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@fromemory
Hi all, it's my first post here. I've just had my bike stolen and I'm absolutely distraught, as a working London messenger my bike means everything to me, and now it's gone I'm really fucked.
I'm sorry to report it's not fg or ss but as everyone here is out on the roads regularly I felt it would be OK to post details here.
I can't believe it.
The red devil has been taken from me.
My new... NEW bike has just been stolen. I'm absolutely devastated... I was at the Prince George in Hackney, cycled down with a few chums, there were loads of flash bikes chained up, a few courier ones as well so I didn't think twice about locking up the beast to a lamp post. I came outside at around 11:30 and it was gone.
Millions of thoughts of distraught have been running through my head to publish but what can I say now. Anyone who knows me, who followed my previous thread or has taken but a fleeting interest in my blog will know that bike was my life and soul, my carriage through life and the fruit of endless labour, and now some cunt's got it and is probably laughing to his mates about what a fucking find he got.
The thing that really gets me is that there's every chance this parasite thinks that some sort of moral justice has occurred. They probably thought, wow, that's a nice bike, whoever could afford that is probably better off than me, so fuck it, they can buy a new one. Well I'm not well off, I struggle to get by and I work fucking hard to make it through, and that's that.
Fucking.
CUNTS.
I guess if there was any time to be proactive about it, the time is now. So please, I beg of you, to keep an eye out for this bike:
http://a183.ac-images.myspacecdn.com/images01/90/l_f97bfc1503be7b1f1e521f8571ccb236.jpg
company image:
http://www.lemondbikes.com/images/bikes/medium/etape.jpg
It's a LeMond Etape, shiny red with white logos. 8-speed with 2 front cogs, STI levers, some scratches where my lock has been knocked against it. I can't think of anything remarkable about it except what I've just described.
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