Something's going on at Thompson Center

A friend showed me this photo.

It's at the southwest corner of the Thompson Center. There are about 7 operable wheels shown in this photo, all locked to the bike rack.

There are several bikes on the bike rack without wheels.

Does anyone have a clue as to what's happening here?

I have two ideas:

1. Someone is trying to teach bike owners a lesson in how to lock their bikes.

2. Someone is stealing wheels and storing them here.

What do you think?

Let me take this opportunity to remind everyone to lock ALL parts: That means both wheels and frame. Remove lights, computers, water bottles, baskets, etc...

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Permalink Reply by roofis lee king on July 21, 2010 at 2:26am

could be someones "bike trap" to catch wheel theives mabey

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Permalink Reply by Kevin C Dormant on July 21, 2010 at 8:30am

It's actually the southwest corner. I park there under the overhang on rain days. Those racks are mostly used by messengers and I just assumed the wheels are a cache of "spares."

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Permalink Reply by h' Zerocats on July 21, 2010 at 8:42am

I had a report a while back of a thief being observed gathering stolen bikes in this fashion (with a cable lock, at River City), obviously setting them up for pickup; don't know if that would be the case here, but I think it's great that you posted this and I'll be watching to see if a definitive explanation materializes.

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Permalink Reply by Steven Vance on July 21, 2010 at 8:54am

I changed it from southeast to southwest. I didn't think that was right because there are no bike racks there that I know of.

Interesting idea - sounds reasonable.

Kevin Conway said:

It's actually the southwest corner. I park there under the overhang on rain days. Those racks are mostly used by messengers and I just assumed the wheels are a cache of "spares."