[Closed] People who leave bike locks on street furniture?

What a tit.

;O)

Well done, that's someone's head messed with later then. 🙄

What a tool.

So important you had to start two threads on it?

If you wanted to do them a favour you could have moved it to a different but visible railing. Twunt. Case closed.

Well done, that's someone's head messed with later then.

I was thinking it was a public service type action, after all I cracked the combo in only a few seconds 🙂

You keep thinking that, I'm with the others.

druidh - Member
So important you had to start two threads on it?

Sorry, new forum broken, gave me some random message saying to slow down because I worked to fast, I have never been guilty of that, so I blame the forum 🙂

so when that person arrives at the gym, they can't lock their bike up, so they don't bother, thinking it'll be ok. That person then has their bike stolen so starts driving to the gym, contributing to directly to global warming, they tell their friends who cycle that their bike got stolen so all their friends start driving, and they tell their friends and they tell their friends and so on and so on and so on. until the polar ice caps melt and we all drown, or have to share what little land is left with fatties who drive everywhere due to the fear of crime orchestrated by your prank. Perhaps you should unlock the lock, and leave a note saying "I know your code, change it!"

spread the love a little!

until the polar ice caps melt and we all drown

Hadn't thought about that, my bad 🙄

Blatantly untrue.

What actually happened was that you were bored outside the gym, saw a cheap lock and then invented this whole story. Quite what possessed you to actually post it is a mystery. Drink perhaps?

it is actually ridiculously easy to pick a combi lock, but not everyone can do it. So it wasn't a very nice thing to do. Though I really do hate people who leave their locks on street furniture, making the place look a complete mess with tattered rusty locks hanging left right and centre.

Theres another reason why you'll see empty bikelocks on street furniture but people here get uppity if you discuss how bikes get stolen

Coffeeking - I leave bike locks on street furniture. Beats carrying 2 locks everywhere.

At the moment I have bike locks at two work locations and at the local supermarket. Shoot me.

hels - Member
At the moment I have bike locks at two work locations and at the local supermarket. Shoot me.

What, for not reading the original post? 😉

I bet everyone who knows you says,"He's very helpful isn't he."
Just so you're certain - that's not a compliment.

I did read the original post DezB, which I interpreted as an attack on "people who leave bike locks attached to street furniture" as that was the heading, and he proceeded to sabotage some poor strangers lock.

I think perhaps you may have read it but failed to understand it. I am also going to extrapolate that you won't be posting in the "did you go to uni thread" 😆

[i]I am also going to extrapolate that you won't be posting in the "did you go to uni thread[/i]

I don't get your meaning

Surely it's still littering! I think the council should go round and cut every one of them... Laziness isn't an excuse!

Yeah, its laziness that prevents me taking my 2kg D lock everywhere I go, leaving it on the sheff stand outside work.

If you want to use the stand when I'm not there, just lock your bike to it, numpty. All I'll do is remove my own lock and use another stand. Not exactly intellectually taxing is it?

Not exactly intellectually taxing is it?

ADH, this is STW. So therefore, yes it is. And worth a good argumnet to boot..... 😉

*froths at mouth*

Oh no it isn't!

**slaps ADH**

CALM DOWN MAN!!

Safe!
so when that person has ridden the 10 miles to the gym to go for a swim, they will have to turn around and head home again, as they cant lock thier bike to anything.
Did you lock to it, the money for a new lock?

Needless to say if i come across any of you mixing up the combination on MY lock i will take it back from you, and then smack you over the head with it..... and its a heavy one, which is why i dont carry it to and fro

At the moment I have bike locks at two work locations and at the local supermarket. Shoot me.

Bloody well would, you lazy scruff! 😀

Personally I always carry my lock with me, don't really see the bind myself.

Needless to say if i come across any of you mixing up the combination on MY lock i will take it back from you, and then smack you over the head with it..... and its a heavy one, which is why i dont carry it to and fro

If you use a combi lock it's your own doing 😀

[i]so when that person has ridden the 10 miles to the gym to go for a swim, they will have to turn around and head home again, as they cant lock thier bike to anything.[/i]

Ah, so that's why he did it: Cyclists Liberation Front!

What a hollow way to pass the time.

Not wise to leave locks lying about. The usual MO of the thief is to superglue the lock then nick the bike when the owner is forced to leave it unlocked.

Every now & again I like to go back on my post's & see how I come across to others...

Probably a bad idea to restart this one, but having thought about it (totally sober if that makes any difference) I would still do the same if I came across another one, I really dislike any form of litter, whether it be for someone else's purpose or not.

That's ok. I think I'll come round to your place, change all your locks while your out, then have a really good laugh about it to myself later.

I might even go on an internet forum and tell everyone what a fabulous wit I am...

To soon for a Colin Hunt pic?

Jeez Fred, your an arse, your more than welcome to come around to mine & try & change the locks whilst I'm out, but just how would you...

1, know where I live

2, gain access to my house

3, Actually laugh, you know, what with that hard done by life that you have?

I still haven't changed my opinion of you.

I leave my lock on the car park railings outside my office, it's a heavy bastard that I'd rather not have to find room for on my commute every day.

I imagine it'd be quite nasty to get slapped with 😛

The guy sells porsches, says it all 😀

I put a lock on a set of railings 8 years ago meaning to come back later in the day and get it back, then lost the key, its been there ever since.

allthepies, why?

Am I not allowed a living?

I really dislike any form of litter, whether it be for someone else's purpose or not

but you just left litter with the purpose of making a point about litter but now it can't be removed except by the gifted 🙁

but just how would you...

1, know where I live

2, gain access to my house

3, Actually laugh, you know, what with that hard done by life that you have?

Never underestimate the Power of the Elf...

And you're calling [i]me[/i] an arse? You, what thinks it's hilarious to fiddle with someone's lock?

What if the geezer had come out and given you a proper serious kicking, leaving you in hospital with a perforated lung and a ruptured spleen? And a fractured eye socket and smashed jaw? Would you think it so hilarious then?

leffeboy - Member
I really dislike any form of litter, whether it be for someone else's purpose or not
but you just left litter with the purpose of making a point about litter but now it can't be removed except by the gifted

What utter tosh, of course it could be removed,

1, by anyone with any feeling

2, by the council, or anyone with a pair of bolt cutters.

Shame the councils see this littering as low priority, to my mind it is just littering, or plain laziness, not sure which is worse.

Elfinsafety - Member
but just how would you...
1, know where I live

2, gain access to my house

3, Actually laugh, you know, what with that hard done by life that you have?

Never underestimate the Power of the Elf...

And you're calling me an arse? You, what thinks it's hilarious to fiddle with someone's lock?

What if the geezer had come out and given you a proper serious kicking, leaving you in hospital with a perforated lung and a ruptured spleen? And a fractured eye socket and smashed jaw? Would you think it

Behave you moron, I know anything goes on the internet, but really you are going above & beyond 😆

but it was [i]you[/i] who did the littering, you're complaining about yourself. Awesome piece of attention seeking 🙂

Ooh he's called me a moron now! Excellent! 😀

Is your life really that sad and empty, are you really that inadequate and pathetic, that you get your kicks from resetting someone's lock so they can't use it again, just to make some misguided and pointless moral statement?

Ha ha! But we're not laughing with you; we're laughing [i]at[/i] you. You weren't expecting that, were you?? Eh?

Your biggest mistake was coming on here and expecting to find support for your behaviour.

Your second biggest mistake was thinking you could ever possibly outwit the Elf...

Tell im to be'ave imself, someone... 🙄

Oh God, I give in, but before I kill myself just to clarify...

I dislike people who leave locks on street furniture (bike sheds or work premisses are fine)

I have no erge to kill Fred (blatant lie)

I bow down to everyone who disagrees with me

😉

Oh, BTW Fred, when you re read this in the morning, you will see that I just wanted to re open a debate that, if I was vain, had lost some 10 months ago.

Just so you know, I don't care what the internet thinks about me, I can live with myself.

scott_mcavennie2 - Member
Blatantly untrue.

What actually happened was that you were bored outside the gym, saw a cheap lock and then invented this whole story. Quite what possessed you to actually post it is a mystery. Drink perhaps?

+1

are you in that much need of attention...

I reckon you should see someone professional about your insecurity and inadequacy issues.

See, I've done you a favour there, giving you that advice. One day you might thank me for it.

S'alright though; I don't mind being nice and helping folk out. Cos that's the kind, caring, sensitive soul I am. 🙂

Elf, just throwing it out there, but referring to yourself as

the Elf

Makes you sound a bit up your own airsole...

The Southern Yeti 😉

pastcaring - Member
scott_mcavennie2 - Member
Blatantly untrue.

What actually happened was that you were bored outside the gym, saw a cheap lock and then invented this whole story. Quite what possessed you to actually post it is a mystery. Drink perhaps?

+1

are you in that much need of attention...

Behave, if you really thought I was an attention seeker then why would you post?

Disappointed, that was clearly just the 5 minute argument

Shut up Yeti. At least mine's not as hairy....

EEUUUR! Clinkers!

RUN! HIDE!!!!

your right, i shouldn't encourage your personality defect. maybe you should take elfs advice and see a professional.

I dislike people who leave locks on street furniture

Elf has only ever been a professional ****, why would I take his (said on presumption) advice?

Why would you leave a combination lock anywhere??? All that does is give thieves the time to crack the code at their leisure without them looking suspicious. Once they have stealing your bike is a quick job.
Not a good idea in my opinion, I reckon 2unfit2ride may have given said lock owner a wake up call in bike security.

Oh dear God, Junkyard, that's entirely the point, just so you don't have to carry your crap around with you then I have to deal with it on an everyday basis, just to accommodate you, why?

So rude, aren't you?

Any need for it?

You resorting to personal insults just proves I've done you. I'd say your best bet is to just slip quietly away now, and try to hope everyone forgets this unfortunate and embarrassing (for you) episode.

ooops I seem to have posted in the middle of a huuuuuuge row . . . . . I'm putting the keyboard down, backing away quietly . . . . . . nice n easy now . . . .

I give in, 'The Elf' obviously has me quaking in a corner, just so 'he' knows, the word I used was T W AT, nothing more.

Do I in reality bow down? probably not, but I really would't want to get in the way of the mighty Elf... It might upset 'him'.

Off you go then. There's a good boy.

don't have to carry your crap around with you then I have to deal with it on an everyday basis, just to accommodate you, why?

How about geeting annoyed at the lack of adequate secure cycle parking facilities in this country or the rate of bike thefts

Cyclists Liberation Front!

Splitters!

scott_mcavennie2 - Member
Blatantly untrue.

What actually happened was that you were bored outside the gym, saw a cheap lock and then invented this whole story. Quite what possessed you to actually post it is a mystery. Drink perhaps?

Is this the singletrack world equivalent of a porn mag letter page?

Ive read through the post and like others have said, you could have done a number of things but chose to be a bit of an arse about it, if it bothered you that much you could have informed the gym or the council

ftw if I came across a random bod messing with my bike lock they wouldnt be using their wrists for 6 to 8 weeks, peoples morales can and do fall below what [u]you[/u] perceive to be "littering"

What do you know about the owner of the lock?

I ask because when I lived in Dewsbury and worked for the YOT, we had a boy with fairly MLD and Autism involved in petty crime. Alongside social services we managed to get him set up working part-time at a local garden centre, which he would cycle to, and where a lock had been left to help add routine to his day. He'd ride to work, lock his bike up with the lock, work pretty much for free, and then cycle back home. And then some prick changed the combination to his lock, and panicking he left his bike unlocked because he didn't want to let down his work, and the bike was stolen, and he went off the rails in a fairly massive way.

Granted, this is a fairly extreme case, but your 'joke' is fairly hollow and meaningless. You could have put a note on it; or moved it elsewhere but left the combination unchanged. By not doing either of these things your behaviour becomes an example of dominance and controlling behaviour, which I'd consider fairly worrying if it was me...

Me? I agree with you about locks on street furniture, for the record. But I fail to see how you've taught anyone anything.

bullhearts sentiments +1

2unfit - wow, you're a nice guy..

While changing the combination does seem like making a mountain out of a molehill, I'm rather more worried by the people who are suggesting that they would commit serious acts of violence over a bike lock. Hopefully, they're ridiculous keyboard warriors, as if they're serious, they really do have a bit of a hard think about their priorities and values.

Frankly I'm more worried about the amount of people who take other people seriously on the internet. I mean, after 20 years, surely you get it?

When someone leaves a lock on a lamp-post, is it fair game to lock your bike there too?

I'm wondering if some people use it as a sign to say they've reserved that space, which is totally out of order, but some people are eejits and may lock your bike up with their lock if you 'stole' their parking place.

lock your bike there if you wish I just dont want to carry a heavy lock over that distance

So a while back I was waiting outside a gym for my daughters to finish their latest fad lesson

The owner of the lock might need a new one - but you're still the one with fat kids.

He wins.

😉

2unfit2ride - Member
Oh dear God, Junkyard, that's entirely the point, just so you don't have to carry your crap around with you then I have to deal with it on an everyday basis, just to accommodate you, why?

Do you realise how precious that makes you sound? A few locks on a lamp post/bench are something you have to take time to [i]deal[/i] with?