Made in the Shade...
04-10-18, 04:26 PM
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Made in the Shade...
I almost didn't see this walking to lunch today. It looks like a camouflage tarp over the front of the bike and a bamboo shade over the rest. I didn't inspect it to see how well the bike was locked and secured, but then, you can't steal what you can't see.
04-10-18, 04:51 PM
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Could be an art installation. Stealing it could be performance art.
04-10-18, 08:48 PM
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Have I been drinking? What the heck are we looking at here?! 
If I were a thief, even if that thing is not locked in any way, I’d stay far, far away from messing with whatever weirdo rigged up this situation!
If I were a thief, even if that thing is not locked in any way, I’d stay far, far away from messing with whatever weirdo rigged up this situation!
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04-11-18, 07:11 AM
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Not much more to tell...There was a row of hedges between the tree and the sidewalk/street to the right. To the left was a parking lot for a movie theater.
Here is a wider view.
It probably wouldn't register to a car driving by on the street, but to a pedestrian walking by (like me), or to some one parking in the adjacent lot it would stick out; maybe not as a bicycle, but as something.
Seriously I think it is just some one's attempt to prevent bike theft, although, I have seen art "installations" on local college campuses that this would pass for.
Here is a wider view.
It probably wouldn't register to a car driving by on the street, but to a pedestrian walking by (like me), or to some one parking in the adjacent lot it would stick out; maybe not as a bicycle, but as something.
Seriously I think it is just some one's attempt to prevent bike theft, although, I have seen art "installations" on local college campuses that this would pass for.
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OK, who besides me noticed the one parked next to it? 
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04-15-18, 08:51 AM
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This thread sure is a change of pace...
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Crouching Tiger, Hidden Bicycle?
Pretty effective. I think that a lot of what makes it work is that the bike is hanging in the tree--the rear wheel is about a foot off the ground, so you look at it and it doesn't immediately register as "bike."
On the other hand, the entire thing draws attention, but in more of a homeless-person's-shelter way than a parked-bicycle way.
I can't imagine carrying all that stuff on the bike all the time, but it could be a favorite parking spot if the user hid all the covering material in the hedge.
On the other hand, the entire thing draws attention, but in more of a homeless-person's-shelter way than a parked-bicycle way.
I can't imagine carrying all that stuff on the bike all the time, but it could be a favorite parking spot if the user hid all the covering material in the hedge.
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The type of local act that'd evolve from such "creativity" would be arson.
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A homeless person might steal the tarp... and the shade.
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04-17-18, 02:22 PM
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04-18-18, 06:32 PM
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I think I see a U-lock through the rear triangle and around that branch, at the top of the seat tube.
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kinda like an elephant trying to hide behind a skinny tree? 
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While on the topic of senselessness , inanity, and absurdity ... https://globalmotortrend.com/cowboy-...rse-and-lasso/
04-19-18, 09:44 AM
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While on the topic of senselessness , inanity, and absurdity ... https://globalmotortrend.com/cowboy-...rse-and-lasso/
