I figure the rationale behind this is that the potential thief would think...way too easy, must be a setup, and won't even bother thiefing the bike:
I am not that gutsy, think I'll stick to my Kryptonite New York, and a standard municipal bike post, thanks.

I'm a good church boy and *I* would steal that bike on principle alone.

If they had thrown the chain through the downtube instead of the toptube, at least you would have to move the bike around to get it over the pole...

Relocate the bike to another pole say a few thousand feet away. Then leave a note saying what you did in case the rider has memory issues.

lol funny

Look at that seatpost and seat!

The good news is that every bike locked liked that or not at all makes it less likely that your properly secured bike will be stolen.

ouch

Take it off the post and put it back on upside down.

If I wasn't as good natured I would take the bike. Having mentioned lighting to some ninjas before and such I would probably out of boredom take the bike and relocate it very close by and get freakie with it with some old Ulocks securely mounting the bike in so if the person that owned the bike only had a hacksaw and no keys (I'm keeping the keys to teach a lesson here on how to lock up the bike ) they would be spending a good 2 hours hacking away that mega lock of a mess and hopefully learn to lock the bike better next time. Oh god, I had a good laugh when I saw that pic.


Zero_Enigma

Let's teach 'em a lesson, eh? The same sort of mentality a cager has when he's buzzing you on purpose.

This locking "technique" is sure stupid, but it's perfectly legal. But if you move that bike or lock it with your own lock, that'll be criminal actions. Why be a d!ck doing illegal things to cause somebody who did you nothing wrong a lot of trouble? Be grateful that when the real thief comes along, it's that bike that's going to be lifted and not yours.

WTF, people? Do you try to "educate" people who leave their bikes unlocked and go in to a store for "just a second"? How about messengers freelocking their bikes? How about people who only lock up with a tiny cable? Do you threaten lonely pedestrians in bad neighbourhoods after midnight? Do you steal someone's wallet cause the owner was stupid enough to put it on top of the groceries in his back and then put the bag down next to you on the subway and turned away? When driving, do you buzz cyclists who are hugging the curb to teach them that they should be taking the lane?..

Maybe chephy would be happier with my idea of taping a note around the top tube with a bit of advice (or maybe just a pointer to Sheldon's locking advice page!) than move the bike around, but let's be fair. Most of the posts are jokes, the bike owner's life is not threatened (vs. car buzzing bike), and the genuine intention is to get the owner to put that thinking cap on.

Me, I just thought it was a funny photo... (: ...and I'm with deputyjones. It's reassuring to lock up (properly!) next to a precious-looking racing bike with a daintly cable through the front triangle. (Uh, it's called "quick release" for a reason.)

WTF?

egads. I thought this was a humorous thread.

Keep thine sense of humor away from BF! Once again proving that not matter what you do someone will be pissed with you. So...whatever. I am hereby changing my post from moving the bike to using the jaws of life on it. If you think I am serious, I have a bridge to sell you.

I can't say for sure due to the quality of the picture, but it appears that the chain is fastened to a chrome looking thing that is fastened onto the post. This chrome thing doesn't look like the lock under a magnifing glass, it's a rectangle piece of steel with what it appears to be the lock? is connected to it that the chain is fastened to.

i've left notes on other people's bikes before, usually to mention their front quick release is totally loose or obvious (to me) safety issues.

actually i think the stile project is about fake photographs. and that photograph sure looks fake.

I realize that it at least partially is. But some responses looked semi-serious to me. Maybe I just need more sleep today. Normally I can appreciate a joke, honest (and think that non-PC are the funniest, too!).

(P.S. No, I haven't had my poorly locked bike relocated by those who wanted to teach me a lesson in locking-up. )

I can see that.
I am not one to complain about tired postings. Check out some of my rants when I am tired.
At least y'all don't have to visit me in my cube when I have a raging headache caused from 10hrs of troubleshooting an ETL job. Poor poor coworkers.

I keep wondering how feasable it would be to make a ring that can be glued/screwed onto the bollard to allow for actual secure locking of bikes on there.

If you notice the chain is not long enough to go around the brick colum. But I still would not have left it there eighter.

Of course there is no possible way that photo wasn't staged for the sake of amusement.

^ Come on, people lock like that all the time. Actually, I did it once, too. *excuse*: I was about 13 yo.