Bicycle Ambassadors Fight 'Skeleton Bikes' in Center City

Earlier today, I went out with others from the Bicycle Coalition to remove 'skeleton bikes' that have been abandoned throughout Center City. With the help of a heavy-duty grinder, we removed bikes that had been tagged as abandoned (with a number to call if they weren't actually abandoned).

Skeleton Bikes are bicycles which have been abandoned and have parts taken from them- seats, wheels, handlebars, and -pictured below- even break pads!
These skeletons are a menace to the city because they take up valuable bike parking, but also because these kinds of sights make people scared that their bikes will be vandalized or stolen, thereby helping to dissuade them from biking in the city.

In fact, it is not hard to learn how to lock your bike so that nothing gets stolen off it: check out "Everything You Always Wanted To Know About Locking Your Bike" for how to keep your bike from getting stolen.

Thanks to Neighborhood Bike Works for taking the bikes and re-using them, Schuylkill River Development Corporation for lending us a generator, and Philadelphia's Streets Department for driving us around in their truck and helping to collect the bikes!













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