18 janv. 2009

Bike Thief?

So sometime today I will attempt to steal my own bike.

Story:
Last night, I went into the middle of the city on my bike. I like biking because it's fun, and i can get home anytime of night without having to take public transportation. When the metro closes at 2:00, I'm not worried about finding the right noctilien bus. Well anyway, I have these gloves that have pockets on the top of the hand for keys, change, whatever when you're running or biking. So because I knew these gloves were going to be close to me the whole time, I kept my U-lock key in one glove and my garage key in the other. So I lock my bike up at the St.Paul metro stop, meet up with some friends, walk to Chatelet, grab a pint, leave the bar to go get my bike, realize that I don't have my gloves in my back pocket, freak out, go back to the bar, don't find the gloves, walk exactly the same path that I walked to Chatelet from Chatelet to look for the gloves, find nothing, steal my back wheel and saddlebag off my bike without anyone saying anything, then go home to cry and hope nobody goes through my lock during the night. I just checked up with my friend Inna who lives at St.Paul and she said it (my bike) was still there. So now, I'm figuring out what to use to bust/saw through this u-lock. I really really hate police, (I even wrote a book entitled:

Talking To The Police

Should You Talk To The Police?

Chapter 1:
Nah......nah, nah, nah

The End)

but I'm almost at the point of going down there and asking for their help. Frankly, I don't want to get arrested for stealing my own bike. My dad is looking for a circular saw, angle-grinder attachment for his electric drill, but if I'm going to use that, I'll have to go back at like 3 am because I don't want to shoot sparks all on peoples' heads walking out of the metro station. I've read that a car jack can pop a U-lock apart, but that would be really awkward trying to make that work the way my bike is situated. This sucks.

Point: make 10 copies of your U'lock key and store them in different spots so you can always remember where you hid at least one of them.

Some songs that won't make me feel any better right now, but might work for you if you're feeling down:

Sparklin'
- La Chansons

Drop The Tough (Van She Remix) - Groove Armada



3:00pm Update: I'm going down there now with multiple pictures of my bike and multiple ID's and a hacksaw. Hope this works ...


6:00pm Update: I have my bike! Nobody said shit when i was cutting through the lock. What a stressful situation though...


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