Scenic Routes<\/a> Community Bicycle Center, where Hayden volunteers.\u00a0<\/p>\nVon Edge began to get messages from neighbors\u00a0 reporting possible sightings, including one describing a \u201cshort kind of guy\u201d riding a similar-looking bike in the Outer Sunset.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n
Not long after, around 6 p.m., Hayden, standing in her open Lower Haight garage, saw what looked like Von Edge\u2019s cargo bucket bike whizz by.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Hayden took matters into her own pedals, racing after the suspect. A cargo-bike-on-cargo-bike chase scene began.<\/p>\n
After a few blocks matching his pace, now sure that the bike was Von Edge\u2019s, Hayden made her pitch. <\/p>\n
\u201cI got up close to him and I was like, \u2018Hey, I know this bike is stolen. You should just ditch it because, I\u2019m not going to stop following you.\u2019\u201d<\/p>\n
The man didn\u2019t say a word, and kept pedaling. Hayden continued pedaling, too. After a few blocks, Hayden said, the man relented. <\/p>\n
\u201cHe just laid the bike down and walked away,\u201d she said. <\/p>\n
As Hayden watched him go, she said, the man yanked some decorative Fourth of July bunting from a nearby building in a fit of pique.<\/p>\n
When Von Edge learned that her bike had been found, she was scouring the Outer Sunset by car, hoping that the bike was still in the neighborhood. <\/p>\n
She got a call, and a voice on the line said, \u201cI have your bike!\u201d <\/p>\n
Von Edge drove down to retrieve it.<\/p>\n
Hayden\u2019s impulsive decision to chase, she said, was\u00a0\u201cprobably not the best practice.\u201d But, she added, \u201c I felt confident. We were in a highly populated area, and he wasn\u2019t going to do anything.\u201d<\/p>\n
And, Hayden said,\u00a0 \u201cI didn\u2019t want to get the cops involved, because I knew they wouldn\u2019t do anything. They would have just told me to stop pursuing, or whatever. And it would just be a statistic at that point. They wouldn\u2019t actually actively help to try and recover it.\u201d<\/p>\n
In a written statement, Paulina Henderson, a spokesperson for San Francisco Police Department, stated, \u201cPolice officers and investigators are committed to holding suspects accountable and returning stolen property to the rightful owners.\u201d <\/p>\n
Henderson did advise against the urge to chase down suspected bike thieves. \u201cFor safety, please refrain from engaging with any potential suspects,\u201d she wrote.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Von Edge was delighted to learn of the monster\u2019s rescue.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cFor it to come back before dark, and all in one piece,\u201d Von Edge said, \u201cthat was above and beyond.\u201d<\/p>\n
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