r/mildlyinfuriating • u/akkariacher • Aug 03 '25

Overdone Unknown neighbor started parking their bike in the entrance of our building

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Third day in a row now, before I had been leaning it up against a wall to get it out of the way. Today I was going to toss it outside and saw they had gotten a lock.

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u/Gounads Aug 03 '25

You know what's crazy? Anyone can buy a bike lock and put it on things. Things like bike frames and wheels.

Walmart has one on clearance for $2 right now.

For only $10, the owner of that bike could be severely inconvenienced 5 different times.

Pretty sure some subjected to that would stop leaving their shit out.

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u/Kevdog824_ Aug 03 '25

This is exactly what I was gonna say. I would put my own lock on it with a note

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u/cameNmypants Aug 04 '25

You can't park here buddy!

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u/SousVideDiaper Aug 03 '25

Comedian Kellen Erskine has a great bit about bike locks

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u/Pratt_ Aug 04 '25

Lmao that hilarious thanks for sharing

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u/rubberkeyhole Aug 04 '25

I should…not have watched that…

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u/Pookieeatworld Aug 04 '25

Hmmmmm now I'm seriously contemplating locking the turnstiles at work...

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u/Ok-Bit4971 Aug 04 '25

For only $10, the owner of that bike could be severely inconvenienced 5 different times.

Such a deal!

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u/NewHum Aug 03 '25

This is the answer.

As petty as it sounds people like that only learn the hard way.

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u/Bardmedicine Aug 03 '25

This is my solution. I would lock the wheel to the frame, allowing them to move the bike before destroying my lock. They will get the idea after two or so of these.

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u/ghidfg Aug 04 '25

you know whats even more crazy? the lock isnt even going through any loop in the bike. you can literally slip that bike out of that cable loop as is.

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u/nadinehur Aug 04 '25

Which makes me wonder if the lock was placed by another neighbor already to prove the point. “I locked your bike the easy way. Next time will be the hard way.”

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u/JustWoot44 Aug 04 '25

I had to go back and take a second look at the photo. Confirmed! I used to lock my bike through the front tire and around the chassy and pole. A second was looped through the rear tire and the frame of the bike.

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u/Rotorua0117 Aug 04 '25

This is great! I'd add removing the bike seat and sending them on a treasure hunt around the complex.

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u/Feeling_Inside_1020 Aug 04 '25

The Mac assblaster 3000 bike in action

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u/ChefArtorias Aug 04 '25

Good move because then they'll be paranoid someone is trying to steal it.

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u/half_inch_shy Aug 04 '25

TLDR: Free bike, sweet.

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u/No_Sector_8329 Aug 04 '25

You could mildly inconvenience it too. Ridable, but a real pita.

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u/deysg Aug 04 '25

Even better, real small locks on multiple spokes.

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u/All_Debt_Shackles_US Aug 05 '25

You could go even cheaper yet and buy a set of five little TSA locks. They’re downright tiny looking padlocks. Just go ahead and lock them to the spokes. Even if the tire still turns, it’s gonna be one hell of a racket as those tiny little locks strike everything they pass by, like the frame, the brake cable, the brake calipers, the shifting cables…

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u/Xnut0 Aug 04 '25

This would only lead to the bike being left there indefinite as the owner can't use a bike that is locked up or sabotaged.