Interbike: RIP

I thought it would take 3 months, but it took only 3 weeks for my “Interbike: Future Generation Bicycle” to get stolen.

I rode it to the weekly Hash get-together last night and locked it up to a railing outside the bar. Although I checked on it several times throughout the night, sometime between the last time I checked on it and when I left, the bike was stolen. Not even a broken chain lock remained. Obviously I underestimated the extreme high value of the Interbike brand. The crafty thief knew that bike will probably be worth a millions dollars in the “Future Generation”. I calculate this time to be 312 years from now, assuming an annual 3% rate of inflation over the entire period.

Interbike, I know our love affair was short, but I’ll miss all those little things that made you so special: the bent front wheel that required me to slow down through any turn lest I get thrown from the bike, the chain that would lock up every other day, the seat that would gradually slide down over the course of my trip to work no matter how tight the screw was, the backwards front fork that got heads turning whenever you rolled by …. yes Interbike, it was fun. I hope your new owner loves you as much as I did and doesn’t try to sell you for your higher value as scrap metal.

So keep your eye out for anyone riding an Interbike like the picture above. The thief will probably be using it to take some sweet jumps.

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