Classic Bike Crime and Punishment Hack

Published Aug. 11, 2010 at 5:52 a.m.
Reader David sent along a link to a hack that an inventor came up with in 1899 to help deter bicycle theft. Who knows if locks were in vogue two centuries ago, but this hack leads me to believe that bikes were left out a lot and people were growing frustrated with theft. The idea was to engage a needle that would stick up through the seat while the bicycle was not in use. The following text and picture are both credited to the blog Futility Closet: Apparently vexed by bicycle thieves, Adolph Neubauer had a bright idea in 1899:...


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