Then came the really dramatic turn of events — police discovered he had several warehouses full of bikes around the city. Which means it wasn't simply a case of go to Igor's and find your bike if he had it — he had caches where he could hide bikes

Cyclists develop relationships with their bikes, tune them up and learn their quirks and — as we were reminded at the Toronto Cyclists Union's recent screening of the epic film Pee-wee's Big Adventure — become quite attached to them.

Does big seizure mean that cops now take cyclists more seriously?

Toronto's stolen-bicycle saga led police into three more secluded garages crammed with bikes yesterday, and took a turn for the bizarre as an accomplished concert pianist became the third person charged in the case.

Another thousand bicycles – ranging from $3,000 LeMond racing bikes to kids' tricycles and a scooter for a disabled rider – were recovered from rented garages yesterday after police executed three more raids across the west downtown.

Jeanie Chung works at The Glenn Gould School where she is an accomplished pianist. The woman is romantically involved with Igor Kenk, who is accused of masterminding the largest bike theft operation in Toronto history.

Jimmy Vuong, a cyclist and rider of the 506 Carlton route, approves of the bike lanes along parts of College Street "except for the frequent incidents of bikers speeding past open streetcar doors in disregard for TTC riders entering and exiting."

"The garage had been rented out since March 2008. It's owned by a numbered company. "The guy who rented it out came forward and gave us a statement. A total of eight search warrants were issued since Thursday's raid on Kenk's bike shop."