Day 139: Can You Identify a Bait Bike?

A couple of years ago, my old bike, which Mr. E had bought me at Budget Bicycle Center on Regent Street in Madison back in 2003, was stolen from a bike rack across the street from Michelangelo's in Midtown Sacramento.  I must admit that I was only using a cable lock rather than a U-lock, but that had been sufficient for nearly 10 years up to that point, so I was quite shocked to come out of the restaurant after having dinner with L to find an empty bike rack.  Grrr.

I ended up purchasing a new bike at Mike's Bikes on 14th & I Streets and have been so much happier with this bicycle, primarily because it's a step-through model so it fits my body better and is far easier to ride with a variety of clothing, especially skirts and dresses.  Stolen bikes are quite frequent in Sacramento, unfortunately, and the Sac PD has begun to implement a bait bike program to track stolen bikes and find the culprits.

One of the bait bike stations is near The Press Bistro, where I met up with S tonight for Happy Hour.  What's sort of funny about this particular bait bike station is that I park my own bike there so often that I actually do know which of the other bicycles is a bait bike!