Maybe it\’s time for a coverup, in the form of a bicycle cover.

TOPTREK Bike Cover

For years I used a U-lock to secure my bicycle\’s front wheel to the bicycle rack at work. It used to work fine; but about a year and a half ago, somebody began messing with my bike! Four or five times I came out at the end of the day; and found my bicycle not only pulled away from the rack; but dumped onto the ground! And onto its right side. too.

That smacks of deliberate action, especially as it\’s happened more than once. It\’s not only annoying; but somebody\’s behavior could result in ME having to pay to have that bike\’s rear derailer hanger replaced. Not only that; such repairs would mean no hybrid for several weeks, because the bike shop is very backed up.

After the problems with my bike began, I started taking the cable lock to work; so I can attach the entire frame to the bicycle rack. I also use the U-lock to fasten the front wheel to the frame. But within the past week, SOMEBODY is messing with the rearview mirror! Several times I\’ve come out to my bicycle; and found the mirror out of position.

If it happened only once, I could believe that someone accidentally bumped it. But several times in a week? That\’s too much. And that mirror-stem will take only so much fiddling before it wears out. Am I going to have to buy a new mirror? Is a complete coverup the answer?

What Can I Do?

What can I do about this? I don\’t know who has been doing it; and I wish that that somebody would get caught in the act. As a matter fact, I do have my suspicions of a certain person; but unfortunately I have zero evidence.

I wish I could watch my parked-at-work bicycle all day for a week — coverup, of course — with a camera at the ready; but then I won\’t get any work done. And I shouldn\’t have to give up riding to work because of someone\’s bratty behavior.

Maybe that someone thinks they\’ve got a good coverup; but that sort of shenanigans has a way of catching up with the perpetrator. I hope it does before my bicycle is ruined.