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Two single-speed "wrongversions" in the bicycle parking at St Pancras.
A Raleigh Equipe which had original chainwheels and a cassette, but no rear mech. One front brake. Locked with a stringlike Kryto-cable and a £1 padlock. Inexplicably had a helmet locked with it (safety first, I suppose...?). This received a friendly note explaining that SS really needs two brakes.
A Youngs 501 frame with a similar Frankenstein job on the rack next door. This one had a working rear gear with a downtube shifter but a single front chainring. Again, one and only one front brake. Already had a note wrapped around the brake cable (from the guy who installed it) saying "Good Luck!". Nuff said.
Watch out for these guys, presumably they're only able to stop by somersaulting over the bars of their extremely shitty bikes.