Huffy Cruiser
What happened
I don't normally park my bike on the street. As the school started last week, we are biking to school and back on nice days. Since our building bike storage is so hard to get in and out from, especially in the morning rush to school, to make it easier, I started parking our two bikes at the bike rack on the NW corner of Montrose. Since it's in a well lit, busy street, I was hoping our bikes would be safe. This morning at 8am, I walked across the street to get our bikes to take my kid to school and I noticed something was wrong. My 6ft combination lock (which I used to lock both bikes) was cut and left at the scene. My daughter's purple Schwinn pixie bike was still there. Next to it there was another bike, just like mine, same size and blue, a Schwinn Cruiser Supreme. At first I thought it was my bike. This was the weirdest thing. Someone stole my bike and replaced it with another. Never seen such a thing. I am posting pictures of that bike on Facebook in an attempt to find the owner. The only picture of my bike I have is from back on the first day of school. I had bought my bike on craigslist about 2 years ago for $50 and I loved it. At least they didn't take my daughter's bike, she would have been devastated.
Bike details
- Type
- Cruiser / Comfort Bike
- Color
- Blue
- Size
- medium ladies bike
- Condition
- Used, good condition, some pitting on the tire rims and handle
Theft circumstances
- Date
- Sep 14, 2015
- Lock type
- Combination Cable Lock
- Locked to
- Locked to bike rack.
- How locked
- Only the frame was locked a solid object.
- How defeated
- Lock was cut, and left at the scene.
- Duration
- Since Friday evening
- Area
- Sidewalk in front of a closed business.