queen_of_pies thwarts bike thief

queen_of_pies · October 2005

[note: split from the Bike Locks thread. -Ed.]

queen_of_pies wrote:
no lock ever touches my bikes now, because I can't afford to replace any of them. if they can't go inside, I don't go inside.

last night someone proved to me that my no-locking paranoia wasn't enough to hold on to a bike when a thief wants your ride. After riding home from work in the evening I carried my bike up the three stairs of our stoop, as always, leaned it against the railing and unlocked the outer door. Then I propped the door open and unlocked the inner hallway door, which put me about 4 feet away from where my bike was. After unlocking the hallway door I turned around and saw a man hopping off the stoop carrying my bike. I ran out of the building and down the stairs toward the thief, tripping on the bottom stair which sent me sailing into him; me, the bike, and the thief all sprawling on the sidewalk.

me and mr. thief scrambled to our feet, and I grabbed my bike and screamed 'let go of my fucking bike!' he took a few steps back--probably calculated that this shabby looking bicycle wasn't worth fighting this madwoman for--and said 'hey, I wasn't trying to take your bike.' what, then? trying to give it a tune-up? i picked up my bike and ran back into the building and turned to see him sauntering away.

him: 5' 8", not badly dressed, slight caribbean accent, hair long and slightly dreaded. me: nursing knee bruises and glad to have my bike.

rhodamine · October 2005

queen_of_pies wrote: [quote=queen_of_pies]
no lock ever touches my bikes now, because I can't afford to replace any of them. if they can't go inside, I don't go inside.

last night someone proved to me that my no-locking paranoia wasn't enough to hold on to a bike when a thief wants your ride. After riding home from work in the evening I carried my bike up the three stairs of our stoop, as always, leaned it against the railing and unlocked the outer door. Then I propped the door open and unlocked the inner hallway door, which put me about 4 feet away from where my bike was. After unlocking the hallway door I turned around and saw a man hopping off the stoop carrying my bike. I ran out of the building and down the stairs toward the thief, tripping on the bottom stair which sent me sailing into him; me, the bike, and the thief all sprawling on the sidewalk.

me and mr. thief scrambled to our feet, and I grabbed my bike and screamed 'let go of my fucking bike!' he took a few steps back--probably calculated that this shabby looking bicycle wasn't worth fighting this madwoman for--and said 'hey, I wasn't trying to take your bike.' what, then? trying to give it a tune-up? i picked up my bike and ran back into the building and turned to see him sauntering away.

him: 5' 8", not badly dressed, slight caribbean accent, hair long and slightly dreaded. me: nursing knee bruises and glad to have my bike.

too bad you couldnt break his face. fucker! glad youre ok and have your bike...

emily · October 2005

Whoo-hoo! Craziness always pays off in the end. Hopefully that guy will have learned a lesson about taking people's bikes. :shock:

carnivore · October 2005

Nice! You're lucky he wasn't armed though.

anonymous · October 2005

Carnivore wrote: Nice! You're lucky he wasn't armed though.

you mean he's lucky I wasn't.

carnivore · October 2005

Touche. :shock:

rhodamine · October 2005

Carnivore wrote: Nice! You're lucky he wasn't armed though.

geez, man. way to be a total bummer!

let's all live in fear!!!!! oh no! everyone might be armed! let's all go hide under rocks and be glad were not gettin shot!!

OH FEAR FEAR!!!

seriously tho... I think its fuckin great she did what she did. rock on!! if every "victim" reacted like that, I'd wager wed see a huge decline in such crimes.

fuck bike thiefs. and petty crackheads too (who are rarely, if ever, armed).

jack · October 2005

rhodamine wrote: [quote=Carnivore]Nice! You're lucky he wasn't armed though.

geez, man. way to be a total bummer!
let's all live in fear!!!!! oh no! everyone might be armed! let's all go hide under rocks and be glad were not gettin shot!

I'm glad queen_of_pies fought back, but there's a reason why drug dealers and others get to do what they do. They will hurt you.

Sad to say, but when Nicole DuFresne said, "What are you going to do, shoot us?"

Guess what? She was shot and killed.

Fighting back doesn't always mean you'll win.

anonymous · October 2005

rhodamine wrote: [quote=Carnivore]Nice! You're lucky he wasn't armed though.

let's all live in fear!!!!!

A guy's gotta live somewhere, right?

I hear the weather's nice in Fear, but nobody goes outside to check.

vanilla · October 2005

so tough. best true story ever!

t-fal · October 2005

totally kickass!

captain m · October 2005

Thats hot.

moufaisbad · October 2005

woooohooo!
you ROCK!!!
i am proud to be your neighbor
and damned right he was lucky YOU were not armed...or some sort of ninja koala who could have killed him with one (or 2! because koalas have 2 you know...) fatal thumb stab to the eyes!
happy to hear you came out on 'top' (so to speak)

mc · October 2005

Awesome, queen of pies! You sure gave him a *pie in the face*!
Arm yourselves with pies!

anonymous · October 2005

im glad everyone is showing you love for this, pies. not only is it totally punk rock, it hilights that you dont always have to be a victim in brooklyn.

if someone tried to steal my bike, theyd be bleeding on the curb in no time :twisted:

go you.

parrothead · October 2005

The queen reigns over bike theifing thug!
Pie time for all bikers.

That will teach thugs from messing with the bike riding bunch.

By the way, what is the Queens favorite pie?

flute · October 2005