Hilarious Note Left on Bike

I've been waiting to sort out photos before sharing this incident that happened last Wednesday:

I was out at a gig at the Water Rats on Gray's Inn Road and locked my bike up to some black railings just up the road. Quite a low fence so I lifted the bike over and locked it on the other side from the pavement. The fence surrounded a corner building that looked commercial (and shut for the night) with about 4 metres of paving stones between the fence and the building. Certainly not somebody's front garden or anything.

Well, there must have been some flats above the commercial building because when I got back I found this note rolled around my bars, fastened with a rubber band:

And, when i got home I noticed I also ahd this sticker on my top tube:

It is really astonishing how wound up people can get.

The fact that they used a red biro, complete with underlining, just adds to my mental picture of an anger crazed loon, literally foaming at the mouth as they wrote it.

Has anyone else had funny notes left or similar?

ha that was me. kingscross... water rats toms band.

Not Masthon but the type of person that would write that, unless it really was Shinscar in which case it's pretty damn funny.

ha that was me. kingscross... water rats toms band.

a) that post makes NO sense.
b) bollox it was you
c) if it was you, rep deserved.

Yup, had one at my girlfriends flat. I've still got the note somewhere, if I find it I'll post it.

I'd locked it to the bannisters, the handlebar was poking through 10cm. The note stated that "it could have poked someone's eye out"

on the 1st one it looks like 'face' instead of 'fence'… makes it even more comedy. :-D

once about 5 weeks ago i move mashtons spoke card from the back to the front...i was going to piss down the down tube, but ive seen what it does to his eyes.

once about 5 weeks ago i move mashtons spoke card from the back to the front... anyone spots mashtons bike... please do the same... i was going to piss down the down tube, but ive seen what it does to his eyes.

Ray, are you smoking crack?

It's true though, he did move one of my spoke cards. Oh how we laughed.

as for pissing on my downtube, I asked the 'discrete escort service' for a lady boy. guess who they sent?

your mum?

the funny thing is i only have a red pen in my bag good for marking drawings... etc. lucky i didnt wrap a 30m tape measure all over that shit.

reminds me of this

When I worked in the (late)Clerkenwell Evans the kook next door would run down and put specially-printed stickers all over peoples bikes if they dared to lock to "his" railings.

I used to work 50yds away from there, know exactly which bit you mean

I'd go and do it again and keep an eye out for when they come out then if they start fuckin about again go and smash a Newcy Brown bottle(or maybe a K bottle, whatever's to hand really) into their teeth

i think we should add this place to the Bridges ride. stop off for liquid refreshment and a well placed bike pile. take some photos and post them back into the houses.. 100 + bikes pilled outside..

They would explode!

Oh shit I locked my bike up in exactly the same way at that spot a couple of months back no note for me though.

i think we should add this place to the Bridges ride. stop off for liquid refreshment and a well placed bike pile. take some photos and post them back into the houses.. 100 + bikes, pilled outside..

They would explode!

Don't see why we'd need to drop pills beforehand but could make it fun ;-)

reminds me of this

Excellent!

Ray, are you smoking crack?

It's true though, he did move one of my spoke cards. Oh how we laughed.

as for pissing on my downtube, I asked the 'discrete escort service' for a lady boy. guess who they sent?

I think you mean 'discreet'. 'Discrete' means separate, not really what one would want from an escort.

At Raphapaluza III in April loads of people locked their bikes in exactly the same way, the 'other' side of a fence that was a shared garden to a block of flats. Some loser complained and they even had to do an announcement inside to get people to move them.

FFS, talk about over the top.

The angry scribble under DO NOT on the sticker makes you worry a bit for their mental health

"is it any wonder cyclist are hated?"

Delusions of grandeur, or what. An assumption that their views are shared by some moral majority. For some reason this note makes me sad. At least they didn't damage your bike MAshton, like that nutter that was doing that of Brick Lane a while back.

A friend of mine suggested going back and locking a lawn mower to the railings. See if we can get a "is it any wonder that gardeners are so HATED" note.

Maybe a small dinghy the next day, rinse repeat.

I think you mean 'discreet'. 'Discrete' means separate, not really what one would want from an escort.

Not sure if I should come up with a convoluted reason as to why I would want escort services that are delivered in individual, delineated packages; or just take my platini-ing in good grace.

The later, I feel. Thanks for the education.

A friend of mine suggested going back and locking a lawn mower to the railings. See if we can get a "is it any wonder that gardeners are so HATED" note.

Maybe a small dinghy the next day, rinse repeat.

I like the lawn-mower idea.

A friend of mine suggested going back and locking a lawn mower to the railings. See if we can get a "is it any wonder that gardeners are so HATED" note.

Maybe a small dinghy the next day, rinse repeat.

There was a cyclist who used to run a website that locked unusual items to a fence in W1 somewhere following intimidating behaviour from the landlords of the fence he'd originally locked his bike to. I can't remember the URL though.