Singlespeed & Fixed Gear - So much hate....

http://montreal.fr.craigslist.ca/bik/1975955163.html

would you have done the same ?

Hahaha that's hilarious. Stealing his bike may have been a bit over the line, but seriously, who locks up to a stranger's bike?

I think it's awesome. :thumb:

I had someone do that to me a few years ago. I sucks! I was late to work and I had to wait for some ****** to come and get his bike. I'm still bitter.

cool bike

I probably would have done something similar. I can't stand when people do **** like that (locking up to your bike). What's worse is when it is locked to your bike AND the bike rack, then you have to wait for him to unlock your bike from his bike which is locked to the rack. If that makes sense.

i think that's a little harsh. I would probably have deflated the tires but not stole the bike. The last thing you want is to become a thief.

I would have walked it home but left a note with a number.

i think that's a little harsh. I would probably have deflated the tires but not stole the bike. The last thing you want is to become a thief.

What was he supposed to do? Leave his bike? Waste his time searching for the owner in what could have been a crowded bar? In my opinion it's his property now and he can take the time finding the owner if he wants to which he has pretty much done by posting that craigslist ad. So good for him! ;)

looks like a beater anyway. half of me says serves the idiot right for locking to a strangers bike. the other half says it's a bit harsh to steal the bike, but at the same time, i'd probably make the same rash decision to move them, but the CL post is a bit much. i'd maybe throw one up to give it back as long as it didn't inconvenience me much

I'd have done the same. If it's sized right it could becoe a new project for him. Hell, even if it's not, build it up and sell it. With any luck the guy will buy it back for the ultiate vengeance.

I would have taken the bike apart, assembled the pieces in a pile, doused the pile with gasoline, set it on fire and then taken photos to put on CL

I am a spiteful, hate filled man

awesome!

some thieves will do this with the intent to steal your bike later in the evening. he/she probably screwed up and forgot to also lock it to the rack.

when i was in college, people would find another lock on their bike and then walk home. the next day their bike would be gone.

I would be very upset, but I think a good solution would be to lock his bike up with a different lock, so that you aren't stealing his, yet he wont be able to easily get his bike.

hahahah thats ****ing great! thanks for posting

I'm not so sure that he stole the bike. It's about the same thing I would have done in that situation! At least he put the ad up so the big stupid dummy has a chance of getting his bike back. I'm guessing the person was already drunk and thought he was locking up to a bike shaped pole of sorts!

Lol own'd. :lol:

Me doing the same thing? Hmmm... now that you talk about it.... :rolleyes:

A few years ago, I came out of the gym and found my bike sandwiched between the bike post and somebody else's bike. The idiot had locked his bike to the post as well, but put his u-lock through my bike's main triangle.
There was a hardware store near by, I walked over and bought a hacksaw. I went back, and sawed the other bike in half and got my bike out. I wasn't going to waste my time trying to cut the u-lock.

Ftmfw !!!

Would the cops do anything about this? I haven't had any encounters like this, but I was talking to a cop last night at the free bike light giveaway event and they seem to really want to help out the cyclists.

A few years ago, I came out of the gym and found my bike sandwiched between the bike post and somebody else's bike. The idiot had locked his bike to the post as well, but put his u-lock through my bike's main triangle.
There was a hardware store near by, I walked over and bought a hacksaw. I went back, and sawed the other bike in half and got my bike out. I wasn't going to waste my time trying to cut the u-lock.

You, sir have just been awarded the Internet. Please tell me you have a picture

Freaking classic!

Hahahahahaha!

Thats hilarious! I figure it could have been an honest mistake ... I figure the guy who lost his bike responded to the ad and got it back ... err ... assuming he checks craigslist.

A few years ago, I came out of the gym and found my bike sandwiched between the bike post and somebody else's bike. The idiot had locked his bike to the post as well, but put his u-lock through my bike's main triangle.
There was a hardware store near by, I walked over and bought a hacksaw. I went back, and sawed the other bike in half and got my bike out. I wasn't going to waste my time trying to cut the u-lock.

oh god i lol'd. that's frigin hilarious. how long that take you to get through the frame?

I'm really ambivalent whether it's proper to take/destroy someone's bike because they inconvenienced you...however, it is just as likely that it is a thief's ploy to get you away from your locked up bike overnight, in which case I saw go for it.

So so so hilarious. All of it.

I go to a school with a ton of bikes and a shortage of racks in high-traffic areas. Occasionally I'll see someone locking their bike to someone else's....and occasionally there aren't two people standing there as it's happening.

In fact, one of the other first-year graduate students in my cohort had his bike's brake cable trapped in someone else's U-lock. He spent over 45 minutes looking for an allen wrench to get his cable loose (you have to call dept of public safety...you have to call xxx...) all the while his temper getting more and more out of control. He was sitting at his bike thinking of the awful things he was going to do to the person that inconvenienced him with their immense stupididty and finally the guy shows up, and it's another 1st year grad student in our department. Awesome...

Cutting through a frame with a hacksaw takes no time at all and have heard of cases where thieves have locked up people's bikes so that they'd leave them and then gave the thief all the time they needed to steal it.

If I find an other bike locked to mine I will do what I have to in order to free my bike.

HAHAHA!! Epic. the pic is just the icing on the cake

So much hate???
So much MFn WIN!

I wasn't going to waste my time trying to cut the u-lock.
:)

AWESOME!

As for the OP, it's a bit much, but what can I say? Done with style, that's for sure.

No hate from my perspective, he did a fine job getting his bike and was inconvenienced to have to come back the next day to retrieve his own bike, still having to cut thru the other lock. Who knows, maybe this was a situation where the lock up to the other bike was an attempted theft that was foiled ? Might've been stupidity or even just incompetently drunk ?

It only took a couple of minutes to saw through the bike. It did occur to me that this might be a thief's tactic to come back at night to steal my bike. Mine was a brand new Hard Rock; the other one looked like an old beater bike. If it was a real nice bike, I probably wouldn't have done it.

A few years ago, I came out of the gym and found my bike sandwiched between the bike post and somebody else's bike. The idiot had locked his bike to the post as well, but put his u-lock through my bike's main triangle.
There was a hardware store near by, I walked over and bought a hacksaw. I went back, and sawed the other bike in half and got my bike out. I wasn't going to waste my time trying to cut the u-lock.

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^ I think this would be more funny ^ and teach the person a lesson better than having the bike vanish when they come back.

Either one is the proper treatment of someone who locks their bike to yours, but having them come back to a two piece top tube would be great.

Would the cops do anything about this? I haven't had any encounters like this, but I was talking to a cop last night at the free bike light giveaway event and they seem to really want to help out the cyclists.

I thought about this one for a moment, What if the police helped you and then when you rode off pulled you over and nailed you for a BUI, even a citation for no lights ? Sometimes you can't win. I think he should have made the effort to drop it back off where it all started after getting his bike back. Then he didn't steal it, whether it gets stolen after that, well, in getting his bike back, he was inconvenienced enough, returning it clears his conscience as long as he locks it up with the original owners lock he had to cut thru and destroy to recover his own property.

though I'd clearly be upset, I would have to laugh if I walked up to where I locked my bike and it was cut in half.

It would be so much better than just finding out it was stolen IMO

Regardless of whether it was "right" or not, that was f-ing hilarious.



some thieves will do this with the intent to steal your bike later in the evening. he/she probably screwed up and forgot to also lock it to the rack.
And if this were the case, then the bike locker totally deserved it, and I commend the CL guy. :lol:

Cutting through a frame with a hacksaw takes no time at all and have heard of cases where thieves have locked up people's bikes so that they'd leave them and then gave the thief all the time they needed to steal it.

If I find an other bike locked to mine I will do what I have to in order to free my bike.

There's also the social engineering version of this.
Target bike in private/commercial bike rack, put your own lock on it.
Find a security guard that belongs to the area and notify them that someone has locked your bike with their own lock, explain that this is a common way of stealing bikes.
Unlock your lock to prove the bike is yours.
Security guard grabs bolt cutters and cuts the actual owner's lock.

Also, a friend of mine absentmindedly locked his bike to a rack through someone else's bike once. When he came back, his saddle/seatpost was gone (ol' quick-release). He spent the weekend figuring out what kind of seatpost he needed to replace it, finally made the walk down toward the bike shop and went to get his bike and his seatpost was back.

Seems the guy just wanted my friend to walk if he had to walk.

Security guard grabs bolt cutters and cuts the actual owner's lock.
on my way to try this now, wish me luck!

i would hope the guard would ask for some sort of proof before cutting. you should carry pics of you and your bike in your wallet ;)

... sawed the other bike in half and got my bike out..
love it.

kind of scary that no one bothered you while cutting a bike in half. that could not have been a discreet task

In my experience, people generally - and unfortunately - don't give a crap about what's going on around them unless they're directly affected.

In my experience, people generally - and unfortunately - don't give a crap about what's going on around them unless they're directly affected.

the selfish gene

the selfish gene
Yup, and most people have it.

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would you have done the same ?
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