According to traffic reports, one of our more popular posts is entitled Eight Solutions to Fight Bicycle Part Theft. Numbers 1-7 are all practical and fairly easy to implement. Number 8 on the list is certainly a bit of an anomaly, and truth be told, I never thought I would see it in action -
8. Feces of choice: I will leave a picture off of this one. I ran across one post that featured the following advice: smear everything with human feces. Although someone else responded and stated that fox feces is a superior tactic because of a more pungent odor.
Well, I am not certain I have actually seen it action, but I may have witnessed a form of it when I recently passed this bike -
I am not sure if what is on the seat is real, or left by the rider, but I was not willing to find out.
I do NOT want to meet the animal that could leave a deposit of this size this high
Posted by: Bo Q | 09/06/2012 at 01:08 AM
Maybe someone played a practical joke on the bike owner. I wouldn't put it past one of my fellow cyclist. Maybe I'll try that on him!
Posted by: Jim | 09/06/2012 at 05:59 AM
A determined thief could easily conquer this issue... with a plastic bag.
Posted by: Ron Ablang | 09/06/2012 at 09:42 AM
Its not often I say this, but here goes "Now, why didn't I think of that" I might steal the idea to pitch to an investor, although I suspect he will think its a crap idea...
Posted by: Paul | 09/06/2012 at 07:05 PM
Hmm... Maybe someone can try old underwear with a brown "skid mark" spay-painted on it, hanging from the handlebars.
Posted by: atom | 09/13/2012 at 09:35 AM