On Thu, 31 Jan 2008 20:22:28 -0800 (PST), Brian Huntley
wrote:

On Jan 31, 10:57 pm, Tom Sherman
wrote:
Jay Bollyn wrote:

I would look for a place to 'store' your new U-Lock, rather than carry it. 4
lbs is way too much weight to carry around, if it can be avoided. No
building maintenance worker is going to try to remove a U-Lock. What they
might do, however, is squirt super glue into it. So the lock is worthless to
you at that point, but they have no way to remove it, either....

Is this based on experience (presumably as the lock user, not the
cretinous maintenance person)?

On the Sunday before the start of Bike Week in Toronto last spring,
maintenance crews at the Toronto Dominion Centre removed 3 bike racks
outside the TD tower and put them in storage. Several bike locks were
attached at the time, including at least one of those massive
Kryptonite chains.

I protested the removal of the parking (to make a temporary smoking
area, no less!) and they repositioned the racks elsewhere for the
spring and summer. The manager responsible was really ticked off about
the locks - he was of the attitude that people should not leave them
there, so had no right to complain about them disappearing.

I suggested they at least put up a warning before doing it again.


That was my main complaint to the manager of the building that
"discarded" my old OnGuard lock and chain. They certainly have the
right to refuse bike parking (though it was SO convenient) but they
didn't even post a sign asking that bikes/chains be removed. And after
allowing it for years, posting a sign for a week wouldn't have killed
them.

I was going to get a bit nasty about it but just figured that the lost
lock/chain was cheap for two year's rent on a sheltered parking space.
It was a nice fence around an ornamental "reflecting pool" under an
overhang outside the entrance to a Staples.