I left my bike locked at the Hollywood Transit Center for four days and what happens to it?
Somebody slashed my tire!
Who slashes a bike tire? ANSWER: A JERK.
Sarah Shay Mirk reported on transportation, sex and gender issues, and politics at the Mercury from 2008-2013. They have gone on to make many things, including countless comics and several books. More by Sarah Shay Mirk
JERK!
I’m surprised, though, your bike didn’t meet a worse fate.
Why would you leave it for that long?
Boo.
Someone feels a similar pain, http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m68-oWBh9Ow
Think of this as opportunity to splurge on some better tires. I’d recommend some Somas http://somafab.com/tires_ev.html
WAH! Is this news? Maybe to you.
Who leaves their bike locked out in public in Portland for four days? I’ll leave you to answer that question.
Still, sorry about your tires.
TSW,
I was out of town. I planned to take my bike to the airport and lock it there, but it was rush hour and the MAX was out of bike spots so I wound up having to lock it there. BEWARE!
Yeah, sorry about the tire — but if you’re planning on leaving it there that long, try one of the lockers (or does the HW TC have those?)
think anybody would say it was your fault if your car tire was slashed after you left it parked somewhere for four days? bet not.
sucks.
I had someone tamper with my brakes (partially cut both lines, unscrew something up at the handlebars) at lloyd center and it was there for like 20 minutes. People do fucked up shit.
@ hollie, +1. It’s not like she left a fucking baby there or something. Ease up, people.
I propose we have a new weekly column for people are jerks. Because a lot of them are.
Sorry about your bike. 🙁
Kevlar ultra-gators! They rule!
Sorry to hear about your tire. And to those who criticized you…SHE JUST LEFT HER BIKE IN A PUBLIC PLACE. IT’S NOT LIKE SHE LOCKED A DOG IN HER BIKE WITH THE WINDOWS ROLLED UP DURING A HEAT WAVE OR SOMETHING!
lol ok you had your bike out for 4 days.
I expected a lot worse after reading “I left my bike at the Hollywood Transit Center”.
Cute picture though.
Of course, it’s possible that some young sparks were conducting a knife-throwing competition and that the tire of your wheeled conveyance was only an inadvertent casualty…though I’ll admit it’s more likely that some coked-up little shit fucked with your bike.
this is what happens when you invite the CRIME TRAIN into your neighborhood!
ANGRY SMIRK IS ANGRY! Love the picture.
Man, I’m livid, I left my straight razor under someone’s tire for four days at that same exact transit- wait a minute….waaaaaait a minute….
(Apologies, that really does suck, and the JERK who did it probably isn’t a mercury reader or blogger, it’s likely some right wing SUV drivin’ Dudley lover- probably has a bumper sticker “One less bike”…Jerk!)
Bwahahaaaaaaaa!
This reminds me of kids in the hall skit
“Bruce McCullough with an open letter to the guy who stole his bike wheel”
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Next time park at Sunset TC http://trimet.org/howtoride/bikes/bikeandride.htm