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t was a case of insult being added to injury, after a Kansas City bicyclist got hit by a car, and then, as he lie bleeding on the street, thieves took off with his bike.
Mike Hardy was riding near 30th and Holmes when he was struck by a vehicle, rolling up on the hood and then landing on the sidewalk with painful injuries to his knees.
"At first I was like 'Crap, I just got hit by a car,' so I didn't feel anything," said Hardy. "I was just in shock, and I started to get up and looked at my legs and started screaming 'Oh my god'."
The dash cam on a police car that responded to the accident shows some men checking on him to see if he's okay. A few minutes later, one of those men is seen walking off with Hardy's bicycle.
"They're all huddled around me, and then later on it shows them taking the bike," said Hardy. "It's bizarre."
"It was a pretty low thing to do," said Hardy.
Especially low, Hardy says, because this wasn't just any bike, but a $1,200 bike he'd been building to use in races. The bike is white with red trim and hubs. Hardy says that he has his friends in the cycling community keeping an eye out for it.
"It was a special bike because I put it together myself, and took a lot of time doing that," said Hardy.
In one final blow, the accident happened on Hardy's 27th birthday. In fact, he says that he was on his way to have dinner with his girlfriend. Now, he says the best birthday present would be to get his bike back, but he also hopes everyone takes away a lesson about the importance of sharing the road.
"If that's one thing I can stress is just be more aware of each other," said Hardy
Any bike thief who is caught should have his left nut torn off in public (they are almost always male).
In the most egregious cases, like this one, they should detach the right one too.
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