Originally Posted by
cooker
CUTE!!!
My guess it is "real", at least the sign part. I don't see a lock on the bike frame, so it was probably posed for the photo.
There is a bike frame in Portland locked to a post with the U-Lock going through the pedal holes of the crank arm. So, I think it was intended to be there as a warning. I'll see if it is still there the next I'm up that way.