Saturday, December 20, 2008

more bike shed

Another bike shed issue, that may bear on the note. As I've mentioned, it appears that only two people use the bike shed. This was a bit annoying at first, because the bike shed is full of unused bikes, and there wasn't really space for mine. However, when I would get home, the other person was often not home yet, leaving the best space vacant. So I would take that spot -- as far as I know, bike shed rules do not include assigned spaces. Invariably, the next morning my bike had been moved. I lock my bike to itself, and my bike is pretty big, so this is not a fun thing to do. I was a bit annoyed, and a bit amused. I found that, unless I locked my bike to the bike rack (which was insecure, since then the frame wasn't locked), my bike would always be moved. I assume that the sole other user of the bike shed is the one who reported me to "Le Conseil Syndical." (The head of Le Conseil Syndical is far too short, fat, and filled with nicotine to bike -- he is the one who lent me his basement/bike shed key for me to copy initially, which is how, I presume, Le Conseil Syndical "knows" that my rental contract does not include bike shed access, which assertion I'm actually a bit dubious about.) But I don't know how pure her (I think it's a her) motives are -- she may just want to not have to move my bike each night to get to "her" spot. For the time being, I have stopped leaving my bike in that spot.

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