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Drive Me to Class
FOUND by David
in Allston, Massachusettes
I saw this taped to a lamppost one day, and grabbed it after a couple of weeks. I completely sympathize as my wife's bike- and later her bike seat- were stolen around there the year before.
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first your wife's bike was stolen and THEN her seat?
So they took the bike but left the seat the first time and then later came back for the seat?
hmmmmm....
Oh, Becca, I comiserate with you completely! what a bummer to have your only mode of transportation stolen. This same exact sign has probably appeared in every college town on the map at one time or another.
Plop, the Finder's wife probably got a new, better bike with a nice seat after her first bike was stolen. Some sub humans swipe those nice, spendy seats, especially if the whole bike is locked too securely to steal. Go figure.
huge problem here in bike capitol, usa. i must admit though that i did buy a stolen bike when i stayed in amsterdam. ten euro.
Here in Spain people remove the bike seat and take it with them, wherever they're going, because they always get stolen. It's quite common to see a lone front wheel or even a stripped body frame, chained to a lamp post, after everything else has been "scavenged" by the urban tribes.
There's a bike in my backyard that my exboyfriend stole 2 years ago (never rode again since) I still don't know what to do with it and feel really guilty having somebodies transportation. :(
P.S. Spam Protection Question: What day comes after Monday? "Tuesday!" didn't work hence the exclamation point!!
Back when I rode, it was strictly love me, love my bike. If you didn't let me bring it indoors with me, I didn't want to be where you were. If it's for a quick trip to the store, I would ride my recumbent Bike-E (made in Oregon). Chances are you 1.) don't want it; 2.) don't know how to ride it; or 3.) have a death wish, since there are only about a dozen of them in town and every cop and angry cyclist would be watching for you.
Has anyone else found that the top of this find is obscured by a superimposed advert for speakers that you cannot close? Grrr.
Texas is not a place for biking or walking. It's hot, the landscape is harsh, and the drivers are aggressive. One of the flattest and straightest roads lead up to my town, so when the bikers ride through town, the locals (me included) want to mow them down. There is no bike trail or roadside allotted for them, they are very irritating and they assume we are hicks. Most of us came from the city where they are from. I hate them! However, I do hate when people steal, so I can sympathize with Becca, somewhat.
Lindsey - this happened to me. Close your window and then come back to FOUND later and it should be gone!
i had my bike stolen when i was in jr high. i don't know WHY they wanted it - it was an old 70's era gold 3-speed with a bookrack on the back (used to be my mom's). i called it the Golden Oldie....lol
i found it a week or so later behind the garages about 100 feet from my grandmother's condo (where it was stolen from)...guess they just needed a ride =oD
& these ads are pretty damn annoying -- i've had the speaker one & now THIS one (best buy - speakers -.-) is covering the ENTIRE LEFT SIDE of the find. these ads everywhere are getting ridiculous.
Yeah, those ads have got to go.
Sugarcookies, turn the bike in to the police. They may be able to reunite it with the owner. Depending on your relationship (or lack thereof) with your ex, you may want to turn him in at the same time.
Is the gal's name Becca or Bella?
I bet a hundred bucks that the thief does, in fact, feel bad enough to give poor Becca a ride. Then they'll fall in love, and have to explain to their kids why mommy filed charges against daddy on their first date. Fun for the whole family!
(And I'm fairly sure it IS Becca. BeLLa? Is weird.)
That was weird. (the ad thing) Not much to say about bikes, but Seth, it's obvious that you're stupid.
I had my bike stolen as a kid.. saw it a few days later in someone else's front yard and promptly stole it back. Justice done, and not a copper in sight..
That's why when I lived in Allston I carried my bike up to my dinky studio, never left it outside. It was a pain in the ass, but I still have my bike.
I've bought a couple of nice Trek bikes at yard sales this year - one for $40, the other last week for $35. Hmm.
Even as cheap as they were, I'd still be PO'd if somebody rode off with either one. Morals: keep your eyes open and buy a cheap bike. Buy a better lock or keep it indoors.
My son has had his bike stolen, and so has my hubby. Funny tho', hubby's bike was found in a junk pile at a car impound. It was from the 50's and hubby took the whole thing apart and reoiled and painted...etc...
Really, it was ugly, but someone thought it was probably worth some dough? Very sad when these 'crackhead' broke-asses have to steal YOUR bike. Get a life.
Sugarcookies - Wouldn't wed-sat work for the answer to that as well?
heart in my throat: that's prety dang romantic *sigh* I wan't a relationship that starts with a story like that.
CORDS GOT YOU TIED DOWN? CUT THE CORD. It's TIME TO EVOLVE, PEOPLE!!!
Sorry for the weird ad-ness going on on top of the page ... we're trying to work it out now so the ad isn't slapping all of us across the face.
Poor girl. I just don't get people that steal. And where is the X to close that stupid ad? Grrr.
BAD BAD speaker ad!
I know you have to have ads, but I thought it was kind of a cardinal rule that 1) they have a little X box so you can close it and/or 2) they only last for a very short time and then close themselves. This one stays, and you can't click on it cuz then I am sure you would go to their website! I wonder if it is a mistake.
Yeah Marie, it's an ugly, ugly mistake. Hopefully we'll have it taken care of soon!
I bought one of those U-shaped Kryptonite locks after the chain locks failed to protect my bike(s). However, the lock mechanism rusted out and there was no way to unlock my bike! A friend of mine tried a welding torch, but that didn't work either. Finally, we cut the bike in half with torch and then welded the frame back together. The bike lock is still on that fence today (almost 20 years later)!
We have a saying around here. Not said so much by the younger generation..well not at all...I only know it because I've heard some older folks say it. I was reminded of it by the finders comment about his wife's seat being stollen. It's kinda like the "John Wayne toilet paper, it don't take shit off no one." It goes, "I'm like a bike with no seat...I'll get in your ass." LOL...kinda sounds perverted now, but it all depends on how you say it and when.
My $200 bike was stolen from my back yard last year. Damn hispanic construction workers. And this was before I got the Rottweiler. Now no one goes on my property at all, other than our friends. Pansies. Bought another bike from a friend for $20 about 3 months later. I don't even ride that one, it doesn't feel the same. :'(
Use linux and firefox. No speaker ads ever. I think your windows computer is infected. Never seen a speaker ad, and this site is always well behaved.
The annoying ad problems seems to be fixed now.
I've never had a bike stolen. Never locked one up, not at home, anyway. Maybe i just always buy crappy bikes.
This depresses me more than any other find I've ever seen. Ok, maybe the guy who only had 3 pair of pants and got one stolen was more depressing, but this is still really sad.
This is something I would write. Even though it solves nothing, sometimes it just makes you feel better to write it down. Especially in this case...the thief does indeed SUCK!
"I was reminded of it by the finders comment about his wife's seat being stollen."
This made me laugh. Because of the German Christmas treat, stollen. So if the bicycle seat was stollen (as opposed to stolen), then you wouldnt have to worry about getting hungry on your bike ride.
Ewwww! [sing-song voice] christmas cake eats butt cake, christmas cake eats butt cake. [/ssv]
Christmas cake, was his wife's BIKE seat stollen or his wife's actual butt stollen?
Let the holiday festivities begin!
this reminds me of something I saw in the news a few years back...I think it was Seattle, some guy was fixing up donated old bikes, painting them all one color (bright green maybe, or yellow) and he would leave them around town as free "community" bikes. Just grab one when you need it and leave it wherever for the next guy. Seemed like such a great idea to me. Anyone else hear of this?
LMFAO at the bike vs butt being stollen.
Oh, Pepper. You are a hick. You despise the mode of transportation that uses the least amount of gas. You only hate the bike riders because they get in YOUR way. As I know the word hick to mean ignorant and self-centered, I can understand why these "city folk" may think you're a hick. Give some room. Share the road.
I went to Denmark last year and in Copenhagen they have loads and loads of free bikes for people to use. This means that most bikes can be left on the street without fear of someone stealing them (providing it's not too tech). I think it's such a good idea and it's a shame that all big cities with big traffic problems don't give it a go.
Dear Becca. My sincerest apologies for stealing your bike. Doing so was a hasty decision on my part. You see, my pregnant wife went into labor and I needed to get her to the hospital and our car was stolen the previous week (I left a note too). In a rush, I left your bike on the ER sidewalk. It may still be there. Sorry for the soiled handlebars. My wife was riding on them and well... pregnant lady + bumpy bike ride... you get the picture. In any case a am truly sorry for inconveniencing you.
Friend in deed: Yes,they recently started a program like that here in Lexington, KY. After attempting to round up the bikes for the winter it was determined that quite a few of them are unaccounted for.
To whoever stole my note (white crumpled paper with blue writing that was taped to this pole last week):
YOU SUCK.
If you have a conscience, or any morals, feel free to give it back. Or to write and post a new note. Because it's your fault that whoever stole my bike has no idea how I feel about it being stolen. -Becca
I know if my bike was stolen and I saw that damn thief riding it down the street, I would definately hit him with my car.
Christmas Cake: But wouldn't having a "stollen bike" defeat the purpose of getting all that healthy exercise, if you're just going to pork out on a fender or the handlebars afterward?
Coffee, anyone?
Orinoco... oh.. yeah. Maybe that explains why my exercise regime isnt working out so well.
Judy in Portland...
I totally disagree! I'm a huge environmentalist, but I HATE bicyclists who use the road instead of bike path. It is extremely inconsiderate! The bike pate is THREE FEET to the left of the road!
Bargain Hunter in the South, Whaddaya wanna bet those bikes were stolen?
I practially live here and I've never had an ad pop up on this site. I'm glad I spent most of my morning away from the computer, so I missed that excitement. The only thing I've ever see obscure the Find is when someone makes a stupid, long, space-less post in the comments, and it effs up the formatting for the entire page. That annoys me.
Seth's "location" is only slightly more disgusting and irritating than pepper's. Also, I think Seth is merely cover for ... nope. I won't say it.
My sister's roommate's bike was stolen from in front of their house, but she found it on their college campus and stole it back. The same person kept stealing it to go to the same class, and she kept riding it home again. She always knew where to find the thing--it was like a ride-share, but more selfish, because the semi-theif never asked. It was pretty funny though.
(--And at least the finder left this up for a few weeks. But does it never rain in Allson? It's in pretty good condition!)
chopstix, i'll say it~
SALT
Hey, if they have one of those free bike programs in a city near you, and you want to use a really nice bike, just steal a great one and spray paint it some fluorescent color. Voila... No one else will steal it because they'll think its a beater since it's dayglo.
Oh! Maybe the bike was stolen as part of an international sex traffic programme.
I can only hope it didn't end up with this guy... http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/scotland/glasgow
i live right down the road in brookline and my bike was just stolen as well.greater boston area: bike theft capital of america.
this note makes me smile. any complete idiot could have called them every name under the sun or threatened them in this note. but this person obviously has enough self control to get her point across without making a fool of herself.
Yeah, putting up a sign will really rattle their moral fibers and cause them to bring it back. Honey, it was probably resold already or completely pimped beyond recognition by the time the plea sign went up.
I wonder if David took it down from the lampost because HE stole it ?
My husband's bike was stolen right off our front porch (!) where it was locked. The thief obviously tried before, because there was a half cut further up the chain. We just got a new, nicer one, that now lives in our living room. To all those who steal bikes: KARMA. It will get you.
All I have to say is "Yay, folding bike!!" It's the greatest thing I've ever owned - carry it in the car instead of on the car, take it inside anywhere... Awesome!
(Two bikes ago mine was stolen out of my locked and very teeny garage - they had to bash in a door and lift the bike over my neighbor's gigantic truck to get it out. Sheesh.)
Dear Becca,
Your bike was stolen, darlin. I think morals and/or conscience are asking way too much.
Your BFF,
terrieissovery
The sort of person who would steal a bike is only going to get a big laugh out of this note.
Wow, that must suck... I have never had to use a bike lock before, but I do have one that's some sort of steel strands inside a plastic tube.
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I left a note like this in my car when my stereo was stolen out of my car.
I bought it with my first paycheck I ever got.
My dumb ass took the faceplate off, and hid it under the seat because I was sick of forgetting to bring it back out to my car when I left the house. My laziness fucked me over, there was a big hole in my car 2 weeks after buying the damn thing.
My note went something like this:
Look asshole, I work for minimum wage and bought that stereo you stole with my first paycheck ever. My job is shitty, I'm 17, and you're a dick. Put it back, I KNOW you know how to unlock the doors.
Sorry your bike is gone, Becca, that blows!
When I lived in the montrose. My car was stolen 3 times in 2 months.
Oh lawd.
This reminds me of when my bike seat was stolen off my bike, which was U-locked to the rack outside my dorm.
:[
It happened about 4 weeks ago, and I'm still not over it.
In response to the link from "caught having sex with a bike" I'm left wondering: who cares? I mean, yeah, it's "strange", but if he was doing it in his own room why is it anyone else's business?
Anywho, about stolen bikes... I live on a college campus so I've *heard* of bikes stolen often, thankfully I've never had mine stolen. ALTHOUGH I recently had to buy a new lock, and I've forgotten the combination (I had it written in my phone and then broke my phone so...) I suppose I'll have to cut the lock again. :(
If I was her I would not be asking for a ride from a bike thief.
I mean, he must not have a decent car if he has to steal a bike.
my response to becca - check on craigslist. boston bike theves are DUMB.
My kid got his bike stolen once, but I tracked down the bastid that took it and got it back. Bike theives suck. No doubt about that. And FYI, you Found guys were great in Indy. Thanks for coming to my neck of the world. (complete with bike theiving bastids)
why would the theif return to the scene of the crime>?
The two biggest cities for bikes in the UK are Oxford and Cambridge – all those students, all those colleges. So there is (or used to be) a gang that would steal from one city and truck the bikes over to the other one to sell. My mate had his bike stolen in Cambridge, hitched a lift to Oxford, went round all the second-hand bike sales and bought his bike back again.
Sex with bikes? Read ’The Third Policeman’ (Flann O’Brien). And I seem to remember Henry Miller writing that when his old racing bike retired he put it out to stud.
My first question is?
Who would steal a bike seat?
My second question is:
WHY?!
lol this post cracked me up, nonetheless :)
Well, if you must have sex with a bike, wear a condom! Remember, rust kills.
And getting it stuck in the spokes really bites.
(I apologise. I believe I am unwell.)
about the scottish bike sex guy... He just had a few too many, it was a misunderstanding... NO MEANS NO..even if you're a bike..sheesh.
Sheriff Colin Miller told Stewart: "In almost four decades in the law I thought I had come across every perversion known to mankind, but this is a new one on me. I have never heard of a 'cycle-sexualist'."
Stewart had denied the offence, claiming it was caused by a misunderstanding after he had too much to drink.
I think Allston must be the theft capital of the US, and has the ballsiest thieves. My friend had her bike yanked right out of her hand while standing outside a convenience store in Allston. She was stunned, and by the time she shook it off, he was pedalling away with her bike. That was 15 years ago-- sounds like things haven't gotten any better.
Basil (get well soon)...
Mary had a little bike
She rode it back to front
And every time the wheels went round
The spokes went up her ... er...
...rims?
Ooo, Jonathan, you are naughty--but I like it! (Hits him with handbag with a sound like it contains half a brick.)
My God, I'd completely forgotten I'd posted that last night! Sorry, Basil.
('BASIL!!' 'Yes, dear?')
Defintely cracking up.
Well, Pepper and Tang, if you're so "liberal" and "environmentally conscious" maybe you should make the road a safer place for cyclists rather than threatening their lives. Of course, it's worth running them off the road if it saves two seconds of your time, isn't it?
Cyclist, bite me. I not only want to run cyclists off the road, but I also have the urge to drive up on the sidewalk and mow over abortion protesters. Being liberal or environmentally conscious has nothing to do with making the highway safer for bike riders.
Pepper, you might be a liberal environmentalist, but you're also a freakin' PSYCHO.
Just thought someone should let you know.
Cyclist. I AM liberal and environmentally aware, and not in parenthesis either. I live in a labeled bike friendly city, and I'm politically active. There are bikeways here named after my family. But I've also witnessed firsthand the ego of hardcore bikers who feel they don't have to obey traffic rules although they are required to by law. I have hit a cyclist who was traveling in the wrong direction and running a red light, almost killing him. So in the future please don't judge and run off at the keyboard because you just don't know.
Wow Tang, what we do to get deleted?
I cursed a lot and challenged the moderator because I didn't believe it was a moderator.( Sorry guys ) No more M.F. outa me. I had to rewrite my reply to cyclist .
It was your cussing too. And at least one other person I know of. I'm gone.
What? Tang is leaving? All because of a stolen bike? We can't swear anymore? WTF?
The amount of stuff stolen these days is downright discouraging. I guess the solution is don't own anything that matters to you, and if you do, don't take it anywhere.
re: bikes and sex:
Sir John Betjeman, late Poet Laureate, wrote (much misquoted):
I sometimes think that I should like
To be the saddle on a bike.
Hmmm...did Sir John have a handlebar mustache?
And Jonathan, I tried to read "The Third Policman", too, and also felt like everyone in it was stoned. What's up with that?
Hi Nighty:
No, but he had a bald head...
Third Policeman -- I know what you mean. Not stoned... Irish!!
Actually there *is* an explanation for the weirdness of it, if you get to the end.
I was thinking of a mustache ride, but a bald head would probably work, too. What?!
I saw that note when it was on the pole, glad to see it's been immortalized on the internet.