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well locked bike by random dude.
Bike sculpture located outside MEC in Vancouver, Canada. 

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Teelek  Pro User  says:

LOL,Nice pic.

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Posted 26 months ago. ( permalink )

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kk+  Pro User  says:

haha... cool. :)
Posted 26 months ago. ( permalink )

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erik_found says:

If I walked out one day and saw my bike like that... uncool. Funny shot.
Posted 26 months ago. ( permalink )

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knitgirl  Pro User  says:

ha ha.....I love this!!!!
Posted 26 months ago. ( permalink )

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ArghMonkey  Pro User  says:

*LOL* When is someone going to just put wheels on a giant bike lock and ride it around? Uh oh, now I am sure I will see that soon ...
Posted 26 months ago. ( permalink )

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Cape Cod Cyclist  Pro User  says:

Very cool... It would take someone a long time to cut or pick all of those locks!

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Posted 26 months ago. ( permalink )

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Dawn Endico  Pro User  says:

funny!

To steal the bike though, you only need to break one of the locks. Yet another security solution that does more to inconvenience the owner than the thief.
Posted 26 months ago. ( permalink )

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phrawggmak  Pro User  says:

Alternate caption: THE SAFEST BIKE IN NORTH AMERICA!
Posted 26 months ago. ( permalink )

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Robert Kenney  Pro User  says:

Great one!
Posted 26 months ago. ( permalink )

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tkd99girl says:

Someone should work on this with a little more detail, it's a great idea for a sculpture, although I have no idea if that's the original intention.
Posted 26 months ago. ( permalink )

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Nils Jorgensen  Pro User  says:

Funny.
Saw this photograph here www.boingboing.net/
Posted 26 months ago. ( permalink )

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GammaBlog  Pro User  says:

Brilliant! Must have cost a small fortune for all those U-locks.
Posted 26 months ago. ( permalink )

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Bluntzilla says:

it looks like most of the locks are the recalled cylinder mechanism locks that were hit with ball point pens. But its a little hard to tell.
Posted 26 months ago. ( permalink )

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thedarkerside.to  Pro User  says:

If I had to guess I'd say the artists bike was stolen at MEC, they have a sign out at the bike stands declaring it being a "high bike theft area".
Posted 26 months ago. ( permalink )

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Jym Dyer  Pro User  says:

=v= One Bic® pen and it's history!
Posted 26 months ago. ( permalink )

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_sarchi  Pro User  says:

taking security to another level somewhere

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Posted 26 months ago. ( permalink )

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♥ SheCat ♥  Pro User  says:

Funny pic :)

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Posted 26 months ago. ( permalink )

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fbm says:

By the way, how many locks do you count?
Posted 26 months ago. ( permalink )

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RGBk says:

This makes me really sad that someone stole my bike that I spent years saving up for... :( I guess it's sort of funny, but really this sculpture made me cry.
Posted 26 months ago. ( permalink )

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gerta1975 says:

"To steal the bike though, you only need to break one of the locks. Yet another security solution that does more to inconvenience the owner than the thief."

Well, you could get it separated from the rack, but good luck moving that thing. Besides, this misses the spirit of the piece -- the inconvenience of it all is (to me, anyway) much of the point.
Posted 26 months ago. ( permalink )

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fetching  Pro User  says:

apparently, an overzealous MEC employee. I worked there...i would know. ;)
Posted 26 months ago. ( permalink )

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WAXY.  Pro User  says:

Great shot! One of the best bike pics I've seen.
Posted 26 months ago. ( permalink )

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David Gartner Photography | www.versusgoliath.com  Pro User  says:

Awesome. I'll be using this image in an upcoming "How to Bike Anywhere" presentation for the SF Bicycle Coalition. www.sfbike.org
Posted 26 months ago. ( permalink )

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malanalars  Pro User  says:

my 900€ bike was stolen last week, just two weeks after I bought it. i wished, i had it secured it like that.
Posted 26 months ago. ( permalink )

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dvsqc says:

After the thief removes enough locks, he would still have to fix the flat front tire!
Posted 26 months ago. ( permalink )

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Alli' Cat' says:

Cool!
(seen on BoingBoing)
Posted 26 months ago. ( permalink )

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Joe Becher says:

Thanks for sharing.

(via BoingBoing via Google Reader)
Posted 26 months ago. ( permalink )

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Nuno Coelho says:

lolol
Posted 26 months ago. ( permalink )

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~Tatankanuk~  Pro User  says:

"This just in, somebody has stolen all the u-locks from a very interesting sculpture in Vancouver... The thieves left the bicycle in place, with a note saying 'the bike's to old...' More on this later on..."
Posted 26 months ago. ( permalink )

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ddunstan  Pro User  says:

So awesome!!! Here's a simpler variant in the same spirit I saw in Unna, Germany the other day. www.flickr.com/photos/ddunstan/552716845/in/p hotostream/. I think with a bolt cutter someone could make quick work of it ... :(
Posted 25 months ago. ( permalink )

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LegallyNaked says:

LOL... stay away from the Thieves.
Posted 25 months ago. ( permalink )

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primary0 says:

hahaha its a bunch of locks with a bicycle attached!
Posted 25 months ago. ( permalink )

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random dude  Pro User  says:

This photo was used on the front page of this month's Tube Times, a San Francisco bicycle newsletter.
Posted 24 months ago. ( permalink )

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ayoub01us says:

cool shot I've seen this bike n Broadway by Saples i think
Posted 22 months ago. ( permalink )

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tax_man_cometh says:

Yes, but will it blend?
Posted 13 months ago. ( permalink )

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Zachary B  Pro User  says:

I'm quite a worrier about my bike as well.
Posted 13 months ago. ( permalink )

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beancounter says:

Scrooooge .... I am the ghost of Bicycle Marley .....
Posted 13 months ago. ( permalink )

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pinguino  Pro User  says:

haha that rocks. almost looks like an art piece now
Posted 13 months ago. ( permalink )

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Dubious Drewski - A Lethbridge Photographer  Pro User  says:

My $900 bike was just stolen two days ago. Perfect timing.

Damnit.
Posted 13 months ago. ( permalink )

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numlok™  Pro User  says:

"Handbag Repairs"?
Posted 13 months ago. ( permalink )

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highplains  Pro User  says:

you're on digg
digg.com/search?section=all&s=bike
Posted 13 months ago. ( permalink )

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Bard Vandal  Pro User  says:

haha that's great, that reminds me to buy an extra lock
Posted 13 months ago. ( permalink )

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MickL says:

I'd love to steal it
Posted 13 months ago. ( permalink )

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kakuzen_inc says:

just a heads up--because some missed the photo caption.

This is an actual sculpture. You can see the weld marks (in the large version) connecting the bike locks.
Posted 13 months ago. ( permalink )

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dgurka052 says:

yet amazingly, this would still get stolen in Detroit...
Posted 13 months ago. ( permalink )

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iwona_kellie  Pro User  says:

they way things are going in Vancouver, it will probably get stolen too..
Posted 13 months ago. ( permalink )

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tsuchihiro  Pro User  says:

lovely!
Posted 10 months ago. ( permalink )

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Kevin Steinhardt  Pro User  says:

Seems about right for parking in Cambridge.
Posted 6 months ago. ( permalink )

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sunside  Pro User  says:

Hi, I'm an admin for a group called bicycle sightings - Fahrradsichtungen, and we'd love to have this added to the group!


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Posted 3 months ago. ( permalink )

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