Anyone had their bike held hostage by someone else's bike/lock?
07-27-14, 09:29 PM
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Aside from some semantics/PC jousting some posters did post some alternatives I wouldn't have thought about. I don't think it's crossed irredeemable territory.
07-27-14, 10:11 PM
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Don't worry about it too much. There are plenty of bored trolls in this forum, just itching to pounce on a person's viewpoint or choice of words.
07-28-14, 03:07 AM
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What derisive details? The noun punk? Where I come from it's simply an synonym for jerk. I didn't say "young punk" I didn't say "foreign punk" (which both sound like names of bands). How would you describe someone that has done this to you? "Stupid", "dimwitted", or any other adjective attacking the intelligence is considered far more derisive than "punk" or "jerk" here. You can call locals a whole string of names, but as soon as you call them stupid they get seriously upset. I'm not a robot, I'll use adjectives based on my emotions towards someone whose done something wrong to me.
The adjective cheap? Me describing the bike that was lock to mine only paints a picture. EVERYTHING that people are questioning about this detail is far over-analyzed. I bet if I didn't include what type of bike it was everybody would be asking me what type of bike it was. It's just a detail. I called it a beater, not a piece of s***.
Is this thread full of psychologists? I'll re-write it: Well my bike got locked together with someone else's. It sucked. The end.
EDIT: I don't mean to get anyone's goat here. I'll put it this way, it upsets me the way people are judging my words rather than the offenders actions or my actions more than anything else. The way I described the situation in my opinion was rather tame. To have every word picked apart and questioned, it's like I'm having my morality interrogated. If my ACTIONS are being judged, then fine, that's what the thread was about.
The adjective cheap? Me describing the bike that was lock to mine only paints a picture. EVERYTHING that people are questioning about this detail is far over-analyzed. I bet if I didn't include what type of bike it was everybody would be asking me what type of bike it was. It's just a detail. I called it a beater, not a piece of s***.
Is this thread full of psychologists? I'll re-write it: Well my bike got locked together with someone else's. It sucked. The end.
EDIT: I don't mean to get anyone's goat here. I'll put it this way, it upsets me the way people are judging my words rather than the offenders actions or my actions more than anything else. The way I described the situation in my opinion was rather tame. To have every word picked apart and questioned, it's like I'm having my morality interrogated. If my ACTIONS are being judged, then fine, that's what the thread was about.
07-28-14, 03:09 AM
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Mods, please don't lock this thread just because some vocal folks can't handle discussion.
07-28-14, 04:51 AM
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This was a bike theft scam.
Absolutely no way you can accidentally lock someones bike to yours.
Only one reason to do it-theft.
He/she would have come back at night-cut your lock-(your bike is "nice/expensive" right?)
I bet there were "lesser" bikes he could have locked to?
And he could simply have NOT LOCKED to someones bike-found another place to lock up.
Yeah if your bike is "nice" it was selected for JUST that reason- WORTH STEALING and he didn't care if you trashed his "beater"
since he would just steal another-he stole that one of course-to use as a LOCKED BIKE.
Don't you folks deal with BIKE THEFT?? It is BOOMING in NOLA?
PS Yes it was "very mean" calling this BIKE THIEF a punk.
And "demeaning/classist" to call his bike a beater.It was a STOLEN BIKE USED TO ATTEMPT TO STEAL YOUR BIKE.
Hell it was a valuable bike-it was going to get the BIKE THIEF- your pricy bike
Absolutely no way you can accidentally lock someones bike to yours.
Only one reason to do it-theft.
He/she would have come back at night-cut your lock-(your bike is "nice/expensive" right?)
I bet there were "lesser" bikes he could have locked to?
And he could simply have NOT LOCKED to someones bike-found another place to lock up.
Yeah if your bike is "nice" it was selected for JUST that reason- WORTH STEALING and he didn't care if you trashed his "beater"
since he would just steal another-he stole that one of course-to use as a LOCKED BIKE.
Don't you folks deal with BIKE THEFT?? It is BOOMING in NOLA?
PS Yes it was "very mean" calling this BIKE THIEF a punk.
And "demeaning/classist" to call his bike a beater.It was a STOLEN BIKE USED TO ATTEMPT TO STEAL YOUR BIKE.
Hell it was a valuable bike-it was going to get the BIKE THIEF- your pricy bike
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07-28-14, 05:04 AM
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…. If it was a Merlin/Specialized S-works/Baum/Cinelli/Bianchi/[insert mid to high range bike here] I would be very much more reluctant to leave it without a lock.
The reason why I bring up the value of the bike in question is the illustrate the fact that a cheap disposable bike is less likely to be taken care of and more likely to be thrown around on top of other people's bikes with little to no thought…The value is directly connected to how that person is willing to take care locking up his bike.
The reason why I bring up the value of the bike in question is the illustrate the fact that a cheap disposable bike is less likely to be taken care of and more likely to be thrown around on top of other people's bikes with little to no thought…The value is directly connected to how that person is willing to take care locking up his bike.
07-28-14, 07:21 AM
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I can't believe I haven't seen anyone suggest what the OP should have done to teach the would-be thief a real lesson: steal the walmart bike. Maybe he could have gone home quickly and then driven back to pick it up or something. I mean, you've already cut the lock. Go for it!
/end sarcasm (in case it wasn't obvious)
/end sarcasm (in case it wasn't obvious)
07-28-14, 11:40 AM
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07-28-14, 12:50 PM
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I wish I could find that post where the writer says it was alll about the tone of the o.p. It was. And my reply, because the o.p. did ask, seems to have set off a firestorm because it is very true: a guilty conscience needs no accuser. Tokyo, Japan and NYC, NY are both incredibly crowded cities. The inhabitants have evolved diametric social strategies to the crowding. The Japanese exaggerate politeness and allow egregious violations of personal space and property to go unchallenged. New Yorkers adopt aggressive street scowls and persona and claim more personal space than they need to create a buffer between themselves and others.
Words are what separates humanity from our primate relatives. We should use them with more care. Especially on the Internet. Actually, I think we use the words we want to use just fine. Owning them when we are challenged to defend them is where some fall short of the mark. Just saying. This thread would have been pages shorter if the o.p. had simply said exactly what "not so gentle" meant in the context of getting his bike untangled from another. We're not talking about conjoined twins. Come on people. Give those of us arguing for a more nuanced take on a social situation some credit!
Lastly, I don't know anyone who would go home and sleep peacefully with their precious road bike locked to some POS Judas Goat outside of the Public Library. Seriously? I'm going to the Police and/or the Fire Department or the Security Service of the Mall or whomever but some aegis is going to get my bike free before I return home! And it would be done without the need to teach anyone a lesson in civics. If they are old enough to ride their bike unaccompanied they are too old to be taught abstract lessons. If they are really in need of one, life will provide The Lesson sooner or later. The molding and shaping of young adults other than my own is above my pay grade.
If this thread continues it will be because of the need of some to argue the semantics of an issue. For the sake of semantics argument. That "tone" post should be located and re-quoted as some seem to have missed it.
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Words are what separates humanity from our primate relatives. We should use them with more care. Especially on the Internet. Actually, I think we use the words we want to use just fine. Owning them when we are challenged to defend them is where some fall short of the mark. Just saying. This thread would have been pages shorter if the o.p. had simply said exactly what "not so gentle" meant in the context of getting his bike untangled from another. We're not talking about conjoined twins. Come on people. Give those of us arguing for a more nuanced take on a social situation some credit!
Lastly, I don't know anyone who would go home and sleep peacefully with their precious road bike locked to some POS Judas Goat outside of the Public Library. Seriously? I'm going to the Police and/or the Fire Department or the Security Service of the Mall or whomever but some aegis is going to get my bike free before I return home! And it would be done without the need to teach anyone a lesson in civics. If they are old enough to ride their bike unaccompanied they are too old to be taught abstract lessons. If they are really in need of one, life will provide The Lesson sooner or later. The molding and shaping of young adults other than my own is above my pay grade.
If this thread continues it will be because of the need of some to argue the semantics of an issue. For the sake of semantics argument. That "tone" post should be located and re-quoted as some seem to have missed it.
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07-28-14, 01:29 PM
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I'm all for teaching The Lesson right then and there. Nothing abstract about learning the consequences of locking your bike to someone else's bike. How about if they locked it to your car, would you just sit around waiting for them to show up, or deal with the matter as you deem appropriate?
07-28-14, 03:21 PM
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Today some punk parked his $50 beater leaning against my bike and locked them together. His pedals were passing through my spokes, cables looped through my brake levers, handlebars and wheels tangled together with mine. On top of it all he passed his cable and lock through my top tube.
WTH?
Luckily I work for a Engineering/Construction company and had plenty of tools handy from one of our crews that happened to be working in the building. I didn't maim/vandalize his bike, but I did what I needed to in order to free mine, which was not gentle to his bike (BTW it was a Big Box Walmart el-cheapo moutain/single track bike).
Anybody have experience with being locked by someone else's lock or someone blatantly parking their bike touching yours to the point they get tangled together? What's the right/wrong course of action?
WTH?
Luckily I work for a Engineering/Construction company and had plenty of tools handy from one of our crews that happened to be working in the building. I didn't maim/vandalize his bike, but I did what I needed to in order to free mine, which was not gentle to his bike (BTW it was a Big Box Walmart el-cheapo moutain/single track bike).
Anybody have experience with being locked by someone else's lock or someone blatantly parking their bike touching yours to the point they get tangled together? What's the right/wrong course of action?
You can usually tell if someone is just there to rustle your jimmies by locking your bike to theirs. If there is a bike involved with that kind of foolishness, then I would take it.
But No, I have never had that happen to me. I usually don't mind someone parking stuff next to my old commuter bikes, bike racks are always crowded. And sometimes that trick is used by bike thieves in order to steal bikes later. They will put their lock on it, you will leave to get help, and when you come back its gone.
07-30-14, 01:30 PM
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I live in a condo with a shared bike room. When I got home, there was a resident (I recognize) who was unbolting a bike rack from the floor. He said someone had parked in "his spot".
Me: "There are no assigned spots. It's a common, shared, bike room."
Him: "But this is my spot. This has all been worked out ahead of time."
Me: "Umm...no, there are no reserved spots. People take my spot all the time--I don't unbolt the bike rack, I park somewhere else. What you are doing is not right."
Him: "Well, it's right to me."
Me: "Umm...OK." <walks away>
Me: "There are no assigned spots. It's a common, shared, bike room."
Him: "But this is my spot. This has all been worked out ahead of time."
Me: "Umm...no, there are no reserved spots. People take my spot all the time--I don't unbolt the bike rack, I park somewhere else. What you are doing is not right."
Him: "Well, it's right to me."
Me: "Umm...OK." <walks away>
07-31-14, 06:22 AM
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I live in a condo with a shared bike room. When I got home, there was a resident (I recognize) who was unbolting a bike rack from the floor. He said someone had parked in "his spot".
Me: "There are no assigned spots. It's a common, shared, bike room."
Him: "But this is my spot. This has all been worked out ahead of time."
Me: "Umm...no, there are no reserved spots. People take my spot all the time--I don't unbolt the bike rack, I park somewhere else. What you are doing is not right."
Him: "Well, it's right to me."
Me: "Umm...OK." <walks away>
Me: "There are no assigned spots. It's a common, shared, bike room."
Him: "But this is my spot. This has all been worked out ahead of time."
Me: "Umm...no, there are no reserved spots. People take my spot all the time--I don't unbolt the bike rack, I park somewhere else. What you are doing is not right."
Him: "Well, it's right to me."
Me: "Umm...OK." <walks away>
07-31-14, 08:39 AM
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This thread is ridiculous.
OP, you did the right thing. That was almost certainly a theft attempt.
OP, you did the right thing. That was almost certainly a theft attempt.
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07-31-14, 09:19 AM
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I live in a condo with a shared bike room. When I got home, there was a resident (I recognize) who was unbolting a bike rack from the floor. He said someone had parked in "his spot".
Me: "There are no assigned spots. It's a common, shared, bike room."
Him: "But this is my spot. This has all been worked out ahead of time."
Me: "Umm...no, there are no reserved spots. People take my spot all the time--I don't unbolt the bike rack, I park somewhere else. What you are doing is not right."
Him: "Well, it's right to me."
Me: "Umm...OK." <walks away>
Me: "There are no assigned spots. It's a common, shared, bike room."
Him: "But this is my spot. This has all been worked out ahead of time."
Me: "Umm...no, there are no reserved spots. People take my spot all the time--I don't unbolt the bike rack, I park somewhere else. What you are doing is not right."
Him: "Well, it's right to me."
Me: "Umm...OK." <walks away>
07-31-14, 11:33 AM
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07-31-14, 01:45 PM
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Some people think because they ate Soppressata and Pecorino Romano on an artisanal ciabatta roll for lunch they can look down their noses at everyone else's sandwich. It makes me sick.
08-01-14, 07:17 PM
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I can't believe I haven't seen anyone suggest what the OP should have done to teach the would-be thief a real lesson: steal the walmart bike. Maybe he could have gone home quickly and then driven back to pick it up or something. I mean, you've already cut the lock. Go for it!
/end sarcasm (in case it wasn't obvious)
/end sarcasm (in case it wasn't obvious)
Hell, it would probably be easier than getting through a decent lock.
Incidentally, my approach to bike theft would be similar. Just cut/unbolt the bike rack-toss the entire thing in a trailer, and deal with the locks at your leisure.
08-02-14, 07:42 PM
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This has to be one of the most absurd arguments I've witnessed here in the Commuting forum and a big reason I don't hang around much anymore.
08-03-14, 07:24 AM
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If someone did this to me, I'd wonder why they didn't park their bike in their own office.