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> It seems there are alot of bikes being reported stolen lately
>
> One guy I have noticed a few times in the Melb cbd had me thinking. He commutes daily it seems in
> jeans, runners and a back pack. BUT he rides a new Once carbon giant with record! Looks seriously
> out of place! Last time I checked these were limited with a hefty price. I'm thinking this is
> where some of our beloved bikes disapear too. opinions??
Perhaps he doesn't have anywhere to change at his work/school/whatever. Not all of us are blessed
with somewhere to shower and change, nor with somewhere to stash their bike clothes. When I was at
uni it was next to impossible to get a locker, so I simply sat through lectures and tutes in bike
shorts and bare feet, with my bike shoes sitting on the floor under my seat.
And besides, what's wrong with commuting on a race bike anyway? I commute on my race bike (a
Colnago), and simply carry a spare set of clothes in a backpack. Does this mean I stole my bike? It
certainly didn't seem like a steal to me. My credit card still carries the bruises, and the owner of
my local bike shop greets me by name whenever I come in.
Looking around at the bikes at club racing on a Saturday afternoon, you can tell the people who are
really fast. They ride the thrashed bikes, those which look like they've done a few tens of
thousand kilometers and been thrown down the road a few times to boot. Not that they haven't been
cared for, because they have. They've just seen a lot of use. Perhaps these people also commute on
their race bikes?
Regards,
Suzy