Today we bring you a story from reddior u/h3ff.

A couple nights ago, my road bicycle was stolen while I was grabbing dinner. Unfortunately, this is just a part of city life and leaving a nice bike out in the public, even if locked up. In most cases, this would be the end of the story, as most stolen bikes are never recovered.

We have reached out to our community asking "What does your bicycle mean to you?," and we had received plenty of stories that touched our hearts. So much so that we have decided to share some of them on our blog.

Without further ado, here is what Thomas had to say: