Jeez- even lance Armstrong needs the SBR

From "Lance Armstrong's Bike Stolen in Sacramento":

Lance Armstrong's one-of-a-kind time trial bike was stolen in Sacramento. The seven-time Tour de France winner and self-described full-time cancer fighter is now offering a reward for its return. Police said four bikes, including Armstrong's, were stolen from a Ryder rental truck that was parked in an alley.


Armstrong posted a picture of his stolen bike on his twitter page and said, "There is only one like it in the world therefore hard to pawn it off. Reward being offered."

Some moron thief out there now has possession of the most un-sellable bike in the history of stolen bikes. Also, he gets the honor of being the d*ck that stole Lance Armstrong's bike.

(Correction: you're the d*ck that stole Lance Armstrong's bike - and got caught on videotape while you did it, moron)

All kinds of great stuff going on

Lots of bike-theft news going on this week - the future's looking pretty interesting!

First up: someonestolemybike.com - humanizing the impact of bike theft via online video.

"Everyone on planet Earth has had their bike stolen at some point - this website is dedicated to cataloging every one of those stories. We have about 20 so far."

Check their stories out - good stuff.

Next up - sweet goddamn Jesus I cannot wait to find this, somehow, somewhere - Gone in 60 seconds.

Even though this is from 2007, wow, check out their trailer:

Info and more trailers here. Surely this has to be on Bittorrent somewhere (?)

James Clayton, of Austin TX is pretty much f'd from here on out

Methinks someone in Austin, TX has a very, very high chance of getting his ass kicked in the next few days.

Everbody, meet James Clayton. James just got thrown in jail in Austin, TX because cops just found $60k worth of stolen high end bikes in his possession.

James also has outstanding warrants for - you guessed it - bike theft! In good ol' Maricopa County, Arizona. And California.

What makes this story unusual:

a) James was a well known, apparently very public member of the biking community - guy even worked in a local bike shop.

b) Cops say Clayton would specifically "...befriend Austinites with expensive bicycles only to break into their homes to steal them later. "

Read that one again ...

So, just to recap: there's a whole bunch of folks in Austin, TX who knew this guy well and thought this guy was their friend. And they all just found out he broke into their homes and stole their bikes. And now they all know he's in jail - until, of course, he gets out.

I sent out an email alert to everybody in August who has registered a bike with the SBR since October 2008, so hopefully we'll clear a few of those off the list.

Have a good week, James Clayton - and good luck, because karma's a bitch.

Followup: Austinonwheels.org and atxbs.com, who nailed the guy in the first place, have more info on this guy ... not to mention this epic thread of win. (i.e. whoa) (... aaaaaand more followup)