Cadence stolen :(

I'm sorry, but how on earth does a college campus with thousands of people NOT have cameras operating?  (especially with all the hotties on that campus!  I visited ASU for a week almost 20 years ago...the women were unbelievable...I swear they hire hotties to tool around campus in red convertibles!)  

Seriously, no cameras?  That's insane.

Keep checking the local craigslist ads, e-bay, etc. for your bike.  You may spot it being re-sold.

Good luck!

Cadex?  Probably worth more now!  I remember when Giant first introduced "value priced" carbon fiber.

I'm sorry for your loss and I know how it feels.  I had a bike stolen at a charity ride.  The police gave me the same shoulder shrug you got.

My bike was covered by my home owner's insurance less the $1,000 deductable.  They went with replacement value.  The bike shop where I got it worked up a receipt for me to turn in.

A carbon fiber mtb would be worth a couple grand now.  At least the difference would get you another decent bike.

Thanks everyone, and thank you so so much for the email with an offer of a mountain bike, which I certainly wasn't expecting.  I honestly think that you BT'ers are the most friendly and generous people in the entire world!

Yesterday was a nightmare, especially at the end of the day with a 1 hour 30 minutes commute home at 6.30 pm (should have taken 45 minutes but 2 buses were full and just passed us by).  However, my local buddies came to my rescue early this morning, dropping off a fairly decent clunker bike (now called Reggie The Rescue Raleigh) as a loaner, that I spent an hour working on, pumping air, adding lights, and making lots of adjustments.  Initial calls with my renters insurance company look promising, so fingers crossed.

However, I'm starting to think that Cadence may have left me instead of being stolen!!!  While looking for her bike frame number last night, I also found the original invoice for her (on sale at $800, reduced from $1000) back on 11th October 1992.  Oh hell, I missed our 20th anniversary, so I think she just walked off with someone else?  I was sure that I'd bought her in 1993, and had plans to do more upgrades on her next year to celebrate our 20th, but I was wrong!!!!  Please Cadence, come back to me, I really do love and miss you......I'll even convert you back to your mountain biking glory and you can throw me over the handlebars and crack my helmet, just like old times!!!!

He couldn't have given you that pep talk a little sooner? 

That sucks.

You HAVE to invest in a better lock for your next bike.  It sucks because they are heavy and expensive, but I can see at a glance why this happened to you.  Protect your investment.

Yup, I know!  Sadly enough, I had already bought a Kryponite lock to use because bike theft at ASU has become chronic in the last 2 years.  However, the damn thing was sticking really badly.  I have spent the last two nights opening/closing it to help wear it in, and I'm now using it with my friends loaner bike.  I mostly keep my bike in my office/home, only chaining it up outside my gym, pool, run routes, and local restaurants, never for more than 1-2 hours, and always in open, well viewed areas.  It was stolen at lunchtime, on a very busy bike rack, in full sunlight.  Everyone at the pool (mostly the women's ASU swim team who were in the foyer) were amazed that it had been stolen in this way, as lunchtime is always extremely busy at the pool.  We checked all their bikes too (when they weren't giving me hugs), but mine was the only one stolen.