Awhile back, I saw a rough looking guy wheel up to my shop, take a few deep drags on his cigarette, before extinguishing it, and bringing his bike inside. To create the stereotype image for you: first thought was he was a down-on-his-luck Vietnam vet who'd had a rough life after the war, which is not uncommon for us because there's a vets housing complex down the street. He certainly didn't LOOK like a guy who'd be riding a $10,000 completely decked-out, no expense spared Specialized Roubaix Pro with Nokon housing and other bling add-ons. On the other hand, the bike had Straitline gold anodized platform pedals, which seemed out of place.
He asked us to "check over his bike". So I told him he'd have to leave it for a day or two, got his name and number, and immediately took the bike to stash it in the basement so he couldn't leave with it. He then changed his mind, and asked to get the bike back. He left with the bike, but now I had a physical description and a name and number I could give the police. After he left with the bike, feeling sick that we'd let a bike thief get away, we called a friend at the shop where the bike was purchased. He laughed and said: "yeah, that's Dale, you should see his track bike." -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch?hl=en-US. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
