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07 January 2009

Bicicle - Suspended Animation

The Lakes - Søerne - are frozen over as per usual here in January. The bicycle above is going to have to wait for the spring thaw before getting fished out.

12 thinking out louds:

William/The Author Of * said...: Wow, a Centurion too !!!! that cost a bundle .. i'll come to c'hagen to fish it out, ride it for a day and turn it in to the police. At least i could say I rode one.; 11:42
cyclingred said...: That is a very interesting picture; 14:21
Mikael said...: a centurion is a decent bike, although most models are in the average price range here in Denmark.

word verification... Nattice.
Funny. That's natt ice... THAT'S ice...; 14:43
spiderleggreen said...: Cool picture! As in Brrr!; 19:30
The Jolly Crank said...: It's like that scene from Fellowship of the Ring. That's the ghost of a (Roman)warrior bike!; 20:20
Karl McCracken (twitter: @karlonsea) said...: Lovely picture, but there's something distinctly creepy about it to. Makes me wonder if just a little further out, there isn't a frozen rider to go with it . . .; 22:04
Anonymous said...: That is so typical of bikers, just leaving their trash wherever they feel like it and littering entire water systems. Makes me sick.; 22:44
Adrienne said...: I can't imagine throwing a perfectly good bike in the river. I suppose when there are that many, they start to feel disposable. I am guessing it was stolen and disposed if.

w.v.- eintsa

are you not even an eintsa bit curious over who would throw away that bike?; 04:18
Andy B from Jersey said...: In Japan bikes are considered somewhat disposable and they often end up in ditches and in the water like this one.; 08:38
Mikael said...: the bike was invariably tossed in the water by someone heading home, intoxicated, on a weekend. this is usually the case.

the owner didn't toss it in there and the mere suggestion is ridiculous. it's a newish bike.

you see the same thing in holland and, as mentioned, japan. the bike is disposible. it's demystified.

doesn't make chucking someone's bike in the lake right, but hey...

beats those car owners who abandon their old vechicles instead of scrapping them.; 09:30
Mikael said...: actually, i recall reading that hundreds and hundreds of bikes are fished out of the lakes and canals each year...; 09:31
amsterdamize said...: Typical 'anon' remark and suspiciously car-centric ;).

yup, I concur, in Amsterdam there's an around-the-clock city service that cleans the canals and the item that's fished out the most is the bicycle.; 12:54