If you don’t, a good Samaritan like reader Margo might write you a friendly note and leave it in your bottle cage.
When she left Casanova a while after, Margo noticed the bike was gone. She hopes, as do we, that it left with its rightful owner.
Previously:
Well, that’s very helpful in regard to someone’s “Gike”, but what about the bicycle?
This reminds me of something I’ve been wondering. What do you do when there’s a cool bike locked up around the corner from your house for like 6 months?
It is pretty clear it’s been abandoned/forgotten. I’m certainly not about to steal a bike, although if I knew who’s it was I’d offer em money for it. Somebody WILL steal it eventually though, I’m sure.
I’d put up a post on CL, but that might simply alert thieves to a bike that’s ripe for stealing.
yes, yes. I have the handwriting of a 15-year-old boy. I blame it on skipping 2nd grade.
Thank you for temporarily permitting me to mock and scoff in a joshing way — YOUR TURN NEXT…
I hardly ever see bikes or gikes properly locked. The most common thing I see is leaving quick release wheels unlocked. When I was in college there was a hole-in-wall shop that we swore would steal wheels then re-sell them to victims of wheel theft. Wheel theft was rampant. The approved lock-up method then was to remove the front wheel, set it next to the rear wheel and lock the seat tube, rear wheel, and front wheel to parking meter, fencepost, stair railing. As I walk around I see some great wheel sets I could easily walk off with. I wouldn’t though becuase I luv bikes and bike riders
If say, someone did steal this bike how hard would it be to break the lock that is still attached? Could it be Sawzalled off?
you’d bust it off with a carjack…