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I was looking at a bike stand in Hammersmith with an ex, pointed out some of the bikes and how they were SO not locked properly - some of the actually deserved to get nicked, just to teach muppets that a £5 lock that looks like it was made by FisherPrice is really not enough.
Up come two coppers behind us and ask "Excuse me, can we help you Sir?" which was met with "Why yes officer, I'm just showing her ladyship here how NOT to lock your bike..." Followed by a five minute rant about bicycle theft, people making their bikes a target, encouraging theft and whether the police in that area do roadshows like the one I ran into in Holborn a couple of months earlier, teaching people to lock up properly in exchange for a few freebies. That wasn't the answer they were expecting... But at least they asked.