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No One's Going To Steal Your Fixie

By Chuck Sudo in News on Mar 11, 2013 4:00PM

Chicago Critical Mass tweeted this photo from Saturday’s Chicago Bike Swap that showed how the owner of a fixed-gear bicycle opted to secure it to a bike rack and, in the process, depriving the opportunity for eight other bicyclists (a conservative estimate by our count) from being able to lock up their bikes. We aren’t saying someone should have returned to his bicycle with two flat tires, but we would understand if it happened.

There’s a right and a wrong way to lock up your bike. This is the wrong way, even if the owner of the bike was correct in securing both front and rear wheels. Remember: You aren’t the only cyclist on the road.

(h/t Gapers Block)