Stolen Bikes
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Night Crawler at 08.29.06 - 11:53 pm
So some rat bastard stole my bike. No shit man its true. Maybe theres room on the site to have some sort of stolen bike info so the ridazz can keep their eyes peeled.
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great idea... maybe just have a thread for it? a gallery section?
Roadblock08.30.06 - 1:08 am
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Oh yeah here's my bike info even though its probably in many pieces by now.
2006 orange Lemond poprad white decals
Kris King headset silver aluminum
Mavic OpenPro wheelset silver aluminum wheel locks haha
Shimano Ultegra hubs silver aluminum
Continental Ultra GatorSkin tires
9 speed Shimano Dura ace crank and derailers
Shimano Dura ace downtube shifters
MSK petals toeclips and black double straps
Paul touring cantis brakes moon straddles silver aluminum red pads
Titanium Nitto threadless stem
Nitto bullhorn bars custom orange paint next to stem
Black SOYO long grips
Syntace barend brake levers black
Nitto 65 seatpost
Red Selle SMP Strike Evolution saddle
Nitto r bottle cage
If you see this bike for sale for like $200 buy it.
Its a good deal!
Any info please email me
fivetwenty8@yahoo.com
http://midnightridazz.com/viewPhoto.php?galleryId=438&artistId=41&pgnum=1
Night Crawler08.30.06 - 1:30 am
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fuck! that's you baxter? that's fuckin WACK man sorry to hear. be also good to list where the bike was stolen too....
Too Tall Jahmal08.30.06 - 3:00 pm
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I put a gallery section up for this......... maybe this will help?
Too Tall Jahmal08.30.06 - 3:03 pm
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My Bianchi was boosted off the bus rack in Santa Monica tonight. So calling all Westsidazz please keep an eye out for that chrome Bianchi w/ hot pink grips and mini boxing gloves dangling from the saddle. A report has been filed with SaMo PD and the bike is registered. Please help a hommie out and keep those peepers peeled.
51 cm
Gold Izumi Chain
Black 55mm Riser bar
Hot Pink Grips
Grey and Pink top tube pad
46t/17t euro-asia cog
dura ace lock ring
iggycortes09.16.07 - 10:01 pm
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IGGY!!!
Did we meet on the Rooftop??? 1830 Sunset???
Sorry to hear your loss. At least it is registered, more than I can say for my KONA KULA.
Where where you when it was lifted? Let's try to get info for 'eachother' in order to be more aware should we notice a dodgy (stolen) bike somewhere.
H.
Limeyfly09.16.07 - 10:21 pm
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Sorry your bike got stolen, I hope you can get it back.
That really worries me that there could be people snatching bikes off bus bike racks if that is what happened.
post pictures so we know what to look out for.
fonsoy potatoe09.16.07 - 11:20 pm
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This kind of thing is total BS, especially since you are not allowed to lock your bike to the rack on the bus.
IMO, the city should be liable for shit like this when they get stolen. Or at the VERY least, allow us to lock the bikes!
I'll keep my eyes open, and I'm sorry that someone stole your ride.
kyber09.17.07 - 1:06 am
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Iggy,
Sorry to hear about the theft. Fuckin bummer.
I don't know about being able to lock bikes to bus racks, but I strap the back wheel to the rack with a length of inner tube. This is really because I'm paranoid about the thing jumping the rack on LA's 'well maintained' roadways. It's not a lock but it might slow someone down long enough for you to do something.
Good luck getting the ride back.
420LaHaRR09.17.07 - 1:25 am
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not sure when your bianchi was stolen but a friend of mine said he saw it yesterday locked up at World Cafe across from coffee bean in Santa Monica...
hyper3309.17.07 - 1:34 pm
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yes it sucks, So PLEASE LOCK your bikes at all times especially the back wheel.
iggycortes09.17.07 - 1:51 pm
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yeah that's the one, I work there. It happened around 7:15 pm on Santa Monica Blvd. between 3rd and 4th.
iggycortes09.17.07 - 1:54 pm
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The MTA's policy about not being able to lock the bike is f**ked up. They don't have any liability if the bike pops off the rack either. About the only thing you can do is lock the bike before putting it on the rack and stay at the front of the bus. At least that's what I do. Yet another reason to have a foldie ah?
User109.17.07 - 2:45 pm
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I'm bummed for all the bikes and bike owners...
adrian09.17.07 - 6:48 pm
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MYBLUEBIKE was stolen in Long Beach!!! oh no!
blue/gray SR Alpine Sport mixty. licensed and registered in lb.
Licence:3937796
Frame: Y1D4186
she doesn't like strangers.
meandmybluebike03.3.08 - 10:51 am
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mybluebike hanging out with me in my former apartment in long beach.
meandmybluebike03.3.08 - 10:56 am
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In Long Beach? Dammit! What can we do to help?
I really fear for humanity when someone steals a fucking bike.
I'm sorry for your loss.
Joe Borfo03.3.08 - 10:57 am
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it was stolen from my friend's ten bedroom house on 5th Street. there were lots of other bikes parked in the bike parking area and mine was the only one stolen.
meandmybluebike03.3.08 - 11:06 am
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Dear Me and My Blue Bike
Me and My Orange Bike will be looking out for your Blue Bike. The chance of finding it are slim, but that never stopped my Orange Bike.
So do we call you now Me and Not My Blue Bike, formally know as Me and My Blue Bike?
User103.3.08 - 11:33 am
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That's what my Orange Bike just told me, so it's on! We're mounting an all out search party as I speak, or as I type! My Orange Bike sending out messages to his buddies in LB.
IT WILL BE FOUND!
User103.3.08 - 11:46 am
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Dammit Annie, how can this happen? Did you lock it?
First off, you should check those yard sales in North Long Beach this coming weekend. See if you can spot your bike there. Second, make some flyers and offer a reward...yes a reward, for the return of your bike...no questions asked. The idiots want money....just give them money. A bike is more precious than money.
skd03.3.08 - 11:49 am
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my friend was borrowing it and he left it unlocked with all the other bikes on their covered porch. it was stolen in november but he didn't tell me until this saturday, so i don't know if the garage sale search would work. i think i may spend some time riding around in long beach though.
meandmybluebike03.3.08 - 11:55 am
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my friend was borrowing it and he left it unlocked with all the other bikes on their covered porch. it was stolen in november but he didn't tell me until this saturday.
With friends like that, who needs bicycle thieves?
marino03.3.08 - 12:04 pm
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Hearing about stolen bikes blows.
I also ride the bus. I stand in the very front where I can see it. If anyone tries to steal it, I'll smash their face with my u-lock.
As an added precaution, you can also lock the back wheel to the frame before you put it in the rack. Than it's a foot race if someone jacks it.
rudy103.3.08 - 12:54 pm
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i lock my bike up to the bus rack, unless it's my hummer, i hope someone steals it because it's to heavy, BUS DRIVERS NEVER TELL ME SHIT, about locking up my bianchi or trek, YOU THINK THE BUS DRIVER GOING TO TELL YOU SOMETHING? LOCK IT UP, DONT LOOK AT THE DRIVER, HOP ON THE BUS, THEN SEE IF HE'S GOING TO SAY SOMETHING, IF HE DOES, TAKE YOUR "SWEET" TIME UNLOCKING IT, PULLING IT OFF THE RACK. I BET AFTER YOU HOLD UP THE BUS, THAT BUS DRIVER WONT SWEAT IT NEXT TIME, LOL,so LOCK YOUR BIKE UP, THEN AT LEAST YOU'LL KNOW THAT IT'S SAFE ON THAT RACK, I CANT SEE ANYONE STEALING THE "BUS RACK" TOO MANY BOLTS, NOT ENOUGH TIME."
GOOD LUCK ON THE RECOVERY.
eddieboyinla03.3.08 - 1:14 pm
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Holy cow, now I'll have to watch my bike like a hawk when I'm on the bus. Sheesh, the drivers need to pay some attention to who has what.
cabhauler03.3.08 - 1:23 pm
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naw man i feel you i spent seven bills on bikes...two bikes that were stolen from me....its the worst fucken feeling in the world..
radioactiveman03.3.08 - 1:32 pm
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I haven't read the whole thread, but this is a great idea. I was able to recover, several months after the theft, a motorcycle that was stolen from my house in San Francisco because I had it listed on a local bay area stolen motorcycle database. The prospective buyer noticed that the seller was acting shifty, so he stalled and then looked online, called me, and after staking out the house for about 8 hours (in about the worst neighbourhood in Richmond, murder capital of California), I was finally able to recover the bike, though I couldn't get the meth-heads who stole it (and trashed it) prosecuted, no matter how hard I tried.
A database of stolen bikes is a great idea to add to the list of site improvements, and very easy to implement.
ideasculptor03.3.08 - 3:03 pm
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My SR Alpine Sport mixty has been reported stolen to the LBPD.
(my eyes are peeled, mother fuckers.)
meandmybluebike03.3.08 - 11:04 pm
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Me and my orange bike will have our eyes peeled for this bike too Annie. I'll be putting my U bolt lock on any bike that looks like this in LB. Till we get confirmation motha fucka!
User103.4.08 - 12:06 am
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Anyone missing their mountain bike bars/stem?
http://losangeles.craigslist.org/lgb/bik/990518950.html
"road bike" hahah.
zombiefiesta01.12.09 - 5:04 pm
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yeti yeti grips...
hahaha classic. yetiman must be rolling over in his bed right now.
_iJunes01.12.09 - 5:21 pm
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Guys I went to go pick these parts up today, and I could tell you with out a doubt, these parts were not stolen. If the guy gives you his cell number, tells you where he's working, tells you where he lives, chances are the parts aren't stolen. And yes the guy did know he was selling parts that new totaled over $300. Turned out he was a former road racer. Even though the guy was in his 60s, he looked more fit than many of the ridazz I see that's a 1/3 is age. And yes he looked more fit than myself too.
Stop thinking everyone is a thief and do a little investigating first. Then a little deductive reasoning would help. If it still looks too good to be true, post it as a MUST PICK UP!!!!!
Anyways, thanks for the inadvertent heads up.
http://losangeles.craigslist.org/lgb/bik/990518950.html
Oh yeah, the guy is selling a sweet ass MTB too!
http://losangeles.craigslist.org/lgb/bik/990509225.html
User101.14.09 - 12:21 am
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Ah ok, not a thief, just clueless.
Anyway, I hope you get some good use out of that stuff. I was thinking about checking it out, but LB is too far.
zombiefiesta01.14.09 - 12:26 am
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(forwarding this message from a friend) ...My friend Daisy just got her Zimmerman bike stolen, on camera, in front of her bank, some douche bag cut her lock and rode away with it leaving his bike. Hollywood. Keep your eyes out for it.
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Before you all ask me what kind of lock it was, the answer is I don't know. Just trying to get the photo out asap so we can all be on the lookout.
frumble05.28.09 - 9:15 am
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It was a cable lock. (Surprise, surprise.)
The thief was pretty stupid though. The bike is a Zimmerman, and it's the 4th frame built by Zimmerman (a small local builder), so it's not like it will be possible to resell this one easily.
JB05.28.09 - 10:44 am
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yo iggy i stay by western and sunset i was biking around the area that day...
and i swear i saw this bike...just that it didnt have the top tube pad...and the spoke cards were gone.....
the guy looked like a hispanic shaved head...with white shirt and some khaki pants
emzeelok responding to a
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05.28.09 - 11:07 am
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How are we ever going to stop the madness??????
User1 responding to a
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05.28.09 - 12:11 pm
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There's gotta be an amber alert system for bikes or something. Twitter it up maybe? Something for all the MR people to check up on. Because as each day passes after the steal, I feel that finding the bike becomes exponentially lower.
Stomachache05.28.09 - 1:38 pm
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Agree,
the site needs a section for stolen bikes.
add a bike for sale section while you're at it..
Delirium06.3.09 - 6:29 pm
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I know you guys are all over LA so i thought it would be a good idea to post this.
My bike got stolen outside of LAbrakelss today at 4:30 by a gang of young males, the bike they left for me is a road bike with gang tags all over the place which lead me to believe they are from the eastside.
FRAME: 06 Fuji track- powdercoated black covered with stickers LAB.
FORK: raw Fumanchu.
REAR WHEEL: Chucker/profile, black/black
FRONT WHEEL: silver velocity 650c laced to phil wood. black spokes.
FISH AND CHIPS STICKER ON FRONT WHEEL.
STEM: Tompson 70mm/ redline risers with black grips.
SADDLE: Fizik Silver/Blue
SEATPOST: junk metal.
CRANKS: Sugino Messenger.
PEDALS: Purple platform.
IF YOU HAVE ANY INFO, ON WHOS THE ORAGE BIKE IS OR THE WHEREABOUTS OF MY BIKE, I WILL BE ONE HAPPY LITTLE BOY!!!
- 1310 425 9182
or call LABRAKELESS and tell them you have info on fish and chips bike.
- (310) 313-6300
popsiclekid02.15.10 - 6:50 pm
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I know you guys are all over LA so i thought it would be a good idea to post this.
My bike got stolen outside of LAbrakelss today at 4:30 by a gang of young males, the bike they left for me is a road bike with gang tags all over the place which lead me to believe they are from the eastside.
FRAME: 06 Fuji track- powdercoated black covered with stickers LAB.
FORK: raw Fumanchu.
REAR WHEEL: Chucker/profile, black/black
FRONT WHEEL: silver velocity 650c laced to phil wood. black spokes.
FISH AND CHIPS STICKER ON FRONT WHEEL.
STEM: Tompson 70mm/ redline risers with black grips.
SADDLE: Fizik Silver/Blue
SEATPOST: junk metal.
CRANKS: Sugino Messenger.
PEDALS: Purple platform.
this is my bike.
this is the bike they left for me.
IF YOU HAVE ANY INFO, ON WHOS THE ORAGE BIKE IS OR THE WHEREABOUTS OF MY BIKE, I WILL BE ONE HAPPY LITTLE BOY!!!
- 1310 425 9182
or call LABRAKELESS and tell them you have info on fish and chips bike.
- (310) 313-6300
popsiclekid02.15.10 - 6:51 pm
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I swear that orange bike looks familiar, I thought maybe I saw something like it up here at UCLA.. I just rememeber thinking it was tacky to rattle can a bike bright orange. I could be wrong. Hope you find your ride. :
dusky02.15.10 - 7:16 pm
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yea, i feel like iv seen it on taco tuesdays or something. Im gonna go and hand out flyers.
popsiclekid responding to a
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02.15.10 - 7:48 pm
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You do know there are gangs in the westside?
buckchin responding to a
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02.15.10 - 7:52 pm
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buckchin, I knew someone would mis understand what i had read. The tags that are on the bike said something about Down town LA in amongst m13 and other things. I have had run ins with many gangs on the westside, i aint just blamin the east haha.
popsiclekid responding to a
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02.15.10 - 8:00 pm
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No worries I misinterpreted what you wrote. Still blurry eyed from the salton sea. Good luck finding it, and I'll keep an eye out.
buckchin responding to a
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02.15.10 - 8:10 pm
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If only i had gone to salton sea, non of this would have happend. ahhaha
popsiclekid02.15.10 - 8:44 pm
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saw a group of four guys stealing a front rim...
right on sunset/st.andrews....they had two rims
already and were all on bikes..
i wouldnt doubt if they been stealing your guys bikes to..
i can describe there bikes just to keep ur eyes open..
emzeelok02.16.10 - 9:52 am
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Trek Hybrid, 19.5 inch frame, blue with a bikeboom sticker, cable lock inside a parking garage with cameras, downtown on 7th. Yes, a database site would be great!
Yellow_Bike02.16.10 - 10:10 am
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Stolen 2/23/2010, Santa Monica @ 4th, 5-6pm.
Black Trek 1000, clip pedals, right grip black foam, left grip wrapped, gray carbon fiber seat clamp. National Bike Registry sticker on frame #TBI-04050Y208802.
thayr02.23.10 - 7:25 pm
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fig and sunset/chavez tonight.
only diff from the pic is a white beat to shit turbo saddle. and some rare japanese peddles. oh, and a rear vittoria tire.
mikeywally responding to a
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06.18.10 - 2:17 am
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How did your bike get stolen. You should know better.
TheDude responding to a
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06.18.10 - 2:47 am
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my bike was stolen from inside someones house, during some bourgie party, where the host assured me it would be safe and insisted that i not lock it. i even used my locks to lock a friends bike outside who didnt have enough locks. im pretty upset, im down $450, and in the end its still all my fault and there is nothing i can ask of anyone.
mikeywally responding to a
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06.18.10 - 9:29 am
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sorry for your loss... unless you're at a party where you know everyone, or if everyone is richer than you, don't trust anyone...
adrian responding to a
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06.18.10 - 11:27 am
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My fixed gear was stolen the same way. Trusted host & party. Bike Gone.
Yup. I'm slowly loosing trust in all.
Sorry mikey, it happened, you can't do anything about it. Don't beat yourself over it.
Make some posts, file a report, and hope. Which is really hard to find these days.
Good Luck.
Alfredo responding to a
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06.18.10 - 1:18 pm
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i Had my sled pulled from a rack on the #7 bus @ SM and Western. Bus driver told me to lock it to the rack from now on. Haven't had any drivers complain about ulocking it to the rack.
langster5806.18.10 - 4:48 pm
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My trashcan tallbike just got stolen in Hawthorne. I've learned the down side of a cargo bike... also lost my messenger bag, bike tools, lock (in the trashcan lol), and library books I didnt get to read! I'm going to sew some cycle caps to fund replacement stuff. What caps do ya'll want?
alec12.19.12 - 1:26 pm
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Aww shit! That is a fucken tragedy. Ppl if yer not aware, Alec's tallbike is one of the oldest tallbikes in LA. Damn shame. Alec I'll buy whatever yer selling. Earth tones preferred.
I'll keep an eye out for this one definitely.
tallcans4tallbikes responding to a
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12.19.12 - 2:03 pm
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NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
that is ridiculous! i am so sorry to hear, Alec!!!! i am down to buy whatever you are selling as well. Hats for fwends!!! because you and i have a deal on a hat for me (if you remember - if not i will remind you)......
bondink responding to a
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12.19.12 - 2:15 pm
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I do remember. I think about you every time I make hats. You just have me stumped. I'll figure it out. Someday. :P
alec responding to a
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12.22.12 - 4:45 pm
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Ridazz Roulette!
photo of SR Alpine Sport mixty
mybluebike hanging out in on motor ave in palms.
Another photo of meandmySTOLENbike.
