Cyclist spots stolen bike on Craigslist, steals it back




 It's simple. Whoever is selling the bike on Craigslist, is obviously the person who stole it. So they don't deserve any reward!

 

Danny Lesh is an avid cyclist -- and now he's also somewhat of a vigilante, after he found his stolen bike online and managed to get it back.  Lesh's Cannondale hybrid was stolen after he loaned it to a friend who'd secured it with a cable lock, which are easy to cut if you're a theft with a pair of boltcutters handy.

But Lesh located the bike on Craiglist shortly after last weekend's theft -- his bike had a prominent sticker on it, so he was certain it was his.  He arranged to buy his bike back. A man came out of an alley at 5th and Longfellow streets NW with the bike, and Lesh took it for a "test ride."

Lesh simply rode off without paying.





Lesh taking off; authorities in hot pursuit

Hey, anytime there is a story that has even vague similarities to Pee-Wee Herman's Big Adventure I'm going to post something about it.  And Danny Lesh put "Pee-Wee's Stolen Property Corollary" to perfect work here.  The guy trying to sell this off Craigslist never saw it coming; Lesh executed this perfectly.

Lesh may as well have stolen his bike back from a group of TV nuns off a tv set; I can only pray that as he tore off down the road he screamed, "I'm going to start a paper route right now!" and gave the guy the finger.



You'll be sorry, Lesh!