She’s gone

[Emm]

I saw your Facebook post on the dc used bike group too. I’m sorry. Losing a bike really sucks 🙁

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[wheelswings]

Oh crud — your bike got stolen? That’s totally rotten. It must have been so upsetting when you went to ride it and you saw it wasn’t there….painful. So sorry, Ken.
Hugs from w&w.

[ginacico]

The Dew??? I’m so sorry. :confused:

[kwarkentien]

Oh no!!!! Sucks! I’m sorry. Will keep an eye out.

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[bobco85]

Are there any aspects of your bike that would make it stand out from others of the same model/color? I see in the pics that your green Freezing Saddles anklet and a yellow anklet on the frame. Any other details on when/where? I was unable to find the FB post. I hope your bike can get tracked down soon.

[KWL]

@bobco85 149816 wrote:

Are there any aspects of your bike that would make it stand out from others of the same model/color? I see in the pics that your green Freezing Saddles anklet and a yellow anklet on the frame. Any other details on when/where? I was unable to find the FB post. I hope your bike can get tracked down soon.

https://www.facebook.com/groups/dcusedicyclemarketplace/permalink/1875543342676252/?sale_post_id=1875543342676252

[shardg]

That just sucks

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[CaseyKane50]

Sorry to hear about this. I hope it turns up.

[streetsmarts]

So sorry. Geesh! Hope it turns up

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[scorchedearth]

I’m sorry to hear that.

[lordofthemark]

Thanks for everyone’s kind words. I am still trying to process this. Its worse in that I feel totally stupid – I locked my bike up in DC with just a cable lock (“only a couple of hours” is evidently quite enough time for a cable to be clipped,even in a very busy area).

I am not hopeful about getting it back. Next step is heading to an MPD station to get a hard copy of the police report (that is what they said to do when I reported it to MPD on Saturday). My wife is calling our insurance company today to see if bike theft is covered. I hope we can get something.

Then I have to go through the hassle of bike buying (we are at N=0 now) Which should be fun, but under the circumstances is hassle.

I have come to rely on the bike for transportation, for exercise, but also for mental and emotional refreshment. And of course I have made wonderful friends. Not sure I will have a bike in time for Freezing Saddles. I won’t make the mileage goal for 2015 I was thinking about. All my planned rides, long rides, brewery rides, rides to see new infra and get policy insights, bike fun rides, will have to wait.

At least I still have my CaBi membership. Won’t work for commuting (both because I am so slow on a CaBi bike, and because I have about a 20 minute walk to the nearest CaBi station to my home) but at least I can try to keep in shape. I did not have it in me to shlep my helmet in to the office today though. I don’t think I can do BAFS with CaBi alone, so I need to get a new bike soon if I am going to participate on a team (mayhaps I can still be a slacker?)

[Subby]

@lordofthemark 149865 wrote:

Thanks for everyone’s kind words. I am still trying to process this. Its worse in that I feel totally stupid – I locked my bike up in DC with just a cable lock (“only a couple of hours” is evidently quite enough time for a cable to be clipped,even in a very busy area).

I am not hopeful about getting it back. Next step is heading to an MPD station to get a hard copy of the police report (that is what they said to do when I reported it to MPD on Saturday). My wife is calling our insurance company today to see if bike theft is covered. I hope we can get something.

Then I have to go through the hassle of bike buying (we are at N=0 now) Which should be fun, but under the circumstances is hassle.

I have come to rely on the bike for transportation, for exercise, but also for mental and emotional refreshment. And of course I have made wonderful friends. Not sure I will have a bike in time for Freezing Saddles. I won’t make the mileage goal for 2015 I was thinking about. All my planned rides, long rides, brewery rides, rides to see new infra and get policy insights, bike fun rides, will have to wait.

At least I still have my CaBi membership. Won’t work for commuting (both because I am so slow on a CaBi bike, and because I have about a 20 minute walk to the nearest CaBi station to my home) but at least I can try to keep in shape. I did not have it in me to shlep my helmet in to the office today though. I don’t think I can do BAFS with CaBi alone, so I need to get a new bike soon if I am going to participate on a team (mayhaps I can still be a slacker?)

Not sure what size bike you ride but I would be more than happy to let you use one of my bikes in the interim. Just let me know (and yes, I do have geared bikes, too ).

[kwarkentien]

@Subby 149876 wrote:

Not sure what size bike you ride but I would be more than happy to let you use one of my bikes in the interim. Just let me know (and yes, I do have geared bikes, too ).

And ditto for me. My flat bar commuter (Cannondale Road Warrior 500) is a Size Small and should fit you reasonably well. Just let me know off-list.

[Arlingtonrider]

Lord of the Mark, PM’d you with an additional option. We’ll get you fixed up, one way or another.

[lordofthemark]

You folks are so sweet.

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