***returned***my stolen grey surly

Update
re: my two-wheeled lover

Tonight my bike (without wheels) was returned to my inner basement from where it was stolen.

I had at least really hoped to get back my pedals that were given to me by a friend who was later killed. That was just like a hostage situation. I was hoping they would at least be sent back to me in a plastic bag. They were returned . 

(We now know the wheels went out separately from the frame with a friend of the girls while they were being evicted. He was sighted as he left and rode away with them. The rest of the bike went out with the things belonging to the girls.)

I have no idea how exactly this came about, and don't know who to thank, so thank you world. To everyone who passed on the word and kept their eyes open, Thank you for getting the message out. 

I have received numerous sympathetic messages from other cyclists (some as far away as south america and the middle east) who saw my messages on public forums, as well as offers to help me build, fix and reassemble. Thank you, I really appreciate the offers of help and the multitude of kind words. I think you actually saved my belief in humanity somehow. 

From craigslist, I also received: one poem, sales offers, a very long and strange letter about love and loss typed on/sent from a blackberry, messages offering to assist me in violence against the people who took my property, eight offers of dates from seven men and one woman, as well as -numerous- messages men offering sex. (I posted in the bicycle section, so i suppose all of craigslist is open for sexual solicitation...) I'll just try to appreciate that for the spirit in which that was offered, but the only thing I want to ride right now is my bike. 

To the other people who networked with me about their stolen rides: I will defiantly let you know if i see anything. I wish you the best, and will keep my eyes open. Let me know if there is anything else I can do.

Much Love and Thanks, 
ev

Frame:
59cm gunmetal grey surly steamroller
Handlebars and Stem:
tan leather wrapped handlebars and unusually short black stem
Fork and Headset:
damn it i just want it back.....
Front wheel:
Mavic 700c (Missing)
Rear wheel:
Mavic 700c (Missing)
Crankset and Bottom bracket:
wish i knew what i had on at the time it was taken
Saddle and Seat Post:
tan brooks leather
Pedals and Chain:
pale pink crank brothers candys platform eggbeaters

My missing two-wheeled lover.

Bike was stolen this thursday afternoon, june 26th from the locked inner tenant basement of my apartment building between 12:15 (noon) and 10 pm. in Chicago while the girls in the retail space below (a vintage clothing store, that as it turned out, wasn't really selling vintage clothing...) were being evicted for their various violations of their commercial lease, illegal doings and disturbances once the landlord found out what was really going on.

As it was last seen:
A surly modified for my height
(Part of the reason I dearly want this back: it was very difficult to find a frame that
fit my frame. I'm a tall girl with long legs and a short torso. My pant inseam is 36-37 inches if that
helps gauge the standover on a found bike sighting...)
-A steep 59cm frame size with fairly short reach, unusually short stem and smaller than normal handlebars for a typical
men's bike
(model has no braze-ons/ welded joints )
-A CroMo frame: Gunmetal grey color
-single speed flip-flop fixed gear
-large caliper u-type brakes. Brake levers are hood mounted.
-mavic wheels
-tan leather brooks saddle
-tan leather handlebar tape (with a long deep scratch on the left side from the license-less driver who
hit me last October)
-gear ratio at time was somewhat higher than normal
-light pink platform type eggbeater pedals- crank brothers candy's (old team pedals)... sad.

*Differs from the attached (old) pictures in that most the decals were removed last year and the decal on the top tube was covered with black electrical tape. The metal emblem on the front should still be there. I didn't have enough upper body strength to remove it.
Crank arm should still have it's decal.

I finally had a bike that really fit me, and some of the components had been given to my by a friend who was later killed, so the loss just makes me kind of nausious.

I'm pretty irked at the girls/their friends, and really mad about the loss of my bike for a number of personal reasons as well as the simple fact that it was taken by a neighbor whom I had never wronged. That just hurts.

Please excuse the crappy outdated cell phone pictures.
Will add more information when i am not so mad.
Any advice is appreciated! (Does anyone know the 4 or 5 girls who used to run the fat rabbit vintage store and their friends?)

Tip offs leading to the return will be rewarded with cash and whatever you wish for me to bake for you.
Thank you!
ev