My bike was stolen: Bikefanclub.com

Hi folks,

I guess I wasn't paranoid enough. I was at Gold Rush Days in Old Sacramento, an annual celebration of the settlers and history of the building of Sacramento during the gold rush in 1849. I am a civil war reenactor and being that Old Sacramento is on my regular route when I ride on weekends I decided to ride my bike there. I had my bike locked with a cable to light post about ten feet behind the tent where we were set up. The pole in an open area. A lot of bikers ride through mixing with the throngs of people touring the event. I was keeping an eye on my bike throughout the day. There was someone always around since there are dozens of tents with people displaying wares and stuff. There was no way someone could have spent much time taking the bike for it would have looked suspcicious. Whoever it was had to have passed at least a handful of cyclists. The light post near the one my bike was locked to also had a bunch of bikes locked to it.

I was distracted for a while. When someone mentioned something to me I thought to show them my bike. When I turned around and looked, my bike was gone. I assume it was someone patiently watching to see their opportunity to strike. I assume it was someone who had a tool of some kind with which to quickly break the lock. I assume it was someone with courage enough to look casual, don my helmet which was on the handlebar and ride away in plain view of dozens of people with their back to me if I was to happen to turn around at the time they were taking it. They must have looked strange to some people since I doubt they had Time cleats on their shoes. The Time Atac pedals are really small platforms for someone in regular sneakers or shoes. Whoever it was did not deposit the lock in the garbage can near the bike nor the next one a dozen feet away.

This was my dream bike. Some thief shattered my dream. The company I work for is moving closer to where I live. I was planning on biking to work since they will only be eight miles away. I feel sick inside since the incident happened just a few hours ago and I've only been home a short time.

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