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@pajamas
me and asm run a small company watching bikes. It started when asm watched mine while I was working in the city. He stood watch all day and was still there when I finished at 5.30pm so that he could confirm the bike had indeed been stolen just after lunchtime.
Now we work together and we look after other people's bikes. In fact we are what we believe will be known soon as "bike walkers".
We collect your bike from you whenever you have to leave it somewhere and for an hourly rate we walk it briskly around the city, giving it exercise and admiring glances while you work or shop. For a small extra fee we induce a puncture and mend it free of charge.
Typically either of us walks up to nine bikes at a time, any more gets a bit cumbersome.