This installment comes in the form of a Twitter conversation:
Had my bike stolen. Again. Second bike this year. Portland, I love you, but you’re bringing me down.
— Andy McMillan (@andymcmillan) October 9, 2014
@andymcmillan How are they getting them? Cutting the lock? If you want, I have an insane NYC u-lock that weighs so much I never use it.
— Matt Haughey (@mathowie) October 9, 2014
@mathowie Actually, it was locked to a 2 Hour Parking sign in SE. They snapped the sign off the pole, and lifted the bike over the top.
— Andy McMillan (@andymcmillan) October 9, 2014
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@twjpdx23 @mathowie Full size. Took a photo in my frustration: pic.twitter.com/tqR5Qs0cX4
— Andy McMillan (@andymcmillan) October 9, 2014
@andymcmillan @mathowie a perfect illustration of why we need more bike parking EVERYWHERE @BikePortland @PBOTinfo
— Tony Jordan (@twjpdx23) October 9, 2014
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Where in the SE? Nobody saw this?
Looks like near FreeGeek.
Oh my god, that’s intense! That does not look like a short pole! Did they climb on a flipping truck to get the bike over the top? I guess signposts are off my list of lockable objects!