An alarm goes out online, and a messenger is soon reunited with his stolen bike.Austin Horse thought he was just leaving his bike for a second when he ran into the lobby of an office building at 28th Street and Madison Avenue last Tuesday afternoon to make a pickup.
…mad ). He then found a few pictures of the bike that he had shot previously and retweeted them. It was just after 4 p.m.
With the digital alarm sounded, Mr. Horse went back into the building to see if the security cameras had captured anything. Mr. Horse knew he had to move quickly if he hoped to see the bike again. While some bicycles are recovered long after being stolen, as time passes, the thief has more opportunity to stash, alter or resell the bike.
Security guards in the building were able to locate footage of the thief, he said, but all he could see was a grayish-blackish blob on an orange blur.
Meanwhile, his tweet was picked up by other local riders and reposted on several online forums, including fixed.gr/nyc, a members-only site for local fixed-gear enthusiasts. That is where Eddie Brannan, a freelance creative director for magazines and a friend of Mr. Horse, first heard about the theft. They have a pretty good track record of recovering bikes, Mr. Brannan said.
Bikeless, Mr. Horse headed…
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