who park the bike they stole from you a block away from your apartment.
And leave your lock still in its holder on the bike while using their own inferior lock that your building manager is able to cut through in a couple minutes.
I didn’t yet have the serial number for the bike (discovering it wasn’t written on the invoice, I was waiting for the original dealer to look it up) but when the policeman came I had receipts for all the enhancements on it (including the special seat with the hole down the middle for the avoidance of clitoral numbness) and my key worked on the lock that was still sitting on its holder so he was like yup, that’s your bike all right.
I’m going to go out and buy a lottery ticket, my stars are obviously aligned.
Didn’t they set up a sting operation to get those trolls?
Glad to hear you got Owen back. Hopefully he’s less fragile than his namesake.
@Travis No, I guess the police figured that me getting the bike back was good enough. Hell, it’s good enough for me.
That’s great you got your bike back. Does your holy seat work? I was trying to find a photo of a bike seat with a hole in it but my Google kung fu is not working today. Got a photo of your bike to show off?
@Jeremy This is the bike seat (or a very similar one from the same brand): http://www.eriksbikeshop.com/ride/product.asp?pf_id=PR3A9126
I understand about it being YOUR bike. I had a mountain bike I bought in 1989 with all the money I earned from my first summer in the army. I had that bike for 19 years, rebuilt it every few years and rode it more. I had it longer than anything else I ever had, including my wife. I called it the best deal I ever got. Then I got hit in Victoria by an old lady in a minivan. Amazingly, the bike wasn’t bent, just needed new parts and wheels but ICBC offered to buy it off me for $400 more than I had paid for it in 89. I said OK but when I had to hand it over to them, I was sucking back tears. I felt like such a traitor. Between that money and the $10K I got for my suffering I could afford a way nicer bike, and I bought one, but now I feel like I am cheating on my true love. I dream of it sometimes, wishing to ride her one more time…I hope she still rides on.
Oh yeah, never had clitoral numbness, but I did get NumbNuts last year. It sure felt really surreal when I went to go pee!