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ethical dilemma

doctorlalloodoctorlalloo
edited May 2009 in Local discussion
I have noticed an old abandoned bike with it's wheels removed yet still locked to a bike stand in SG. I was considering liberating it using methods I learned as a teenager. I could 'recycle' it as my next single speed/fixie project.

I'm pretty sure it's owner will not be back for it as I've seen it there every day for the past 2 months.

So is it wrong for me to remove the lock so I can get myself a free frame?
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  • NoOneNoOne
    edited 4:36AM
    do it. we wont tell.
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  • Mike from LondonMike from London
    edited 4:36AM
    I will.

    I'll bet it's the one outside Jack's.
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  • LizLiz
    edited 4:36AM
    I think it's positively a good thing - you would be removing abandoned rubbish and reusing/recycling/etc at the same time.
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  • mattmatt
    edited May 2009
    I see your dilemma. Put a note on it stating your intention? I'd bet the owner still walks past it?
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  • nick_mnick_m
    edited 4:36AM
    I'd say go for it. Someone will have to remove it eventually anyway and deal with it. You're doing everyone a favour. I have an old Raleigh in the shed that I was going to renovate, but I can't get the pedals off. Is their a special tool I need?
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  • poxypoxy
    edited May 2009
    No special tool but you are aware that the thread of the left (kerbside) pedal is reversed, aren't you? All to do with precession, innit?
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  • doctorlalloodoctorlalloo
    edited 4:36AM
    Tried to liberate the old bike using the car jack yesterday morning - bloody lock broke the jack!

    @ Nick_M - most bike shops will tell you that you need a pedal spanner, which is basically a spanner with a longer handle so you have better leverage.

    As poxy said the thread on the left pedal is backwards - as a rule, to loosen pedals always turn the spanner towards the back of the bike.

    Also be careful trying to loosen a stiff pedal, I managed to chip my tooth last year when the spanner slipped and smacked me in the face.
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  • AlexAlex
    edited 4:36AM
    Precession - great word. Learn something new every day...
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  • andyandy
    edited 4:36AM
    David and I have always loved precession. It get us talking about honeybees and unintended consequences and Buckminster Fuller. Like a couple of hippies.
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  • DavidDavid
    edited May 2009
    Let's just hope the bees survive their current crisis. Who else will save us from our ways?
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  • jojo
    edited 4:36AM
    as long as its not mine! mine still has wheels so its probably not..
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  • injokeinjoke
    edited 4:36AM
    i'm sick of these bedwetting wuss-ass bees, genetically modify the lot to be a bit less wet and bob's your uncle.
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  • DavidDavid
    edited 4:36AM
    So to preserve our precession and keep us all alive, we just need to teach the bees to be 'ard like Liam and less wet like dem southern wussies.
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