Handlebar thief you suck!

My handlebar was just stolen off my bike, maybe 30 minutes ago, in front of Cermak on North ave.  Just letting you guys know to beware if your in the area.

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Permalink Reply by Amber K on February 14, 2013 at 12:09pm

Lucky I live in the neighborhood, so it was a quick walk home.

Permalink Reply by Mike Zumwalt on February 14, 2013 at 12:10pm

They do. 

Get it fixed for CCM.

Permalink Reply by Juan Primo on February 14, 2013 at 12:18pm

What-all did they steal?  Just the bar, or bar and stem, or bar stem and brake levers?

Jeez, are we going to have to figure a way to lock our bars to our frames?

Permalink Reply by Amber K on February 14, 2013 at 12:27pm

Just the bar with one brake lever and the front stem plate, whatever you call it.  They snipped the brake line and took off.  Probably a scrapper. 

Permalink Reply by shar on February 14, 2013 at 12:34pm

Oh man that sucks! Durham had a couple things stolen off his bike a month or so ago from there too.

Permalink Reply by Mike Zumwalt on February 14, 2013 at 12:44pm

Here's what I'm doing lately, you know the old electrical tape thing. I mean who really cares what it looks like? Wrap as many parts that don't move in a layer of tape, thieves will have to remove that first to get at nut,bolts, hex heads...you can't stop 'em but you can slow them down.

Mike Zumwalt said:

They do. 

Get it fixed for CCM.

Permalink Reply by grayn8 on February 14, 2013 at 12:55pm
That's just incredibly surreal and completely suckytastic. Maybe the thief was desperate for a valentines day gift? Have a handlebar and some cupcake I found. Was it a vintage hard to find specific bar?

I just had to change my handlebar because of some old fuddy fuddy nerve stuff and was surprised at how easy it is to remove/replace them. My riding is now less painful. Maybe now you'll find a "more you" handlebar. Gift horse mouth rot and such...
Permalink Reply by Amber K on February 14, 2013 at 12:57pm

Thanks John. 

You know Mike, that's what I was thinking, 'cause they were just looking for something quick to steal.

Permalink Reply by Amber K on February 14, 2013 at 1:04pm

The bar was nothing special.  Everything on it was cheap and wore out. 

Permalink Reply by Julie Aberman (Hochstadter) on February 14, 2013 at 2:15pm

wtf.  i had mt light base stolen once.  Still haven't replaced the base so the light is useless until I buy a new one. 

Permalink Reply by A.K.A Paul on February 14, 2013 at 4:50pm
That sucks! Sorry to hear that Amber! You could always use electrical tape to tape Lila to your new handle bars and she would rip their face off for you.
Permalink Reply by Kevin C Dormant on February 14, 2013 at 5:36pm
Very sorry about the theft, Amber, but maybe we can learn something from your loss. How long was the bike parked there? Do you park it there often? Bike rack? Meter? Sign post? Other bikes? Other bikes tampered with?

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