BIKE: Cedar Street cuts bike locks

[Charles McNeil]

If it was a car parked where it wasn't supposed to be parked, they would go
inside and find who was driving that car.
Do you have a legal case against Cedar Street if they cut your lock?
If so, I would think that would be more effective than picketing.

> >> This past Thursday evening I met co-workers there for happy hour.  I
> >> am a cyclist and rode my bike downtown because I enjoy riding,  but
> >> also to help alleviate some of the traffic and parking congestion
> >> downtown.  Upon my arrival at the Cedar Street bar I discovered there
> >> are not any bike racks,  so I locked my bike to the staircase railing
> >> that leads down to the outdoor patio.  I was conscientious enough to
> >> ensure that my bike was not in the way of passer-by's or folks coming
> >> into the bar.  Later that evening ,  when I returned to retrieve my
> >> bike...it was gone!   You can imagine the helplessness I felt
> >> thinking I was stranded and that someone had stolen my bicycle.  I
> >> approached the door men at Cedar Street and was informed that they
> >> had cut the lock off my bike and removed it from the  premises
> >> because  they felt  it was in their way.    I explained to them that
> >> I felt it was wrong  to destroy my (or anyone ' s) personal property.
> >>
> >> The doormen returned my bike and broken lock, but told me that I was
> >> lucky that  they hadn't just thrown my bike into the street.   When I
> >> requested to speak with the owner about being reimbursed for my lock,
> >>    I was  refused with the excuse  that  he would 'tear me to shreds
> >> . '  The door men suggested that if I want a place to lock my bike up
> >> , I should  take it up with the city  instead.   They also told me
> >> that they cut bike locks all the time .
> >>
> >> So, what?...if you park  your car in front  of the Cedar Street bar
> >> and they don't like your parking job,   will they break your windows
> >> to move  it ?  I am appalled that after spending money in thier
> >> facility that I would be treated so poorly.  So much for trying to
> >> make more parking spaces available for more patrons to visit thier
> >> bar...which I will never do again.
> >>
> >> Be Warned Cyclists,
> >> Angry and without a bike lock