"The Bike Crusader" Gluing Bike Locks on Bedford Avenue: CALL FOR PHOTOS
A “longtime” Williamsburg resident is so fed up with the influx of bikes on Bedford Avenue that he’s taken to injecting Krazy Glue into bike locks — and the Brooklyn Paper’s given him the name “The Bike Crusader.”
“If I get the right people together, we will go down Bedford Avenue at 4 am and inject every bike lock on the strip with Krazy Glue,” said the vigilante, whom we’re calling “The Bike Crusader.”
“There is a bike crisis. Every pole in the neighborhood is littered with them. … These Yuppies are running the whole damn city, and I’m left to my own devices.”
He believes the city needs to clear the sidewalk for people getting out of cars, and threatens, “no bike is safe.”
First one to snap a picture of this guy wins. First one to send in a name/description wins too. We’ll publish. Send here.
Anyone up for a little of the same, but with cars? Lock gluing all around!
Seriously though, to the crusader, stay the hell away from my bike lock if you want to keep your fingers usable.
I hate cars but that doesn’t mean I would damage someone’s personal property one in some petty vendetta.
Obviously, they should put some places to lock up your bike- out in the street, where the cars park. How many bikes do you think you can fit in the space of one car? Quite a few, I’d imagine.
It would also clear out some space on the sidewalks, too. It IS pretty congested.
street venders block more side walk space than bikes – at least around N 6th -N8th. And yeah, i guess it would be better if there were hundreds of new cars in the area instead of bikes.
I guess, its easier to attack the bikes vs not wanting all the new people in the neighborhood. unfortunately your old neighborhood isn’t coming back, sorry – and i’m not saying the new neighborhood is better, just saying welcome to nyc real estate/gentrification.
This reminds me of the movie “Noise” with Tim Robbins. If something pisses you off and the city won’t do anything about it, take it into your own hands haha. But seriously, bikes are hardly the problem. tikklez is right, they should devote car parking to bike parking.
seriously?
i can not even grasp the logic this guy is using: i’m so sick of too many bikes on the side walk i will glue the lock in place to make them stay there forever.
i would love to see a picture of him/her so i know who to “accidentally” bump into a bus. too bad they do not go all that fast down bedford.
what a douche. apparently this person hates exercise and the environment as well.
My coworker is coming over to kick you in the head. Right fucking now.
instead of ruining people’s day and wasting their time and money, why not do something proactive like lobbying for more bike racks? and how did the lowly bike rider become the villain in this story? bikers are trying to save money and not use fossil fuels.
nice try douchebag. Try using public transportation instead of just being a nonconformist asshole.
YOU WILL NEVER CATCH ME!!
i am going to fucking kill you
Are urban bike riders by necessity yuppies? Man all those yuppies in Beijing and Hong Kong really piss me off. There’s nothing worse than efficient transportation that doesn’t pollute or take up much space. The nerve…
Sounds like someone who hates cars who is looking for a backlash.
Property is theft, isn’t that right, you bourgeois, yuppie pieces of worthless turd? Try and catch me. I will fuck you all, straight in your asses. And I mean that literally. I will fuck you in your asses and give you anal warts, and they’re the kind that bleed and hurt.
Your locks are mine. Consider that shit GLUED!
Consider yourself reported to the police. I don’t care who you think you’re helping or hurting. I have a job, I pay my dues, I park my bike at Bedford when I need to commute into Manhattan. Are there lots of abandoned bikes in the vicinity that take up spots that force cyclists to lock up to meters and trees? Yes. Are you helping the situation in any way? No. You’re just some little brat, rather than deal with the situation constructively you make it worse for everyone.
Litter implies disregard, those bikes will be retrieved. Also yuppies don’t ride bikes, they take cabs. This “crusader” could probably use his energy in a positive way, instead of vandalizing other people’s property.
FREEWilliamsburg staff: lets have the ip addresses for all the comments made by people claiming to be this person. we can see who lives in the neighborhood, and take it from there…
I hate the presumption that it’s a yuppie’s bike. There are so many delivery bike riders out there.
And I hate the idea that being a “yuppie” is somehow justification for having your bike lock glued by some dipshit with too much free time and too few balls to do anything than be a passive-agressive douchebag.
Not at 3 in the morning. Those bikes belong to the good-for-nothing hipsters and yuppies.
what an asshole. I hope someone superglues him to the sidewalk.
I hope someone superglues your dick to your 3-foot beard
any dildo with a lighter can melt the crazy glue out. any peace loving ‘burgher would surely help you out.
this guy is a reject terrorist
this guy is a coward. who sneaks around at 4 a.m.? you have the balls of a hamster and the problem solving skills of homer simpson. pull yourself up by your dick and be a man before i tell your mommy and daddy.