A couple years ago I built a bike for one of my younger brothers which he rode a lot and often took to PacBell- SBC-ATT park in San Francisco. One day after the game was over his bike was gone. Fast forward a couple months and I am in SF on Folsom street when some clown rides by on the very same bike (a number of the components were very distinctive items not at home on a vintage bike) I in my car follow this fellow down the street at the same time calling my brother on my cell phone. Clown goes down a side street and parks the bike with his friend standing watch over the bikes. I immediately call the SF Police and tell them to come and get my bike back or I might do something . SF best arrive and confront the fellow and hes quite a convincing liar. Cop asks me what the serial number is (anyone out there remember any of their serial numbers) I tell him I do not know but offer to identify every part on the bike. The capper is my brother failed to make a police report . So the Cop tells me there is nothing he can do because I cannot positively identify the bike(serial number) and even though it is a collection of parts I know well ,the fellow rides away on the bike. I did try to buy it from him but I only had $60 in cash and he said he had bought it for $600. Moral of the story is be sure to make note of serial numbers and I would recommend puting a business card or ID card up the seat post it probably wont be discovered by the Perp and should be quick to retrieve.
BOB FREITAS
should have resorted to the
lead pipe method in MILL VALLEY,CA