Jun
24
Sabotage!?
June 24, 2010 | Comments Off on Sabotage!?
The other night, I locked my bike up in Davis Square to a parking meter. This is a pretty normal occurrence for me while I grab a coffee or walk around, waiting for my girlfriend to get out of work.
Fast forward an hour or so later and I’m ready to go home. I walk over to unlock my bike and I realize that another bike’s lock is wrapped around the frame of my bike…what the HELL!?
After swearing and daydreaming about cutting the combination chain lock with pliers, my girlfriend calms me down. “Just come back tomorrow,” she says. “It’s not worth getting angry about.”
I want to wait for the guy, perform a stakeout, and see what kind of douche would do this. Ok, it’s possible that it was a mistake, but he has a nice new bike with clipless pedals, so he should know what he’s doing with a bike. I can’t imagine that someone would wrap a lock around another bike frame WITHOUT noticing.
The funny thing is this guy had a Redline bike, just like me, which somehow made the situation weirder. I wondered if this was some strange tactic to steal my bike cause the guy likes Redlines.
Anyway, I ended up going home and the next morning my bike was there, safe and sound, without the other bike trapping it there.
I thought all was good and was ready to “live and let live.”
However, that day my bike got a flat tire on both the front and back wheels! Now, I know this could be a coincidence, but my paranoia is telling me that someone intentionally fucked with my tires so I would have a slow leak. The SAME SOMEONE who locked their bike to my bike. Or maybe some kids saw my bike and decided to mess with the tires while it was out in Davis Sq. all night. Or maybe I just ran over a bunch of glass the next day!
In any case, it was a strange day and my Redline is definitely feeling violated, degraded, and very ashamed of itself.
