Bowery single speed by Giant

What happened

Bike was locked with a newer u-lock with flat key to a street sign in front of building @ ~6pm. Went to sleep @ ~12:00 am. Midnight noticed entire sign dug out and missing, along with my bike (described) and girlfriend's bike attached to it.

Bike details

Type

Road Bike

Color

Black w/ silver fork and orange detail

Size

L Male Frame

Condition

Fairly new bicycle light scratches on frame light rust on wheel nuts. Has a Bicycle Hospital Indiana store sticker, Active Transportation Alliance sticker over the front emblem, a Trader Joe's sticker on the top bar and a Chrome sticker. Has 2 Zipp bottle cages installed, Marathon kevlar lined tires, is missing 1 handlebar plug and has 1 Zipp c.f. handlebar plug.

Theft circumstances

Date

Jun 2, 2011

Lock type

Other

Locked to

Locked to street sign.

How locked

Locked through front wheel and frame to object.

How defeated

Lock is missing, along with the bike.

Duration

Bike locked at 6 pm, last seen around midnight, found missing by 7 am

Area

Front of building in residential area.

Recovery notes

Update 6/2/2011: The victim found a note from a neighbor. The neighbor had come upon the thief as he succeeded in working the sign out of the ground. The neighbor put the bikes and sign and storage. The bikes are back in possession of the "victims." The complete account as communicated to CSBR follows: My bike (the Trek 2nd District) and my boyfriend's bike (the black Bowery Giant listed two above) weren't actually stolen after all! My neighbor caught someone in the process of stealing them at 3:30am last night - the sign was bent and nearly out of the ground, and his dog chased away a white stocky guy in his 30s-40s down the street. He flagged down some cops nearby, but no word on whether the perpetrator was caught. Strangely, we received no mention of this incident when WE called the cops.