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I was out this morning at work, 600 W. Chicago, and the city is destroying and rebuilding the handicap ramp on Kingsbury & Larabee. I didn't see anything wrong with it, but that's just me. I looked over to see their backhoe pulling up a sign post with a bike locked to it, lifting them both up, then dropping them about six or seven feet up. The brake lever on the left broke off and the handlebars twisted sideways. The other city worker grabs the bike and "gently" moves it to the bike rack, then leans it on the side. 

I went in to inform the security guards that the city was damaging the employee bikes outside. They came out and took the bike that was removed already. The guy in the backhoe yells out "I'm going to destroy these two bikes over here(points to another signpost). They shouldn't be locked up to these posts at all!"

The security guard said he would wait out there and take care of the other bikes that came from the post. I couldn't help but think of how pissed off I would be to get out of work and find my bike not where I left it, then find out the city had done damage to it. 

Grumblegrumblegrumble.

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I think I'll be able to bypass the bureaucratic nightmare -- after riding my bike around a bit, it looks like it isn't any more broken than it was before they dropped it on its head. Just need to turn a couple of spokes on the front wheel. 

Thanks everybody for the support, and especially to Jaik, for doing what you did. I realize that without your efforts I may have no bike at all right now.

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