Lost Key Bike Hack?

We have all done it I am sure - we have either lost a key to something or locked ourselves out of something.  I actually have a decent scar on my wrist due to locking myself out of my apartment back in the day.  I tried to push on a window to slide it 0pen and not realizing how strong I was weak the glass was I pushed my hand right through it.  I am actually lucky not to have hit a major vein and now I have a scar to remind me of my absent mindedness. 

Reader Sebastian from Coventry, UK sent along the following text and picture, which seems to show that the rider lost the key to the said lock and wanted to  find a way to keep it out of the way of his/her way while pedaling. 

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Saw this on the street in Coventry. Some bright spark used packing tape to create brace for cable lock on his/her bike. That is only one possibility. Other one is that this person lost key for lock's barrel and taped it to the frame to avoid collision with things while pedaling. It might be even more probable one option as the bike was locked to the rail with other lock.

Regards
Sebastian
Coventry UK

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Comments

[coventry recycled cycles]

Hello fellow coventrian!...is it my imagination or does that bike have its forks on backwards...must make for an interesting commute!

[atom]

i think the bike's previous owner left it "locked" to a short pole.

[Locksmith in Wichita]

The owner could have called a locksmith to solve the problem. He must have been in such a hurry to resort to this solution!