Bad luck. Do you have insurance? If not then to replace it you could try several things (some of which may not be available where you are, of course):
1. try posting a wanted on Freecycle, or similar (which is not about cycles per se, but about recycling unwanted stuff) 2. see if your local police do bicycle auctions, and bid for one 3. see if your local bike shop has anything they retained for non-payment Components don't matter as much as a decent frame. Apart from the fact that they cost money. I've been lucky in that I've had mine over 15 years and it's never been stolen. It's insured, registered with the police and post-coded. Bob > > My bicycle, which was my only mode of transportation, was stolen this > morning. It was locked up in front of my condo and they cut the locks > like > they were made of celery. This completely ruined my 4th of July, but > more > importantly it's a whole lot of money that suddenly needs to be spent > to get > back to where I was. Money I don't have. My bike was practically > brand new > (maybe two months old?) and I'd put a bunch of accessories on it, and > now I > have nothing. > > I've done a few things so far to try to get it back. > 1. Filed a police report. > 2. Called everyone I know in the area and asked them to keep an eye out > for > it. They all know what my bike looks like. > 3. Called my HOA to check the security cameras. > 4. Posted a Lost/Found ad on Craigslist > (http://sfbay.craigslist.org/eby/laf/1825621864.html) and I will be > checking > there every day to see if someone tries to sell it. > 5. Drank four beers and ate a bunch of ice cream while trying to stay > calm. > > Is there anything else I can do? Do credit card companies help with > these > sorts of things? I don't have a serial number or photos of my actual > bike, > which I realize was stupid but I'd been locking bikes the exact same > way for > seven years here and just never thought this would happen. You don't > have > to tell me this was stupid, I know it was. > > Fortunately my upstairs neighbors had a spare mountain bike I'm > borrowing to > get to work for a while, but since they don't have a lock and all the > bike > stores are closed, I can't go anywhere tonight. No fireworks for me. > :( > > John > > -- > http://www.jacelio.com > http://www.cafepress.com/jacelio > > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > [email protected] > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and > follow the directions. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
