Comments on: Stolen Bike Alert

By: elduder

elduder — Tue, 24 Nov 2009 17:03:49 +0000

Maybe you should paint it something cool yourself?

By: Drew

Drew — Mon, 16 Nov 2009 23:03:18 +0000

Not if you actually know something about street art.

By: C-LO

C-LO — Mon, 16 Nov 2009 22:08:31 +0000

Wow, MissionMission must be running out of stuff to report on. A stolen bike… in San Francisco?!?

What’s next? “OMG you guys theres TOTALLY a crack-head at the 16th st. bart station!”

Hey, maybe you can help out some other people and post the entire contents of the SF Craigslist Bikes Section?

http://sfbay.craigslist.org/search/bik/sfc?query=stolen

That said, sorry your bike is gone, and I hope you find it. Word to the wise, if you care about your bike, keep it inside. Never ever leave it anywhere overnight, and only lock it up outside where there is enough foot traffic to dissuade would-be lock-smashers. I had a really nice bike stolen and it was extremely well-secured. If it’s out of your sight and out of the general public’s sight it gives a thief all the time in the world to bust open your lock or cut your chain.

Also, if it was stolen from a big group of bikes inside your complex, then its also likely that it was someone who lives near you. I’ve had a few friends get stuff stolen from common and locked areas of their housing.

By: cccc

cccc — Mon, 16 Nov 2009 20:07:31 +0000

Do you have renters insurance? It may cover your bike. You have to a police report though.

By: olu

olu — Mon, 16 Nov 2009 19:29:08 +0000

that sucks, and people have no respect for other people’s property – if its not graf, its peeing on your house. but its not really the same thing. you’re weren’t robbed.

By: Gina

Gina — Mon, 16 Nov 2009 17:58:56 +0000

You may want to try the Alemany Flea Market. Recently an acquaintance of mine had his bike stolen from his backyard in berkeley/oakland. He posted about it on CL and got a call saying someone had seen it at the Laney Flea Market. We FLEW down there and stole it back! huzzah! And besides Alemany Flea is FULL of stolen stuff… and handles of bacardi amongst antiques.

By: jmwt

jmwt — Mon, 16 Nov 2009 02:20:10 +0000

adverse burgled robbed averse….what the fuck ever- sorry about your bike- this town can be a pisser (or piss-er or urineful ?) I really hope you get the bike back.

By: Shorter KM

Shorter KM — Sun, 15 Nov 2009 19:24:10 +0000

That was a joke, see last week’s shitstorm.

By: pb

pb — Sun, 15 Nov 2009 18:38:50 +0000

Nice bikes are stored inside if at all possible. Doesn’t matter where you live. Stealing bikes is an easy crime studied by rich kids and crackheads alike.

By: travis

travis — Sun, 15 Nov 2009 13:23:40 +0000

i am tired of this meta shit

By: PaddyW

PaddyW — Sun, 15 Nov 2009 08:21:28 +0000

Who the fuck cares? Criminals kill other criminals. I couldn’t give two shits about some waste of toilet paper killing another waste of toilet paper. BTW, the dead guy wouldn’t give two shits about you. There’s your reality check.

By: Shorter KM

Shorter KM — Sun, 15 Nov 2009 07:50:31 +0000

REALITY CHECK: There are dozens of people murdered every day and the SF bloggers don’t lose their collective shit about it. The plight of a missing gentrifaction-mobile is a fucking insult to the people left fatherless every day, who have to endure watching their loved ones cough up blood for weeks before finally turning blue and dying.

By: Richard Lee

Richard Lee — Sun, 15 Nov 2009 04:24:27 +0000

Kinda sad for sure. But if you really luv your bike, the best thing to do is take a little action in ADVANCE of getting it stolen. Use one of the free BikeRegisty services off the net then TAG it up. Makes it lots easier for the bike to find you if stolen….

By: Mike

Mike — Sun, 15 Nov 2009 01:56:02 +0000

Technically speaking, you got burgled, not robbed.

By: PaddyW

PaddyW — Sun, 15 Nov 2009 01:06:31 +0000

I got my bike back after it was stolen. Having a tazer helps. Check up and down Market from Castro to UN Plaza. Look for some chump with your bike around the Market Safeway recycling center. Either you can buy it back for about $100 or you can zap the guy enough times so that he passes out and wets himself.

Either way, file a police report, so that you can prove it’s yours. Let’s hope you had enough common sense to save the serial number…