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Pirate Bike, the second. Also stolen!
Just coming back to update this thread. WITH MORE DRAMA!
Good news: I retired the afore-pictured green Norco pirate bike a couple of summers ago, replacing it with another bottom-of-the-line mountain bike that was being thrown away by a neighbour. So its lineage is as pure as the first one.
Bad news: It too was pilfered, a week ago. I looked for it at the scene of the previous crime (and along many more km of nearby bike paths & ditches) - sadly, no dice. I fear I may not recover this one, despite the fact the odds are very high it was only taken for a ride & dump. (It's otherwise worthless and ugly, not something you would profit from by stealing.)
That means I'm averaging ~5 years between thefts of my unlocked junk bike -- a bike that sits in full view of the sidewalk & road, year round. I think that's not a bad record, however it is a little inconvenient!
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