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@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
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