So, I don't know if this belongs here or on the wall of shame... I left my bicycle out at my mailbox and walked down the woods staking my new driveway locations. When I came back to the road, the bike was gone! Here in Southern Maine, it's common for free things to be left by the side of the road with a free sign. I'd like to give people the benefit of the doubt, but if it's anybody local, they would have since seen my sign staying it was not free, and to please return it.
I was wondering if there was anything else I should be doing beyond keeping an eye out for it, filing a police report, contacting local (and localish) pawn shops with the description, and checking craigslist. I also posted some flyers and a sign, all indicating that I just want the bike, no questions asked.
Have people here had luck getting a stolen (or mistakenly taken) bicycle back? My witty wife keeps telling me with every day that passes, the chances of finding it become bleaker and bleaker...
I keep thinking of the article about MMM's lost bicycle, but unfortunately not matter how many times I stare at my fleet I have yet to spot the missing bike just out of view.