Bike Parking and Bike Lock Fails. Spot It. Snap It. Share It.

Do you see some poor soul out there with a wheel locked to the rack but nothing else? Take a pic and post it to this thread.

Also, if you see someone managing to take up most of the bike rack with their bike so that pretty much no one else can lock their bike there? Take a pick and post it to this thread. 

I saw one bike lock fail that turned out to be a bike lock psych out - a guy made it look like his bike was locked but too lazy to actually lock it when he did his grocery shopping at TJ's (I ran in to him when I was leaving and he confirmed he was being lazy).

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Permalink Reply by Skip Montanaro 0mi on October 19, 2017 at 8:50am

Actually, crawling back out... It's true that I missed the second lock, but isn't that only securing the wheel? Maybe it's a bait bike, intended to be stolen. It seems you could just walk up with a suitable wheel and an allen key, then ride off a few seconds later.

Permalink Reply by Filka Bean on October 20, 2017 at 1:55am
The shadow looks like that second lock is just lying on the ground...
Permalink Reply by Corey Margulis on October 19, 2017 at 6:59am

Saw this fake-out the other day:

Permalink Reply by Greg Valent on October 19, 2017 at 7:08am

I actually did that once, and, the bike was still there at the end of the day. Of course, that's how I found out that I did that.

Permalink Reply by Alex Z on October 19, 2017 at 7:51am

Lol. I once somehow failed to lock my bike at all. Biked to Chinatown, leaned it against a bike rack, ate dinner, 90 minutes later it was still there. Sheesh!

Permalink Reply by Skip Montanaro 0mi on October 19, 2017 at 8:54am

Piling on, I know, however...

Several years ago, my wife and I happened on a three-speed laying in the park near our house. It was in a relatively high-traffic area, so I figured it would be gone soon. A couple days later it was still there, so I "claimed" it. Rode it around town for a couple years, then decided it needed a new steward. I leaned it up against a street sign in front of Evanston Township High School. It (once again) took a couple days before its new steward stepped up to shepherd it into its new life.

Permalink Reply by Greg Valent on October 19, 2017 at 11:55am

You sure it was Evanston T. in Illinois and not University College, Cambridge England ?

Permalink Reply by mike w. on November 6, 2017 at 6:20am

Was it a green Raleigh with an orange fender & block generator?

Permalink Reply by Maurice on October 19, 2017 at 10:16am

A couple of times (when I remembered my lock but forgot my keys) I've propped my bike up so that a passing glance makes it seemed locked. Never left it that way for more than 10 minutes tho.

Permalink Reply by Alex Z on October 20, 2017 at 3:58am

Interesting--how did you set the lock against the bike to make it looked locked? I would think the lock would fall off.

Permalink Reply by Jaik S. on November 6, 2017 at 5:05am

Better than nothing, but why?

Permalink Reply by Skip Montanaro 0mi on November 6, 2017 at 6:05am

Perhaps the owner couldn't get the Kryptonite lock around the downtube and the loop?

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