Today I got into an argument with a cafe owner who didn’t want me to lock my bike to the street sign outside his cafe, claiming it’s illegal, he’ll call the Council and have it taken away, escalating to “cyclists think they own the road” and then mild threats of violence after his son joined in.
This on one of the country’s busiest tourist streets.
Would you:
1. Go to the Police (I have no witnesses, 2 of them, so they will no doubt make up a load of crap and it might end up worse for me)
2. Get over it.
3. Spend the next few months looking out for scrappy bikes and lock them to the post.