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jayloo. I have friends in barcelona. It's a beautiful place to visit / be (think amsterdam / glasgow) with better architechture, weather and a cafe culture. But unless you not only speak catalan, but are catalan, you're unlikely to find work out there, of any shape or form, maybe not even bar work.
People are generally very friendly, though there is a recognition that you're a foreigner. There's also quite a lot of low level crime (if you were catalan, you might say that this is caused by the young castilians - who can't get work) - bag snatches and so on. My experience is that this does not extend to violent crime, but I would guess that this would include bike theft. In addition, if you do lose your bike, it's almost impossible (as in many southern european countries) getting officials moving when you're not local.
So, if you're going to actually live there, I would get a very cheap used bike when you're there, until you're settled or whatever.