[*BCM*] Bostoncriticalmass Digest, Vol 40, Issue 11

[Jacques Minoyan]

Dan,

Definitely.  Like I had mentioned, it was on the corner of Mass Ave  
and Malborough Street.
In regards to what it was lock up to, it was a a maturing tree; I  
would say at least 5 inches in diameter.  No damage was done to the  
tree and it would not have been possible to have lifted the bike over  
the branches etc etc.

I used a Kryptonite KC IV which is one of those "rope" locks.  I know  
it wasnt a U lock, but my friend who works at a bike shop thought it  
was safe enough for BU campus.  He suspects that some pros worked the  
street because the bolt cutter used would not be something some joe  
schmoe would be walking around with.  The theft was on Thursday of  
last week and it was around 9-10pm.  There was no lock left behind  
nor was there damage to the tree.  I believe there was a massive raid  
in the BU Bay State Road area as I did notice some remnants of bikes  
on Friday morning.  They must have been in some van.

Thanks for the tip about local University pds selling bikes.  I  
actually picked up a very cheap bike, it should last me through the  
year.

****best news for everyone:  if your Kryptonite gets broken into,  
call Kryptonite and they will send you a new one free of charge as  
long as you can provide the keys, police report, lock if you have it  
in some form, receipt of the lock purchase and the packaging of the  
lock.

Hope you wont have the poor luck I had.

On Oct 8, 2007, at 11:16 PM, bostoncriticalmass- 
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> Date: Mon, 08 Oct 2007 13:55:03 -0400
> From: Tom Revay <trevay at massbike.org>
> Subject: Re: [*BCM*] Politics (Jim Leonard)
> To: Jim Leonard <jim_bcm at xuth.net>
> Cc: Tom Revay <trevay at massbike.org>, list at bostoncriticalmass.org,
> 	Massbike Info <bikeinfo at massbike.org>
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> Well, the people to contact about this update request would be ... the
> MassBike staff.  I've cc'd David Watson, the Executive Director, and
> maybe he can get that page updated.
>
> Incidentally, it's only been in the last year and a half that the MB
> office has maintained this website, and I'm not surprised their focus
> isn't on tracking legislation.   However, they are pretty  
> responsive to
> email, so if you wanted to know the bill's status and possibly find a
> link to it on the mass.gov website, that might be a good way to get  
> it.
>
> They're a lot more responsive about the website, too.  Before a couple
> years ago, all updates were done solely by the guy who started the
> website, some 13 years or so ago.  In its day, it was one of the first
> bicycling oriented websites to appear, and over that time it  
> accumulated
> a tremendous amount of stuff -- lots of articles, links to traffic  
> laws
> in (almost) all the states, transcribed laws for some states (like
> Massachusetts) that were slow to put them on-line, and loads of
> resources other that were not ordinarily found on-line way back in the
> 90s -- really, it was pretty amazing how much they'd collected.
>
> And it was tough to sift through all when it was redesigned.
> Personally, I think they did a great job in the reorg.
>
> ......................Tom
>
> Jim Leonard wrote:
>> On Sun, Oct 07, 2007 at 10:07:52AM -0400, Tom Revay wrote:
>>
>>> On Fri, 5 Oct 2007 16:46:35 -0400, Jim Leonard <jim_bcm at xuth.net>  
>>> wrote:
>>>
>>>> Because it was such a bitch for me to find, I'm posting a url  
>>>> for the
>>>> full text of the bill (why isn't this listed on massbike's  
>>>> website?):
>>>>
>>>> http://www.mass.gov/legis/bills/senate/185/st01/st01414.htm
>>>>
>>> It is! It's on the current front page (http:// 
>>> www.massbike.org/ ), at
>>> the link, "Action Alert: Help Get Bicyclist Safety Bill Out of  
>>> Committee!".
>>>
>>
>> According to massbike's webserver that page was created 7 minutes  
>> and 43
>> seconds before I hit send on my email (assuming our clocks are  
>> relatively
>> in synch).
>>
>> Can http://massbike.org/projects/legislation.htm get updated  
>> also?  It
>> still refers to the 2005-2006 legislative session.
>>
>> --jim
>>
>
>
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> Date: Mon, 8 Oct 2007 15:51:43 -0400
> From: Jacques Minoyan <jminoyan at gmail.com>
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> Hi,
>
> My bike got stolen last week and I have been searching on the
> craigslist to see if anyone has posted it.  please keep your eye out
> for it.  Thank you for your help.  I am a college student that used
> the bike to go to class.
>
> Specs:
>
> Trek 4300
> 19 inch frame
> I think -26 inch wheels
> registered with Boston University Police- stick is located underneath
> the frame near crankshaft
> last at malborough and mass ave
> silver bike bag
> 24 gears
>
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> From: "Eric A. Stratton" <estratton.apple at gmail.com>
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> How was it locked, and what with.
>
> Will keep my eyes out for it.
>
> -E
>
> On Oct 8, 2007, at 3:51 PM, Jacques Minoyan wrote:
>
>> Hi,
>>
>> My bike got stolen last week and I have been searching on the
>> craigslist to see if anyone has posted it.  please keep your eye
>> out for it.  Thank you for your help.  I am a college student that
>> used the bike to go to class.
>>
>> Specs:
>>
>> Trek 4300
>> 19 inch frame
>> I think -26 inch wheels
>> registered with Boston University Police- stick is located
>> underneath the frame near crankshaft
>> last at malborough and mass ave
>> silver bike bag
>> 24 gears
>>
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> Date: Mon, 8 Oct 2007 15:58:30 -0400
> From: "Curran, Caitlin" <ccurran at phx.com>
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> Bummer. This might sound silly, but it might help to post on BU  
> Facebook
> about it as well. I know a BU student who lost her iPod on Comm Ave  
> last
> week, and within an hour another BU student had sent her a Facebook
> message saying she'd found it.
>
> Hope you get it back!
>
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> [mailto:bostoncriticalmass-bounces at bostoncriticalmass.org] On  
> Behalf Of
> Jacques Minoyan
> Sent: Monday, October 08, 2007 3:52 PM
> To: list at bostoncriticalmass.org
> Subject: [*BCM*] please fwd this email to all members
>
> Hi,
>
> My bike got stolen last week and I have been searching on the
> craigslist to see if anyone has posted it.  please keep your eye out
> for it.  Thank you for your help.  I am a college student that used
> the bike to go to class.
>
> Specs:
>
> Trek 4300
> 19 inch frame
> I think -26 inch wheels
> registered with Boston University Police- stick is located underneath
> the frame near crankshaft
> last at malborough and mass ave
> silver bike bag
> 24 gears
>
>
>
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> Date: Mon, 8 Oct 2007 15:59:43 -0400 (EDT)
> From: "Dan Barrett" <dbx at pobox.com>
> Subject: Re: [*BCM*] please fwd this email to all members
> To: "Boston Critical Mass" <list at bostoncriticalmass.org>
> Cc: " <jminoyan at gmail.co>"@slaughter.dreamhost.com,	"Jacques
> 	Minoyan"@slaughter.dreamhost.com
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> Jacques,
>   Terribly sorry to hear about your ride.  In the interest of helping
> Boston bikers avoid theft, would you be kind enough to tell us a bit
> about how your bike was locked when it was stolen -- what kind of  
> lock,
> to which kind of object, at what time of day?
>   Again, sorry to hear of it.  If you're looking for a replacement,  
> this
> is the right time of year to check out the bike auctions run by the
> various local university police departments.
>
> Best,
> d.
>
>
>> Hi,
>>
>> My bike got stolen last week and I have been searching on the
>> craigslist to see if anyone has posted it.  please keep your eye out
>> for it.  Thank you for your help.  I am a college student that used
>> the bike to go to class.
>>
>> Specs:
>>
>> Trek 4300
>> 19 inch frame
>> I think -26 inch wheels
>> registered with Boston University Police- stick is located underneath
>> the frame near crankshaft
>> last at malborough and mass ave
>> silver bike bag
>> 24 gears
>>
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> Date: Mon, 8 Oct 2007 23:09:56 -0400
> From: "robert fine" <countrybob at comcast.net>
> Subject: Re: [*BCM*] Politics
> To: "'Boston Critical Mass'" <list at bostoncriticalmass.org>
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> Lee, can you elaborate on what you mean by calling Massbike members  
> who read
> this list, "lurkers"? Obviously it's a snarky remark that sounds  
> cool, and
> I'm not saying this as some sort of "phantom politeness enforcer"  
> because we
> are acquainted. Massbike works hard to advocate these important  
> policies and
> I as a citizen spoke out at this past summer's state house hearings in
> support of the Bicycle Safety Bill. While I'm putting my cards on  
> the table
> so to speak, I'd like you "lurkers of the streets  of Boston" to  
> know that
> it is very difficult to advocate any improvements in bicycling  
> conditions to
> politicians and public officials when there are vast numbers of  
> bikers in
> Boston who totally ignore the traffic laws. So we are in fact making a
> presence on this website solicit your collaboration in these  
> efforts and
> yes,  maybe influence you conform a little bit to our ways of  
> bicycling.
>
>
>
> From: bostoncriticalmass-bounces at bostoncriticalmass.org
> [mailto:bostoncriticalmass-bounces at bostoncriticalmass.org] On  
> Behalf Of Lee
> Peters
> Sent: Friday, October 05, 2007 2:55 PM
> To: Boston Critical Mass
> Subject: [*BCM*] Politics
>
>
>
> Dear MassBike Lurkers,
>
>
>
> Who, at the state level, determines the Mass. driving laws?  Which
> committees?
>
>
>
> and
>
>
>
> Did that bike bill ever pass?  The one making it illegal to door a
> bicyclist.
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