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Hahaha! Fail!

Posted on November 16, 2009 by Karl McCracken

Sometimes people’s failure to lock their bike properly is just so stupid that it’s funny. Like this photo from joeandmiranda’s Creative Commons images on Flickr that I found via Bikehacks:

Oh, and just in case you’re wondering, I don’t think the bike is an Asda special with the front forks on back to front – I think the handlebars have just swivelled round while the bike was being secured by its owner…

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Mastermo411, on September 5, 2010 at 11:32 pm said:

Great Post! I don’t really bike much. I was wondering if there’s a way to rent a lock or something? I found this idea, but not sure if anything like it exists. http://bit.ly/9HGpMY Thanks for any info.

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Yves, on February 4, 2011 at 6:24 pm said:

Shows how limited your outlook is. This bike is the shameful asset/liability of a 15 year old spotty teen who can’t get mum or dad to finance a new bike. He has been busy securing his bike like this for the past 2 years with no luck. Some bikes do not want to be secured!

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