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Locked bikes in strange locations - an Adel thing??
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Locked bikes in strange locations - an Adel thing??
Postby sven » Fri May 21, 2010 9:23 pm
I see around town and on main roads headed west bikes (cheaper, K-Mart style) locked against signs, stobie poles and the like.
Not on bus routes, not near bus stops, but along the bike track in western parklands, HB Road, Sir Donald B and Port Road - even on a medium strip. While (not quite yet) obsessive about them, have NEVER seen anyone unlock or use them. Not the Mormons either. Yet they move around and are rarely there there for more than 24hrs
Any theories? The wackier the better
Sven
Not on bus routes, not near bus stops, but along the bike track in western parklands, HB Road, Sir Donald B and Port Road - even on a medium strip. While (not quite yet) obsessive about them, have NEVER seen anyone unlock or use them. Not the Mormons either. Yet they move around and are rarely there there for more than 24hrs
Any theories? The wackier the better
Sven
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Re: Locked bikes in strange locations - an Adel thing??
Postby stevepedlin » Fri May 21, 2010 9:30 pm
Its a subliminal advertising ploy, maybe by Big W, to have their range of affordable bikes seen out in public. They employ a few fifteen year old kids on the minimum wage to take them out, then back into a warehouse somewhere at days end.
Maybe its even the shopping centers trolley boys they have distributing them...
Maybe its even the shopping centers trolley boys they have distributing them...

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Re: Locked bikes in strange locations - an Adel thing??
Postby you cannot be sirrus » Sat May 22, 2010 8:11 am
You are not seeing it quite right Sven. the bikes aren't secured to the stobie poles, the poles are attached to the very heavy Big W style bikes to prevent them falling over, part of an ETSA cost cutting initiative I believe.
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Re: Locked bikes in strange locations - an Adel thing??
Postby brauluver » Sat May 22, 2010 9:02 am
Anything left for more than a month, get removed in the CBD.Notice attached with 7 days warning.
Most end up as scrap.
Most end up as scrap.
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Re: Locked bikes in strange locations - an Adel thing??
Postby Skexis » Sat May 22, 2010 1:32 pm
It's a K-Mart/Big W scheme. When new models (aka new paint jobs) come out they themselves each buy a cetain percentage so as they can boast artificially good sales figures. Unfortunately this then leaves them with a quantity of secondhand bikes that they then cannot sell so the offer them around via the simple expedient of leaving them somewhere and hoping someone with a bolt cutter happens along. This has the added benefit of getting bikes into the community without actually having to officially give them away and also can be claimed as a business loss on tax returns. The scheme is also very popular with the bike manufacturers as, given these type of bikes rarely last more than a few months due to either rusting into oblivion or the chronic siezing up of all moveable parts, there is a never ending demand for working examples.
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Re: Locked bikes in strange locations - an Adel thing??
Postby arkle » Sun May 23, 2010 5:03 pm
sven wrote:I see around town and on main roads headed west bikes (cheaper, K-Mart style) locked against signs, stobie poles and the like.
Not on bus routes, not near bus stops, but along the bike track in western parklands, HB Road, Sir Donald B and Port Road - even on a medium strip. While (not quite yet) obsessive about them, have NEVER seen anyone unlock or use them. Not the Mormons either. Yet they move around and are rarely there there for more than 24hrs
Any theories? The wackier the better
Sven
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Re: Locked bikes in strange locations - an Adel thing??
Postby MichaelB » Tue Jul 27, 2010 8:29 am
hillman wrote::lol:
You wouldn't be trying to get you post count up by any chance ???
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Re: Locked bikes in strange locations - an Adel thing??
Postby hillman » Tue Jul 27, 2010 2:25 pm
Absolutely
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Re: Locked bikes in strange locations - an Adel thing??
Postby mikesbytes » Tue Jul 27, 2010 3:36 pm
K-Mart mountain bikes carry a sticker on them stating "not for off road use" so when the rider gets to the park, they lock them up and continue on foot
If the R-1 rule is broken, what happens to N+1?
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