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Stolen Kona Major One

My good buddy Joe just got his bike stolen today. It's a brown 2009 Kona Major One with silver SKS fenders. This was taken from outside the Rehabilitation Institute of Chicago while he was visting Mariel Mentink, a girl from the Chicago area who was hit by a car in Austin, TX on new year's eve. Joe's a good guy & one of the people behind this: www.thechainlink.org/events/mariel-mentink-benefit

 

Any help would be great. If you see something funny on Craigslist or a shifty looking guy lurks out of an alley trying to sell you this please hurt him and brand the words "BIKE THEIF" into his forehead. Or you can just call me at 773-632-8727. I'll probably update this with Joe's contact info once I get ahold of him and okay it. Thanks all.

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Permalink Reply by Tank-Ridin' Ryan on February 11, 2010 at 1:52am
Three words:

Stolen Bike Registry
Permalink Reply by Bailey Gene Newbrey on February 11, 2010 at 3:13am
I told him to get on top of it. We'll see.

Tank-Ridin' Ryan said:
Three words:

Stolen Bike Registry
Permalink Reply by Tank-Ridin' Ryan on February 11, 2010 at 7:10am
Glad to hear that.

Bailey Gene Newbrey said:
I told him to get on top of it. We'll see.
Tank-Ridin' Ryan said:
Three words:

Stolen Bike Registry
Permalink Reply by dan brown on February 11, 2010 at 8:58am
ugh - Bailey this is really horrible. I read Mariel's story and that makes it even harder to deal with.

I hope this a$$hole thief has some majorly bad karma coming his way soon...and gets caught and
the crap beat out of him too.

sending some good bike recovery vibes his way....


Dan
Permalink Reply by Bailey Gene Newbrey on February 11, 2010 at 1:59pm
Joe, the bikes owner, can be reached at 312-788-0284.
Permalink Reply by h' Zerocats on February 11, 2010 at 8:18pm
If you're not willing to make a report to the Stolen Bike Registry, is there any information you might offer that would help educate and empower others to avoid the same fate? When and where it was stolen, type of lock used, what was it locked to, how it was defeated, etc.?

Also, one can edit an initial thread post indefinitely. Maybe you'd like to rethink your call to violence, especially on the heels of a note about a victim of automotive violence?
Permalink Reply by Bailey Gene Newbrey on February 12, 2010 at 2:49am
Joe's neither a Chainlink member, nor an avid internet user. From what I know it was stolen during February daylight hours, from a bike rack at the Rehabilitation Institute of Chicago, & the "defeated" lock was a Kryptonite Evolution mini U-lock with the updated key style. It was locked only around the frame, since the owner felt that it's bolt-on wheels would be safe for a coupla hours in daylight during a hospital visit. If others ain't educated and empowered enough to do their damndest to insure their bike's safety they only need to check through a coupla two, three posts.

Futhermore; I included no call to violence in my post. I neither intended nor expected any of ya'll to take any of my suggestions literally. That was fairly obvious.

& in closing; what do the words "victim of automotive violence" have to do with this? This gal got hit on the eve of 2010. I sincerely doubt any folks driving automobiles were attempting to be violent towards anybody. More likely than not, and quite unfortunately, they were drunk & looking to get home or to another party and got scared when they hit somebody.

This was a sincere post. Don't be so darn critical.



H3N3 said:
If you're not willing to make a report to the Stolen Bike Registry, is there any information you might offer that would help educate and empower others to avoid the same fate? When and where it was stolen, type of lock used, what was it locked to, how it was defeated, etc.?

Also, one can edit an initial thread post indefinitely. Maybe you'd like to rethink your call to violence, especially on the heels of a note about a victim of automotive violence?
Permalink Reply by Daniel Villarreal on February 12, 2010 at 4:55am
Permalink Reply by Lee Diamond on February 12, 2010 at 8:46am
Since you struggle with the word "obvious" asking people to hurt someone is a call to violence. Obviously. To say it is obvious that you didn't mean it seriously is pretty freaking dumb.

Obviously.


Bailey Gene Newbrey said:
Joe's neither a Chainlink member, nor an avid internet user. From what I know it was stolen during February daylight hours, from a bike rack at the Rehabilitation Institute of Chicago, & the "defeated" lock was a Kryptonite Evolution mini U-lock with the updated key style. It was locked only around the frame, since the owner felt that it's bolt-on wheels would be safe for a coupla hours in daylight during a hospital visit. If others ain't educated and empowered enough to do their damndest to insure their bike's safety they only need to check through a coupla two, three posts.

Futhermore; I included no call to violence in my post. I neither intended nor expected any of ya'll to take any of my suggestions literally. That was fairly obvious.

& in closing; what do the words "victim of automotive violence" have to do with this? This gal got hit on the eve of 2010. I sincerely doubt any folks driving automobiles were attempting to be violent towards anybody. More likely than not, and quite unfortunately, they were drunk & looking to get home or to another party and got scared when they hit somebody.

This was a sincere post. Don't be so darn critical.



H3N3 said:
If you're not willing to make a report to the Stolen Bike Registry, is there any information you might offer that would help educate and empower others to avoid the same fate? When and where it was stolen, type of lock used, what was it locked to, how it was defeated, etc.?

Also, one can edit an initial thread post indefinitely. Maybe you'd like to rethink your call to violence, especially on the heels of a note about a victim of automotive violence?
Permalink Reply by Duppie on February 12, 2010 at 10:31am
The other disturbing part about this post is the false sentiment created by tying Mariel Mentink’s story to it. Of course her story is heartbreaking. And it definitely sucks that his bike got stolen and yes, people should keep an eye out for it. But implying that it somehow sucks more because he was involved in a charity event just cheapens the whole discussion.
Lots of people volunteer their time to a variety of causes and yet their bikes get stolen or other bad things happen to them. Unless one is really caused by the other it serves no real purpose to try to tie them together.

How much a bike theft sucks really depends on other things like: Was it his only means of transport? What is the value to him (in real-life dollars as well as sentimental value)?
Permalink Reply by h' Zerocats on February 12, 2010 at 10:37am
BGN,
You seem to have all the info you need to make the report yourself.
What's the barrier, exactly?

Bailey Gene Newbrey said:
Joe's neither a Chainlink member, nor an avid internet user. From what I know it was stolen during February daylight hours, from a bike rack at the Rehabilitation Institute of Chicago, & the "defeated" lock was a Kryptonite Evolution mini U-lock with the updated key style. It was locked only around the frame, since the owner felt that it's bolt-on wheels would be safe for a coupla hours in daylight during a hospital visit. If others ain't educated and empowered enough to do their damndest to insure their bike's safety they only need to check through a coupla two, three posts.

Futhermore; I included no call to violence in my post. I neither intended nor expected any of ya'll to take any of my suggestions literally. That was fairly obvious.

& in closing; what do the words "victim of automotive violence" have to do with this? This gal got hit on the eve of 2010. I sincerely doubt any folks driving automobiles were attempting to be violent towards anybody. More likely than not, and quite unfortunately, they were drunk & looking to get home or to another party and got scared when they hit somebody.

This was a sincere post. Don't be so darn critical.



H3N3 said:
If you're not willing to make a report to the Stolen Bike Registry, is there any information you might offer that would help educate and empower others to avoid the same fate? When and where it was stolen, type of lock used, what was it locked to, how it was defeated, etc.?

Also, one can edit an initial thread post indefinitely. Maybe you'd like to rethink your call to violence, especially on the heels of a note about a victim of automotive violence?
Permalink Reply by nik was here on February 12, 2010 at 12:11pm
alright everyone, take it easy. All he did was ask you to keep an eye out for the bike. He will try to get the bike put in to the registry. any other flaming back in forth is off topic and unnecessary, it's not like we are debating the qualities of riding with 'hipsters' again. We understand the extra value of the info in the bike SBR.
as for the pertinence of the fact that joe was at the hospital. I went to college at the same school as joe and mariel. they were a pair at the time and at the center of the bike community. So if you know the story of what is happening presently, you can understand how much more it sucks that his bike was stolen while seeing her. I'm fairly sure it was his only transport, thus being rather valuable. the tie to the event was purely as a frame of reference, i'm sure.
as of now, I would say just do what the OP asked, If you see the bike, let someone know, no need for anything more.

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