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  • "Would you go to the Police" trackworld
  • cynic-al
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    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.

    Teetosugars
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    2.

    dazz
    Free Member

    definitely 3.

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    Bregante
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    2.

    interstellar
    Free Member

    3.

    wolfenstein
    Free Member

    3.
    then
    2.

    TheBrick
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    If it was local to me and not too inconvenient 3. Defiantly. Along with dog shit under door handles.

    ads678
    Full Member

    Deffo 3.

    cynic-al
    Free Member

    Ooh dogshit I like it – my own easier to source though.

    Superglue locks – does that actually work?

    ianfitz
    Free Member

    If he threatened you with violence then yes.

    Sandwich
    Full Member

    3.
    Plus bombers and access to shoes with a full bladder.

    ninfan
    Free Member

    3 then 4

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    Rorschach
    Free Member

    Spoon revenge?

    edward2000
    Free Member

    and have it taken away,

    Assuming someone detaches it from the post, isn’t it then theft?

    uselesshippy
    Free Member

    2 is the sensible answer.
    3 is a lot more amusing. 😀

    Junkyard
    Free Member

    3 with a twist
    Organise a ride there where we all turn up and lock our bikes up outside then leave them there when we go

    ononeorange
    Full Member

    3.

    Wouldn’t involve the police for virtually anything anything.

    mintimperial
    Full Member

    3 will just exacerbate his hatred of cyclists and he’ll end up running some poor mug over.

    Notify a sighting of rats or cockroaches in his café to the council instead. Then 2.

    scotroutes
    Full Member

    Definitely 3. But Flashmob it.

    esselgruntfuttock
    Free Member

    You forgot a no 4 which should be, ‘name & shame’ so we know.

    bongohoohaa
    Free Member

    2.

    As in a number 2 through the letterbox.

    wanmankylung
    Free Member

    What cafe was it?

    falkirk-mark
    Full Member

    4) lock your bike to post and tell him to phone whoever he likes

    joshvegas
    Free Member

    Yeahcome on. Name themand I will lock mine up there tomorrow.

    CCan’t think of any cafes on princes street. Royal mile?

    bazookajoe
    Free Member

    Pedal on Parliament tomorrow, a fair few cyclists about the Royal Mile

    Esme
    Free Member

    This could develop into another What should I put on the fence project 🙂
    It all started with a notice saying “Bikes chained to these railings will be removed”.

    cynic-al
    Free Member

    Cafe Cortado on Royal Mile, just down from St Marys St junction.

    Do your worst!

    hanchurch
    Free Member

    3

    TiRed
    Full Member

    3. Just because. Older and rustier the better.

    Are there any signs on the Royal Mile saying. Bikes will be removed – as per sites in London?

    cynic-al
    Free Member

    No signs TiRed, and many have bike lock hoops attached.

    onandon
    Free Member

    3 and fill the tubes with dog poo of fish so they stink in the heat of summer.

    brooess
    Free Member

    None of the above, just pity him for being stupid and lacking any generosity of spirit…
    Anyone who decides to abuse someone just because they’re riding a bike has already lost the argument…

    Tom_W1987
    Free Member

    Let us have our fun, link us to their trip adviser page. 😆

    onehundredthidiot
    Full Member

    5. Eat there but don’t get yourself pudding. That’ll show him.

    nick1962
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    Surely the default position these days is to post it on social media,then it goes viral and cyclists boycott the place and eventually Jeremy Clarkson turns up for a coffee in solidarity with the cafe owner.
    Pity you didn’t film it.

    scotroutes
    Full Member

    Is this street sign something the council has installed or belonging to the restaurant? If the latter then I’d consider reporting it as obstructing the pavement….

    cynic-al
    Free Member

    Regular council road street sign.

    scotroutes
    Full Member

    Damn!

    onandon
    Free Member

    Cynic-Al, you may want to edit that last post:)

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