Varsity Bike & Transit

Twitter Helps Reunite Messenger with Stolen Bike

This never happens. An NYC messenger was reunited with his stolen bike after Tweeting that his ride had been stolen. Security footage proved useless and a campus of the neighborhood turned up nothing, but a contemporary and Twitter follower of the messenger saw the stolen bike outside a downtown deli. He called his buddy and [...]

Man Steals Bike on Way Out of Police Station

This is likely the only scenario where I can justify stealing a bike. A Massachusetts man was arrested and booked for being drunk late on Monday, and police discharged him at 1:30am in 23F weather even though he had nowhere to go. At the urging of some folks in the Police Department’s lobby, the man [...]

Missing Bike: No Reward Offered

Came across this picture on my friend’s Facebook page. Proof that not everyone who believes in Karmic laws wants to put good out into the universe. The flyer was hung awhile ago and ended up on a Threadless T-shirt; hopefully the author is credited and gets enough money to buy a new bike. I’m not [...]