Originally Posted by
HardyWeinberg
This fixie's been at my 7 yr old's school rack since Friday. It has a nice clean chain unlike most of the derelict bikes that wind up there. It occurred to me that it's probably a dumping spot for bikes people take for joyrides.
I can concieve of the lack of brakes, it's the lack of handlebars that freaks me out.
Maybe I just don't understand bike theives, but I cannot fathom a joyrider taking a bike to any particular location to "dump" it. Seems like they would just ditch it wherever they were done with it and walk away.