Guys, I need a safe space. I'm #triggered.
 

A couple days ago my weirdo neighbors put a big beautiful Trek 600 series out in their front yard bushes. Like right in the middle of the bushes. So weird. Well, it was supposed to rain the next day so I went over there and knocked on the door, hoping to talk them into giving it to me instead of letting it rot. i could hear them in there laughing at their TV show, but they didn't answer the first knock. So I knocked again, a little louder in case they didn't hear me, and you know what they did?!? Locked the door in my face! So the rain and freezing ice came down and the bike is still sitting there, taunting me. Thank God it's not my size or Italian, I don't think I could handle it. Thanks for listening.

What you just said reminds me of the movie Matilda.

Teacher comes to Matildas home to preach on the importance of education and the parents just laugh.

I'd say take it after another night if its still there and say it was abandoned.

But it's right in their front yard..

Do you live in a suburb by any chance? I've got neighbors who won't answer the door when I knock on it. It's kind of weird.

Years ago some neighbors left their dog in the yard fastened by his collar to the fence in a sleet storm. I redid the collar and tried to rig a shelter for him but while you can remove a cat with no penalty it's a felony steal a dog, great though the temptation may be. Just be aware before you do anything rash.

Just throw some plastic over it.

No, we just moved here so they don't know me. And likely never will judging by their weirdness.

It's a cultural phenomenon.
https://i.postimg.cc/PrZ6qDQv/door.jpg

That's actually a good idea. I could leave a note on it too.

Well I know you don`t live in Chicago. That bike would never make it through the night without getting borrowed. :)

dude pay a kid 100$ to take it and go get later on down the road.

Might as well steal it for free..

The neighbors were probably just having some sort of party where the odors might have presented embarrassment if they had opened the door.

The bike probably needed a good servicing anyway, so a period of outdoor exposure or even immersion would do it no harm.

That said, when my own very cheap (un-sealed hubs) mountainbike was subjected to a heavy downpour while being driven back from Tahoe in a horizontal position in the bed of a truck, I rebuilt the hubs the very next day. As I'd expected, the hubs needed the service anyway as a lot of dust had settled in there.

Maybe at some point you'll run into the neighbor outside and can make him/her a tidy offer on the steel Trek. Look at this as an opportunity!

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Sounds like good, ol' fashioned hate.

Borrowed? Not nearly strong enough!

You could plead neighborliness and move the bike to your garage, assuming they forgot it. Leave them a note in the mailbox with one cookie for each family member, as a greeting and so they don't think it was swiped. If they don't reply you can always say "I held onto it and kept it dry and oiled for the whole season and I told you what I was doing, being neighborly. Any time you want it back I'll deliver it." If they say "we hoped it was swiped!" you can say "here's $50, that's a common CL asking price for an old Trek. Or, with some care it could be worth a lot more, and I can help you get it ready for a profitable sale."

You'll presumably be there for a long time, with those people at your shoulder.

They swiped it and didn't want face anyone at the door while they partied and planned to sell on CL.

+1

Heck, you could even service it before giving it back. ;)

That sounds totally bizarre to me.

I'm still trying to figure out what business of anyone's it is what a neighbor does with their stuff in their yard....

:foo::foo::foo:

Sound like stoners. Forgive me any antiquated term.
If that's the case, $50 should buy the bike.
If not, walk. They'll ask $100 or more.
But they'll be back.


Or, light the front of the house on fire.
They'll go out the back. Take the bike.