Will it be there when the owner gets back?

[mjr]

I almost wonder if this is some sort of 'how not to lock a bike' wind-up.

I once got told off for asking that when a cycling officer published a picture of a D lock over a seatpost as an example of how to lock a bike!

 

[ufkacbln]

I'd be tempted to 'borrow' it just to teach the owner a lesson....

Trouble is that someone probably has....



You need a lock for your bike.... this will do the job

 

[mjr]

Stick your lock on it with a note, saying to lock properly next time. £10 fee to remove, but it's a bargain as you saved their bike.

Then you'll just have to go back with a key. Put a combination D lock on it and put the combination in the note along with instructions of where to transfer the £10 to.

 

[User33236]

.....I almost wonder if this is some sort of 'how not to lock a bike' wind-up.

Or part of a Police sting operation?

 

[smutchin]

Although you would have to rip out the rear brake cable.

I once left my bike locked outside a restaurant in Hammersmith while I had lunch. I came back to find some scrote had tried and failed to steal it, but in their frustration had tried to, I dunno, teach me a lesson or something by cutting through the brake cable. Fortunately they went for the rear brake, and doubly fortunately they failed even to get fully through the outer.

I felt like leaving a note for the would-be thief to suggest a career change.

 

[HLaB]

Nope

Not anymore at least

 

[dim]

Or part of a Police sting operation?

I collected a bike from a seller in Liverpool street station London

while I was waiting for him, I stood outside the station .... big signs by the bike racks saying that if you steal a bike, it could be the one planted there by the police with a tracking device

cops need to do similar here in Cambridge

 

[jonny jeez]

No need to even do that, there's plenty of slack in the cable to clear it over the saddle.

I almost wonder if this is some sort of 'how not to lock a bike' wind-up.

is that not the point @ianrauk is making.

the lock is doing nothing. its resting over the seatpost.

 

[CanucksTraveller]

judging by the rubber bung on the rear axle this is a day or two old bike

That was the first thing I noticed! It could say "day or two old bike" I suppose, but it's more likely saying "owner hasn't noticed this bit yet, and even when he does, he'll not be sure whether it's supposed to be there, or whether it is in fact part of the packaging." That phase could last anywhere from some months to some years. Given the naivety of the rider on how a lock works, I'm going with the latter.

 

[Pale Rider]

I once left my bike locked outside a restaurant in Hammersmith while I had lunch. I came back to find some scrote had tried and failed to steal it, but in their frustration had tried to, I dunno, teach me a lesson or something by cutting through the brake cable. Fortunately they went for the rear brake, and doubly fortunately they failed even to get fully through the outer.

I felt like leaving a note for the would-be thief to suggest a career change.

A lad bought his newish Cannondale MTB into my local bike shop when I was in last week.

Someone had tried to steal it and ripped out the fork lock-out cable.

 

[Salty seadog]

As I was walking out of tescos yesterday a guy, late twenties at most walked in and parked a nice looking Cannondale mtb in the lobby area and went inside. Who on earth would ever have known it wasn't mine if I just waltzed off with it. Bonkers. He's just asking for it. It was better than my mtb too.

 

[steveindenmark]

I used to fasten my horse up like that.

It was never stolen

 

[Dogtrousers]

I have to admit that I've left my bike in a similar state, while I nip and buy a Lion bar or some such. But not if I'm going to have to have my eyes off the bike for more than 30sec at a time, and not in highly populated areas.

 

[Biff600]

I find it quite unnerving that there are 'fellow' cyclists that wish to 'teach them a lesson' or extort money from the person that hasn't locked the bike to their particular standards.

I agree, it is not locked sufficiently to stop it from being easily stolen, but surely it would be better to have a chat with the other cyclist rather than the measures that have been mentioned.

Imagine if that is some old woman that had locked the bike up to return to either an empty space or a note demanding money. What sort of anguish would that have bestowed on her ??

 

[Salty seadog]

I find it quite unnerving that there are 'fellow' cyclists that wish to 'teach them a lesson' or extort money from the person that hasn't locked the bike to their particular standards.

I agree, it is not locked sufficiently to stop it from being easily stolen, but surely it would be better to have a chat with the other cyclist rather than the measures that have been mentioned.

Imagine if that is some old woman that had locked the bike up to return to either an empty space or a note demanding money. What sort of anguish would that have bestowed on her ??

I don't think they are entirely serious and as for using your own lock I think this was meant as a help.