I have deep admiration for whoever did this

Church Street, Brighton... quarter of a million hits too. The bike's still there but the "wheels" are no more.

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EricaHastings says:

That's fantastic! Much better than drawing flowers round dog poo.
Posted 22 months ago. ( permalink )

marphot says:

That was someone with a heart!

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Posted 22 months ago. ( permalink )

livhouse, the paronomeister™ says:

... just as long as it wasn't someone with a scrap metal business and a bad sense of humour!

No, I agree it is pretty admirable.
Posted 22 months ago. ( permalink )

lkurnarsky says:

Hi, I'm an admin for a group called MAGIC IN THE MUNDANE, and we'd love to have your photo added to the group.
Posted 22 months ago. ( permalink )

* l u c y says:

hehe. very nice :)

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Posted 22 months ago. ( permalink )

yvoluna says:

Definitely a fave
Posted 22 months ago. ( permalink )

MyArt101 says:

awesome
Posted 22 months ago. ( permalink )

diamonddog1 says:

Can he draw a wanted poster?
Posted 22 months ago. ( permalink )

Rustybuckets says:

That's so cool.
Posted 22 months ago. ( permalink )

Bitter-Sweet-Symphony says:

yea its so fasinating.
adore streetart !
Posted 22 months ago. ( permalink )

chlywhite says:

A ghost bike.
Posted 22 months ago. ( permalink )

olivepix says:

Amazing. We see a lot of skeletons like this in Toronto, sadly.
Posted 22 months ago. ( permalink )

muich says:

Great idea on this pic!! Love it!!
Posted 22 months ago. ( permalink )

Shmoovio (Jarrett) says:

That is unreasonably cool! Great find!
Posted 22 months ago. ( permalink )

Trusty Fotografie [deleted] says:

HAHA cool photo and scene :-)
Tony
www.truphotog.com
Posted 22 months ago. ( permalink )

aneye4apicture says:

Someone with a a sense of humour and a few minutes to spare :)
Posted 22 months ago. ( permalink )

mannü says:

soooo funny!! :D
Posted 22 months ago. ( permalink )

omalingue says:

That's really great.
Posted 22 months ago. ( permalink )

JLA Kliché says:

Let's go to the "tour de France" ...

:D :D
Posted 22 months ago. ( permalink )

greenspandex says:

hahah someone else took a photo of this and it landed it explore too!!

www.flickr.com/photos/55121683@N00/
Posted 22 months ago. ( permalink )

haha nice! this happened to me before...someone stole my front tire but left the bike. If you are going to take the effort, finish the job and take the whole thing!
Posted 22 months ago. ( permalink )

Jazmin Million says:

Hi, I'm an admin for a group called *****CLIMATE CHANGE*****, and we'd love to have your photo added to the group.

I just saw this on DIGG, can you join my pool and post this one that would be right on!
Posted 22 months ago. ( permalink )

vfr_superfreak says:

sorry but i dont see the magic anywhere
Posted 22 months ago. ( permalink )

sleaziep says:

More positive than the bike I came across last week. This was the lamest act of vengeance ever.

- "TP"ed bike

www.flickr.com/photos/doublerespect/221747444 5/
Posted 22 months ago. ( permalink )

Public Education says:

Art!
Posted 22 months ago. ( permalink )

hdc. says:

Genius!
Posted 22 months ago. ( permalink )

ecchong says:

You may wan to check out Ellis G.

www.nytimes.com/2005/12/10/nyregion/10chalk.h tml
Posted 22 months ago. ( permalink )

mattsonster says:

that was banksy.
)))
Posted 22 months ago. ( permalink )

XDViPeR says:

Brooklyn ny?
Posted 22 months ago. ( permalink )

Mike Seliske says:

wow, you see the bike with no wheels all the time, but i have never seen anything like that.
Posted 22 months ago. ( permalink )

Andrew Heffner says:

Someone should fix that bike up.
Posted 22 months ago. ( permalink )

mrwizard14 says:

Clever.
Posted 22 months ago. ( permalink )

CasaDeQueso says:

love the chalk-drawn seat way in the background, too ... hahaha
Posted 22 months ago. ( permalink )

Sheriff of Nothing says:

Maybe he should've drawn a corpse chalkline around it.....
Posted 22 months ago. ( permalink )

Jenny LA says:

haha, this is classic!
What a fun find!
Posted 22 months ago. ( permalink )

m0dded says:

yeah, those are all over portland, or.
Posted 22 months ago. ( permalink )

showna says:

awesome.
Posted 22 months ago. ( permalink )

hive says:

it was the thief who drew that, trying to cover her tracks
Posted 22 months ago. ( permalink )

hive says:

Hi, I'm an admin for a group called sadbikes, and we'd love to have your photo added to the group.
Posted 22 months ago. ( permalink )

Miles_78 says:

hehe.
Posted 22 months ago. ( permalink )

Jeniffita says:

so original
Posted 22 months ago. ( permalink )

ben.bibikov says:

Creative thief. He steals the wheels and draws them on the pavement so that no one would notice.
Posted 22 months ago. ( permalink )

videos de humor says:

Eso es una obra de arte. Esos ladrones se merecen un premio y esto debería estar en una galería de arte moderno.
Para ver humor voy a www.doivol.com
Posted 22 months ago. ( permalink )

arcaderr says:

look at the digg effect
Posted 22 months ago. ( permalink )

Iangreen says:

que increible la burla del tipo XD
Posted 22 months ago. ( permalink )

Crystal Saybounkham [deleted] says:

that's exactly why you have to use a u-lock as well as cable locks woven through the spokes
Posted 22 months ago. ( permalink )

linoeldelapuch says:

se sale, jeje. Pero vaya putada
Posted 22 months ago. ( permalink )

selyfriday says:

awesome
Posted 22 months ago. ( permalink )

paulx8 says:

Nice work of art.

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Posted 22 months ago. ( permalink )

RobertFrancis says:

This is awesome. Functional graffiti.
Posted 22 months ago. ( permalink )

naiarais says:

jajajajajajajajajajajajajajajaja
Posted 22 months ago. ( permalink )

Geoff Penn says:

So do I !!

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Posted 22 months ago. ( permalink )

dudeinwrens says:

That's hillarious.... Lol.

And this was on "Church Street" in Brighton.

Hahaha...

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Posted 22 months ago. ( permalink )

wickedcoolmatt says:

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Posted 22 months ago. ( permalink )

indersmarty says:

Its preety cool .
But the rear part is not so clear
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Posted 22 months ago. ( permalink )

GoldCoins says:

Maybe we're not looking at the right perspective. The back does look kind of weird.

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Posted 22 months ago. ( permalink )

bhaktapurgirl says:

fantastic i thought real one
hahaha

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Posted 22 months ago. ( permalink )

ohadgliksman says:

Very nice picture.
Anyone who ever owned a bike can relate to it

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Liquidmindstudios says:

Hehe, looks great, I love creativity like this example.
Thnks for sharing
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Posted 22 months ago. ( permalink )

tropized says:

That is an awesome piece of artwork.
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Posted 22 months ago. ( permalink )

CharlesMedia™ says:

cool!
Posted 22 months ago. ( permalink )

Line_Rider says:

Brilliant

Line Rider
Posted 21 months ago. ( permalink )

PuchasCaro! says:

rofl
yes, very clever whoever he or she was xD
Posted 21 months ago. ( permalink )

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Posted 21 months ago. ( permalink )

ChrisStylewalker says:

LOL! Great idea! XD
Posted 21 months ago. ( permalink )

LukeDaDuke says:

That's cool!

I photographed the same bike a couple of weeks ago... without the added tires:
www.fotolog.com/sadbikes/39952314
Posted 21 months ago. ( permalink )

.:Chelsea Dagger:. says:

agreed. this is brilliant.
Posted 20 months ago. ( permalink )

NST 2 says:

one word: nice

NST
Posted 20 months ago. ( permalink )

manel ortega photographer says:

Fantastic!
Posted 17 months ago. ( permalink )

Got Jenna says:

HA!
Posted 17 months ago. ( permalink )

Brian O'Mahony says:

Hi, I'm an admin for a group called One Hundred Thousand Club (100,000 Photostream Views), and we'd love to have this added to the group! Please tag your photo "One Hundred Thousand Club" if you post to our pool. Thanx.
Posted 12 months ago. ( permalink )

zoe-delay says:

Hallo, ich bin der Administrator der Gruppe 50.000 Views, und wir würden uns freuen, wenn Du dies zu unserer Gruppe hinzufügen würdest.
Posted 11 months ago. ( permalink )

Brian O'Mahony says:

Congratulations, your photo has been highlighted as Shot Of The Week #14 in the One Hundred Thousand Club (100,000 Photostream Views) group and can be seen on the front page and Shot of the Week discussion thread.
Posted 11 months ago. ( permalink )

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