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 [...]

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)

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 [...]

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.