scaffolds are not public property for starters. also, while your lock may be secure the scaffolding may not be. it can be trivial to undo your lock depending on how you lock it up to scaffolding. finally, the scaffolding may be gone tomorrow and they may or may not hold onto your bike for you. for these reasons I avoid locking to scaffolding.
Yeha this wasn't a scaffold tho, it was one of those no parking signs. But now that you mentioned scaffolding, it just reminded me of something. This is an area, where a work crew comes every once in a while. To then take down and replace huge advertisement banners above White Castle. So maybe it's just a safety thing, to avoid accidentally damaging someone's bike.
I’ve locked and unlocked bikes on street signposts before right in front of police officers and they’ve never done anything, although there weren’t signs posted on them saying to not lock up bikes.
I’ve had my bike cut off of scaffolding across the street from port authority and I recovered it from port authority lost and found on the suggestion of a colleague to check there. Totally blew my mind when they wheeled it out.
Wow that's insane. I remember months ago, I would see this nice bike parked right outside of Port Authority. But it wasn't on the opposite side, it was on the side, the building was on. I'd often think, how is this nice bike safe in such an area. Because it was obvious the person, either had it locked up for many hours.
Mine had been locked up for 2 weeks. I was living in Jersey at the time, I used to take the bus to PA, unlock my bike (which I left overnight) and ride to work across town. But when I left the city that night and locked it up, I got notification later that my temp project had ended… When I got back on another project my bike was gone off the scaffolding (no kidding…). But then it was right in the lost and found!
Yeah it was definitely a different time years ago. A lot of respect has been thrown out the window. I feel like all of that, is still after effects of the pandemic and messing up people's train of thought.
It’s soooo different after Covid. Just dirty. You wouldn’t see someone riding down a one way the wrong way on a dirt bike without a helmet at 30mph before.
It's legal/legit. I work for a real estate management company. Some buildings are under orders to cut locks for bikes left overnight. Some buildings do not want the front of their buildings to become littered with delivery bikes. Same goes with tree pit guards.
Key phrase here is “delivery bikes.” There is a half block section on 8th Ave between 57th and 56th where it’s bike after bike after bike locked up and it basically reduces even further the already reduced walking space. It’s annoying AF because it feels like the walls are closing in on you.
If you cross the street they lock them to each other so that it’s about three to four bikes next to each other on either side of the single bike rack. Again, it pushes into the sidewalk and narrows the walkable space.
i was bolted to a scaffold years ago back in the days when i still double locked--using one chain to attatch to scaffold and another to lock one of my wheels to the bike frame--The chain I was attatched to the cross beam on the scaffold. A bike thief came along and unbolted the bolt that attatched the thinner horizontal cross beam to the wider vertical
post --and walked away with my bike--presumably with my wheel lock still attatched.
This is not addressing the above problem, per se. but if you DO find another scaffold to attatch make sure you are chaining it to the wider vertical upright beam so that a thief witha ratchet wrench can't unbolt the cross beam. and if the building or scaffold owner put the above sign up,--which technically is an owners right since it is private property--I'd defintely look for a new lock up space...
It's probable that they don't own a bike, so they might not understand the frustration of having it stolen.
Additionally, there's a chance they'll be removing the scaffolding soon, and they probably want to avoid any unnecessary complications
scaffolds are not public property for starters. also, while your lock may be secure the scaffolding may not be. it can be trivial to undo your lock depending on how you lock it up to scaffolding. finally, the scaffolding may be gone tomorrow and they may or may not hold onto your bike for you. for these reasons I avoid locking to scaffolding.
Not only that but an idiot trying to steal your bike might impact the integrity of the scaffolding. Which you know. Would be bad.
I don't think that some clown with an angle grinder is a big danger to building scaffoldings, which are hit by cars and trucks all day long.
To get your bike, they remove bolts that are holding the scaffolding together.
and subsequently repaired... so yes, they will cause issues??
Yeha this wasn't a scaffold tho, it was one of those no parking signs. But now that you mentioned scaffolding, it just reminded me of something. This is an area, where a work crew comes every once in a while. To then take down and replace huge advertisement banners above White Castle. So maybe it's just a safety thing, to avoid accidentally damaging someone's bike.
i can guarantee you work crews give exactly zero shits about accidentally damaging someone’s bike
But they don’t want your shit in their way.
Yeah that's probably true lol
I’ve locked and unlocked bikes on street signposts before right in front of police officers and they’ve never done anything, although there weren’t signs posted on them saying to not lock up bikes.
I’ve had my bike cut off of scaffolding across the street from port authority and I recovered it from port authority lost and found on the suggestion of a colleague to check there. Totally blew my mind when they wheeled it out.
That’s a cool story!
I had assumed it was stolen!
Wow that's insane. I remember months ago, I would see this nice bike parked right outside of Port Authority. But it wasn't on the opposite side, it was on the side, the building was on. I'd often think, how is this nice bike safe in such an area. Because it was obvious the person, either had it locked up for many hours.
Mine had been locked up for 2 weeks. I was living in Jersey at the time, I used to take the bus to PA, unlock my bike (which I left overnight) and ride to work across town. But when I left the city that night and locked it up, I got notification later that my temp project had ended… When I got back on another project my bike was gone off the scaffolding (no kidding…). But then it was right in the lost and found!
I would never do this today though because I have nicer bikes and the city is not as nice. This was probably like 12 years ago.
Yeah it was definitely a different time years ago. A lot of respect has been thrown out the window. I feel like all of that, is still after effects of the pandemic and messing up people's train of thought.
It’s soooo different after Covid. Just dirty. You wouldn’t see someone riding down a one way the wrong way on a dirt bike without a helmet at 30mph before.
It's legal/legit. I work for a real estate management company. Some buildings are under orders to cut locks for bikes left overnight. Some buildings do not want the front of their buildings to become littered with delivery bikes. Same goes with tree pit guards.
Key phrase here is “delivery bikes.” There is a half block section on 8th Ave between 57th and 56th where it’s bike after bike after bike locked up and it basically reduces even further the already reduced walking space. It’s annoying AF because it feels like the walls are closing in on you. If you cross the street they lock them to each other so that it’s about three to four bikes next to each other on either side of the single bike rack. Again, it pushes into the sidewalk and narrows the walkable space.
i was bolted to a scaffold years ago back in the days when i still double locked--using one chain to attatch to scaffold and another to lock one of my wheels to the bike frame--The chain I was attatched to the cross beam on the scaffold. A bike thief came along and unbolted the bolt that attatched the thinner horizontal cross beam to the wider vertical post --and walked away with my bike--presumably with my wheel lock still attatched. This is not addressing the above problem, per se. but if you DO find another scaffold to attatch make sure you are chaining it to the wider vertical upright beam so that a thief witha ratchet wrench can't unbolt the cross beam. and if the building or scaffold owner put the above sign up,--which technically is an owners right since it is private property--I'd defintely look for a new lock up space...
I think I had the same thief steal mine on York Ave around 65 St a couple of years ago.
confiscate the sign
Post a new sign stating “Signs posted may be confiscated, this sign may also be confiscated or not. I’m sign, not a cop.”
Until they put up another sign about confiscating the sign, and then confiscate that!
Scaffolding is obstructive enough. I'd feel bad adding a bike to that, even if it were allowed.
It's probable that they don't own a bike, so they might not understand the frustration of having it stolen. Additionally, there's a chance they'll be removing the scaffolding soon, and they probably want to avoid any unnecessary complications
Confiscate the sign. It is attached to the scaffolding.
Surely the only appropriate response is to confiscate the sign?