I got my road bike stolen last year :/ I was so distraught. My mom gave it to me for my 18th birthday, and I was really touched that she'd be willing to get me such a generous gift. I was more pissed about how the thieves stole something that my mom worked hard for to get me rather than the fact that I was bike-less afterward. It was kind of my own fault though, since I locked it at my college with a cable lock. Bicycle thieves can cut right through those things.