🚀 go-pugleaf

     

   Thanks to everybody who replied to my posting.  I haven't actually purchased
a new assembly, but I'll probably end up filling in the stem bolt with 
some kind of material.  Some people have mentioned silicone, superglue,
solder and sweat.;-)   I'll have to find out exactly what's going to work best
and I can't figure that out until I try....

    For the long run, however, I've decided to find an old bike that I've got
stored somewhere and use that around campus.  I don't think anyone would want 
to steal that (though I've been wrong before...)  I'll leave my good bike
in my room, like I've been doing, and use it only when I go off-roading

    The reasons for this are a) the CIT (computer center) doesn't allow bikes
anywhere in the building.  I'm in the process of writing a letter to Management
and Brown Police requesting that bikes be allowed inside, or that a video camer
a installed to watch over the bike racks. b) I can't really afford to have
anything else stolen from my bike. [can you believe that I also had my quick-
release seat pin stolen?  Probably because the thief got pissed that I ran a
cable through my seat post.]and c) the police told me that bike thefts are up
this semester.  in fact, the number of bikes stolen this semester has nearly
matched the number from the last academic year.  Of course, I found this out
AFTER my handle bars were stolen....

As a word of Note: if you bike around a univeristy campus or are afraid that
                   someone will steal your bike, engrave anything that can
                   be removed.  It won't nescessarily prevent/deter someone
                   from taking it, but in the rare instance that it's recovered
                   , it can be identified.. [If you can though, leave your bike
                   inside!]

BTW - The computer center has a high volume of traffic throughout the night
      even at 3:00 am.  Plus, the place I locked my bike was near a light and
      next to a campus phone...Like someone wrote, no where is safe.


- mike
cs123052@cs.brown.edu