Aww, man, that DOES suck. Mine got swiped a few years ago when I was unemployed, while I was at a job interview! (& didn’t get the job–bad day all 'round.) You described perfectly the surreal feeling of looking at the spot where you left it and wondering “What’s wrong with this picture?”
But I’m puzzled–what is this “transit” you keep talking about?
Curiously yours,
trose (a Texan)
Oy, the board’s slow during the day. Tried to post earlier, but it didn’t want
to work. 
Anyway… yeah, that’s about the feeling. “Hmm… this just doesn’t
seem right.”
Transit’s the occasional lifesaver, IMHO. I was just glad to be so close
to the C-Train line when this happened. Quite easy to just get on the train
and come home.
For an update, I filed the police report today. The filing officer told me that
I really shouldn’t expect to get my wheels back, but that’s what I was expecting
to hear, anyway. However, it would be a pleasant surprise if the bike wound up
in the impound lot or something 
Another lesson I’ve learned from this is to carry insurance. Next bike’s
definitely going to have theft insurance! =)
Why don’t the bike manufacturers include some securty devices built into the bikes. They can cost thousands of dollars, but the manufactures provide no device to prevent theft. Even a lockable steering column would be nice. Locking devices that are integrated into the frame structure, and their removal would break the bike frame. Who’s going to steal a bike that the frame breaks when you break the locking mechanism?
Timban, I believe you lose “Newbie” status after you have successfully:
1)Started a pit rant about a Moderator.
2)Been slapped down by the Moderator (and vow never to raise their ire again).
3)Used the term “Goat felcher” appropriately in a rant (and know why you’re supposed to say “Hi Opal” in your third points, even if you chose not to do it).
4)Started a pit rant about another poster in which you cross-reference their offences properly.
5)Had a new arsehole chewed for you by someone in the Pit.
6)Been around for 2 year or 1000 posts, whichever comes first.
I believe you can skip any or all of these steps by attending the proper Dopefest in either NYC or California; here in Calgary, we have to do it the hard way 
From a fellow newbie (I’ve only got 1 out of 6 criteria - this is taking longer than I thought!)
ps trose, in case it wasn’t clear from Timban’s post, “Transit” is what Calgary’s public transportation system is called. It consists of buses and C-trains.
I, too would like to give praise for the seldom-seen-but-highly effective- Pigfucker.
My apologies on your bike.
May the SOB PIGFUCKER suffer from premature ejaculation all his days.
In fairness to the opposite sex, if the Pigfucker is of the female gender, my curse du jour is: May she always wet her pants when she lifts so much as a leaf of paper and her boobs forever droop.
Why thank you. :> Isn’t it a wonderful word, used correctly?
Hey, on the bright side of all this, I’ve got my new bike,
and a much better lock… an Evolution 2000, thanks to the
wise advice of sturmhauke and zyzzyva.
Timban: glad to hear it! Hopefully any potential thieves will notice a well-locked bike and keep right on going.
Harmonious Discord: there’s a number of points against this. First off, most American cyclists are obsessed with weight, and any such mechanism would add precious grams to the thing. Second, it’d be harder to work on (one of the great things about a bike vs. a car is that you can fix most anything on it after just a few hours of training). Never mind the facts that if you locked it and then happened to lose the key, you’d need a whole new bike, and it’d be hellish if the thing malfunctioned and you suddenly couldn’t steer after hitting a bump during a 40 mph descent down a twisting mountain road! 
Locks are relatively cheap and easy to carry, only suffer from the first problem.
Mind you, there ARE a few bikes that do have such mechanims. A friend of mine has a bike that she bought in Amsterdam that has a built-in wheel lock (basically a bar that slides between the seat stays to keep the rear wheel from moving). Of course, the thing weights about 40 lbs, what with that and all the other extras, and she still has to use a standard lock cuz anyone can still pick it up and toss it in a pickup truck, but it does have a built-in lock.
You are welcome. The Krypto also can serve as a weapon. (No, I haven’t actually used my Krypto as a weapon. For some reason I find myself imagining how all sorts of things might be used as a weapon. Call me a closet misanthropist.) Hold the barrel in your fist. Swing the U part forward to strike, or back against the outside of your arm to assist in parrying.