Last night, Mrs. Washcycle and I went out to dinner at Cantina Marina with friends to celebrate my completion of grad school. Going in I was glad to see that they've installed a bike rack with space for six bikes (it was completely full, btw - hooray Cantina Marina).
When we came out I had a flat tire, which was unusual since I hadn't had a flat on my Voyageur since I got it four years ago. In fact, I noted, I had two flats. Oddly, Mrs. Washcycle had two flats too. And if you can believe the amazing coincidence, so did every other bike parked outside. Yes, we got Union Stationed. So, an hour and a half later we're home (I missed the end of the very exciting Texas game) and I'm ordering $200 worth of bike tires off of the internets.
Sigh....
I did tell the security guard who says it should all be on videotape (there was a camera about 20 feet away). He called the police and they took a report. But I'll be shocked if anything comes from it.
As you've now experienced, there are a lot of stupid people in the world...
Posted by: Froggie | June 15, 2009 at 06:55 AM
Were the tires cut? That is implied by the tire order.
Posted by: Grendel | June 15, 2009 at 09:31 AM
Should have read the Examiner article before commenting...
Posted by: Grendel | June 15, 2009 at 09:35 AM
Terrible! Very sorry about that. Let's hope the video is available and good quality and the police actually does their job even though it is "only" about some pesky bikers who are always causing trouble.
12 tires is about $500-$600 in damage, nothing to sneeze at and a real problem for the area. Next time the criminals might graduate to car tires.
Posted by: Eric_W. | June 15, 2009 at 09:47 AM
The security guard mentioned that some kids had smashed windshields last month. I realize that in the scope of pointless crimes committed in SW DC over the last week, this one pales in comparison - but I'm still pretty angry.
Posted by: Washcycle | June 15, 2009 at 09:58 AM
12 tires slashed is about 600 bucks worth of damage; can you imagine how the 5-0 would have reacted if 600 dollars worth of damage was done to a car? they would have been outraged!
Sorry, Mr. Washcycle...
Posted by: anonymous | June 15, 2009 at 11:02 AM
The officer was very professional and polite about it - I don't want my doubt to seem like I doubt the MPD. My doubt comes from the difficulty in identifying the perpetrators from the video. If I can get the video, I plan to put it up on the website.
Posted by: Washcycle | June 15, 2009 at 11:05 AM
very sorry to hear this
Posted by: old guy | June 15, 2009 at 05:32 PM
Sucks.
congrats on finishing school!
Posted by: micah | June 16, 2009 at 05:10 PM