Ok, here’s the deal …. And the legal part of this question I know myself… never.
But… there has been a bike chained to the wall, near where I park my car, for about 3-4 months now.
To be honest I’ve had my eye on this thing as a candidate for a possible fixie for awhile now but meantime it is slowly disintegrating.
It didn’t take long at all for the front tyre to go missing, then the saddle, now recently the rear tyre is gone. At what point (ever? ) would it be acceptable to me to pop the lock ( surprised it’s not happened already.. simple cable lock ) and make off with the frame?
The best I can ever see happening currently is a police detail coming round with a pair of bolt cutters and either throwing the remains in a skip or selling it off on auction to benefit the Police Benevolent Society.