THEY CAN TAKE OUR D-LOCKS, BUT THEY’LL NEVER TAKE OUR FREEDOM!
Way back last year Gwyn was awarded £50 to execute this great idea:
“I’d spend five quid on a crappy bike, then forty-five quid on really heavy-duty chains. Lots of them.
Then I’d find one of those prissy “bikes chained here will be removed” signs, probably in an outright bike-hostile area like Ganton St near Oxford Circus, chain the hell out of the bike, and retire to a nearby cafe with a video camera to await developments.
The resulting video, probably in time-lapse, should be highly entertaining. Five points if they have to get welding equipment. Ten points if they cut through the sign.”
Well, at 6.20pm today Gwyn’s mischievous wish was finally granted. His £5 dream machine was chained, like a bicycle Emmeline Pakhurst, beneath just such a sign at the Ganton Street end of Newburgh Street :
Oh will they be removed indeed? Well, Bike Oppressors, we’ll see about that..
Bring it on Bike Cops. I reckon we’re looking at an angle grinder at least. We’ve got a secret camera set up on the bike 24-7 so watch out for a video update once it’s all over. Hee hee!
But…what if they never get it off? What if we kept adding chains to the bike until they submitted, defeated, and allowed it to remain? What a historic blow for bike liberty that would be!
So - if you have any spare bike chains then please do drop by the bike (Ganton Street end of Newburgh Street) and enhance its union with the lamppost (and give the camera a wave whilst you’re there). Although do make treble sure you’ve got the right bike…