Crafty Canadian steals back stolen bike found listed on Craigslist for $1K

A Vancouver woman answered an ad for her stolen bike on Craigslist, asked to take test it out, then pedaled away and never went back.

Kayla Smith reported the theft of the $1000 bike to police last Wednesday after it went missing at the Olympic Village.

But she took justice into her own hands as soon as she saw it for sale the next day.

Bike justice: Kayla Smith saw her stolen bike for sale on Craigslist, so she asked to see it and then stole it right back

‘THIS GUY IS SELLING MY BIKE RIGHT NOW!!!" she wrote in a post to Reddit. ‘I am not missing this opportunity waiting for a call. So I jump into action."

‘I called the guy up, totally played super sweet," the bartender told the Globe and Mail. ‘Was like, "Hi, how are you? You know, I have the day off today, why don"t I come meet you?"”

The thief agreed and they set up a time to meet at McDonalds.

As soon as she laid eyes on it, she knew it was hers.

'I can¿t believe I just stole my bike back': The Vancouver bartender, who's made a hobby of doing splits in cities all over the world, said she was terrified as she met the thief and then started to ride away

'He was standing there, dumbstruck': Seen here doing a split in Colombia, Smith says the thief eventually realized his jig was up and slinkered off

‘I noticed that it was my bike right away because of the RIDE ON stickers on the frame," Smith wrote. ‘Here is where I started thinking on my feet."

She asked the thief if she could take it for a ride around the McDonald"s parking lot.

Smith said he seemed hesitant but finally caved in. ‘Yeah but don"t take off…" he told her.

‘My heart was pounding and I had no idea what to do so I just got on the bike and was like f**k this guy and started to ride," Smith wrote.

She said the thief began to look for her, but that she called a friend to drive to meet her as back up.

‘We watched the guy start to look for me and he got super freaked out and he suddenly just took off running," she wrote.

Smith retued to the thief"s original ad and realized he was selling several other bikes, as well as iPhones.

She took down his number and reported it, along with her own amusing tale, to Crime Stoppers.