{"id":1053,"date":"2011-03-31T15:56:37","date_gmt":"2011-03-31T19:56:37","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/gudphoto.com\/bikenyc\/?p=1053"},"modified":"2011-04-05T12:19:26","modified_gmt":"2011-04-05T16:19:26","slug":"new-york-and-nice-things-my-brooks-saddle-was-stolen-yesterday","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/gudphoto.com\/bikenyc\/2011\/03\/31\/new-york-and-nice-things-my-brooks-saddle-was-stolen-yesterday\/","title":{"rendered":"New York and Nice Things: My Brooks Saddle was Stolen Yesterday"},"content":{"rendered":"

I bought my first ever nice saddle, a Brooks B-17 Narrow on February 24. This being New York, I figured it might get ripped off eventually, but boy, that was fast! Last night I locked my bike to a rack on 13th St between 4th Ave and Broadway while I attended the BikeNYC Tech Meetup<\/a>. As we were leaving post-meetup drinks, we felt a few sprinkles of rain and I joked that I need to run back to my fresh new Brooks to protect it from the elements. Well, I had nothing to worry about! Somebody had anticipated my worry and removed my saddle for me.<\/p>\n

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Something was not quite right about my bike<\/p><\/div>\n

I’d been locking the seat by threading a 10mm Kryptonite Kryptoflex cable through the saddle rails and connecting it to my U-Lock. While by no means impenetrable, I had hoped that it would at least be a deterrent and an obstacle, especially one block away from Union Square. It proved to be neither. The thief left the cable lock behind, and as you can see, the cut looks like it was made easily and quickly.<\/p>\n

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That didn't look difficult at all<\/p><\/div>\n

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A closer look at the cut cable. Clean work.<\/p><\/div>\n

This stings. It was only a couple of weeks ago that this saddle started getting really comfortable. I suppose to protect its replacement, I will use the chain to seat stays method AND a cable lock, for an extra layer of deterrent. Although I hate to spend money on another another copy of the cable that is so easily snipped.<\/p>\n

So farewell, Brooks. My ass, having just made peace with you, will miss you.<\/p>\n

One small consolation: A replacement saddle will still cost less than a 1 month MetroCard.<\/p>\n

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