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More Air-Locking

The mysterious practice of "air-locking" continues. Nikolas Schiller documents a case of a bike locked in a tree. It's a fixie, so I guess air-locking is getting hipper. Or, as Mike Licht supposed, perhaps this person just put hydrogen in their tires by mistake and only managed to attach the bike to the tree before it floated away. 

[Previously: Artful Bike Suspender, Who Are You?, Art Bike Turning Into Parts Bike, The Art Bike Vanishes]

The Art Bike Vanishes

But O the heavy change, now thou art gon,
Now thou art gon, and never must return! ---John Milton, Lycidas

(Champlain and Euclid Streets NW, today)

Art Bike Turning Into Parts Bike

Someone has cannibalized the artfully suspended bike on the corner of Champlain and Euclid Streets NW, removing its wheels. Hey, wheelsets are expensive. If this is your bike, you better come get it before its frame, cryptically locked in mid-air, is all that remains. And if you don't mind, please leave a note explaining your motivation because I'm going coconuts trying to figure it out.

Photo by Ted Scheinman

Artful Bike Suspender, Who Are You?

OK, I give up. What's with the bike fixed to the fence at Euclid and Champlain Streets NW? Is it a protest against Christian Science? A demonstration of the little-heralded cantilevering abilities of U-locks? A prank played on a drunk friend? Telllllll meeeeeeeeee.

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