If you commute or use your bike for errands, you have to park your bike. In most cities, that means you have to lock it to something--a sign post, a parking meter, a telephone pole. Or a tree.
To tell you the truth, I've only hitched my wheels to a trunk once or twice in my life. No U-lock is wide enough, and you'd need a very long chain or cable. Also, in many places, it's forbidden to lock your bike to a tree.
Even where it's allowed, I prefer not to do that to a tree It's definitely not good for the tree--or, apparently, the bike:
(Images from Guy Sports.)
Speaking of telephone poles, WHEN was the last time you saw a working phone booth?
ReplyDeleteSteve--You must be eavesdropping on my conversations. Just before I checked my e-mail (where I found your comment), a colleague asked the same rhetorical question.
DeleteHow does a "bike through a tree" come to be?
In other news, I saw a similar "bike through a tree" on the US2 Highway that runs from Everett to Leavenworth by way of Stevens Pass. It was just outside of Monroe. Other items also appeared in that tree. Sadly, I think the tree got chopped down.
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