an unknown beverage container of sorts.
Let me guess, you are a glass is half empty kind of guy?

We’re off subject but I just had to speak my peace.

By: Enhancement Smoker

Enhancement Smoker — Tue, 24 Jun 2008 19:06:26 +0000

Cool story.

Way to go, throwing in that stereotype about malt liquor. Let me guess, the bad guys were black and you don’t care for black folks much?

By: Reuben

Reuben — Tue, 24 Jun 2008 19:03:37 +0000

Lesson Learned:

Write down the serial numbers of all of your bicycles and file a police report if one is stolen. This dude would not have gotten his bicycle back if he was only saying, “no, I don’t know the serial number, but trust me, officer, that’s my bike.”

By: Teresa

Teresa — Tue, 24 Jun 2008 18:03:59 +0000

I have a bike not half as ugly as that one that I thought would never get stolen.

I’m buying a lock tonight.

BTW, great story.