June 21, 2005

• The power of acting confident.
• Oh, that is just stupendous.
• acting suspiciously? He strolled right up, exactly how any competent thief would. rode away panicky I ride like he did all the time. I don't think these guys are smart enough to hang onto a bike. What kind of naive optimist locks his bike with plain steel chain and a basic padlock? And where were the pipe lever or ball-point pen methods for a U-lock? Was it supposed to be funny?
• Yeah I was pretty "meh" about this one.. Those chains were laffable. And while this sort of thing is somewhat alarming, I suppose ("Look at how screwed up our society is; no one cares!" -- keep in mind Michael Moore did it first with the "Dead Guy" trinational competition), it seems unlikely that any of us would speak out against the skinhead with the hacksaw..
• The thing is, he wasn't stealing the bike. It was his. So people never stopped him from taking hs own bike. What's the problem?
• Sorry I'm not risking my safety to protect someone else's bike. If I saw a cop nearby I *might* flag them down.
• the skinhead with the hacksaw made me lol :)
• I got that issue settled: I ride an ancient Sears 10-speed that a guy with a "bikes for sale" sign in his yard charged $30 for. I've spent more than that on tires, a padded seat, and brake and shifter cables, but it still looks like a fourth-hand piece of rust. Unless you're a serious competitor there's no need to spend so much on a bike that you'd miss the money. And if you do spend a lot on a bike it's better to keep it in your pad when you're not on it. My piece of rust gets me to the library just fine.