What is this doing locked to a bike rack?

This has been locked outside the building where I work this week and seems permanently locked. In December it really doesn't matter but in warmer weather this is taking a parking spot that should be reserved for a bike rider.  Didn't Orange Theory do something like this in the past with orange bikes stashed around the area?.

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Permalink Reply by Yasmeen on December 9, 2016 at 8:11am

Is there a phone number and/or company name printed on it? This is pretty messed up and needs to be removed. 

Permalink Reply by David Barish on December 9, 2016 at 8:46am

I do not recall seeing either but will take a second look.

Permalink Reply by Ryan Stahlman on December 9, 2016 at 9:42am

This seems pretty sketchy to me. Anyone else worried about plugging into a mystery box with their phones which hold so much personal data?

Permalink Reply by dav on December 10, 2016 at 11:27am

I agree. That sign may as well read "Give us the data off your phone."

Permalink Reply by Jeremy on December 11, 2016 at 7:06am

You can report it to CDOT as an abandoned bike.

http://abandonedbikes.chicagocompletestreets.org/page/about

Who is this charging station designed to help?  Why would someone want to stand outside for 15 minutes waiting for the phone to charge?

Permalink Reply by Mike Murray on December 15, 2016 at 7:11am

Curious....someone could really steal data from your phone at a charging station?   Can you expand on that a little......

Permalink Reply by Jeremy Bloyd-Peshkin on December 16, 2016 at 3:57am

Not easily, and especially not with the newer generations of phones out now with very good hardware encryption.

Permalink Reply by Charlie Didrickson on December 15, 2016 at 7:42am

Maybe it's so homeless people can charge their phones?

Permalink Reply by Duppie on December 17, 2016 at 1:28am
Call the alderman in that area. It worked when the local Orange Theory outlet tries this in my wars. But then again, my alderman rocks. YMMV
Permalink Reply by Andrew Bedno on December 19, 2016 at 10:19am

Not gonna look it up (partly because TheChainLink's search function is so bad), but when this was debated a few years back, it was documented with certainty that there is city ordinance against locking unauthorized advertising to any city fixtures (lampposts, benches, ...), particularly including bike racks, which can lead to removal and fines.  Makes sense, or everyone would do it everywhere (it was apparently a big problem decades ago).

Though come to think of it, I don't see that this is advertising anything.

Permalink Reply by Tom A.K. on December 19, 2016 at 1:35pm
I remember those. - It's advertising in that it's sign touts the providing a service for a donation(fee).

http://www.thechainlink.org/forum/topics/parked-bikes-as-advertising

http://www.thechainlink.org/forum/topics/those-orange-bikes-locked-...
Permalink Reply by Tom A.K. on December 19, 2016 at 1:52pm
Responsibility for distribution of commercial advertising material.

https://chicagocode.org/10-8-325/

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