Harly & Courtney Forbes

This fund is set up to replace Harly & Courtney Forbes' tandem bicycle, which was stolen from them on Monday, January 6th. 

Here's part of the story, as reported in The Columbian:

Two months ago, Harly Forbes traded in his Schwinn Varsity bike and bought a Peugeot tandem so that he and his wife could travel around town together. Forbes, 22, and his wife, Courtney, 21, are both developmentally delayed and so cannot drive a car.

"She had anxiety riding around alone," said Kim Turner, Courtney Forbes' mother. "He traded in his really nice bike so that they could ride together and she would feel safer."

But about 9 a.m. Monday, the family awoke to find the bike lock had been cut and the tandem bike stolen from the porch of their central Vancouver home.

"I can't believe they would do something like that," Harly Forbes said. "I just want them to bring it back. Hopefully we can get it back."

The thieves even propped a rocking chair that was on the porch under the front doorknob, apparently so that the homeowners wouldn't be able to chase them if the theft was discovered.

Turner said that the white bike, which cost about $900, is worth more than the family can afford to replace.

"My daughter cried all morning," Turner said. "They're devastated."

Aside from the monetary loss, Turner said, the bike is a way for Courtney and Harly to be more independent.

The full story may be found here in The Columbian:

http://www.columbian.com/news/2013/jan/07/bicycle-theft-hurts-two/