Which type of area was your bike stolen from?:
Alley or side passageway.
How was the bike locked?:
Bike was locked only to itself, through one or both wheels.
How long was the bike locked in this location?:
About a week. My backyard.
Incident Description:
I was out of town, this could have been stolen any time in a 8 day period.
Bike was locked to itself with a kryptonite U lock. I used a steel cable to wrap around a wooden pole holding up a deck/fire escape, that cable was locked into the U-lock. That cable also looped through my GF's bike, 'locking' them both to the pole. Her bike and 6 others stored in this location were not stolen.
Sadly this location is in full view of a heavily trafficked alley, and residents in my building often forget to lock the gate.
I can only assume someone had cased the bike, came late at night, the gate was unlocked, cut the wimpy cable, walked off with the bike to work on the U-lock at their leisure.