Abandoned Bikes of NYC
We are abandoned bicycles. If you look, we pop up everywhere in New York City, chained and left behind. Bike vultures pick clean our cruisers and svelte carbon racers. Sometimes just a front a wheel remains locked to a rack; other times, only our skeleton frames, with seat, handlebars and components stripped. Or you might spot an elder, complete with rusting chain, bent rims and flat tires, eyeing strangers as they pass.
We live in every big city. Lonely and sad, we linger on street corners and lean against railings. Once loved, now forgotten and left behind by a busy world. No longer a part of anyone’s life, we’re a disappearing memory.
Take a minute from your busy day. We don’t need a dollar bill handout. A simple smile will do.
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Note: Taking shots of abandoned bikes was a random and fun little project of mine in New York. (Click the above photo for a bigger image.) I took a blogging break during November and focused on exploring the city during our stay. Back shortly to writing with a post about my experience here. Then we’re off on another, different adventure…without bikes.
Happy Thanksgiving!
Dakota
nothing left behind the wall street scum even stool all the bikes that they
could get there hands after they pillaged our 401k’s in 08 with there derivative
ponzy . wow you guys ever going home and back to work?this is some serious
extended vacation!
Ha! Well said.
Vacation? This is just life. 🙂 No plans to go home yet – a new adventure kicks off in early December that will keep us busy into 2015!
Happy TG Sam.
i’ll be watching! happy thanksgiving both of you,
A chained bike without its front tire = saddest thing ever. : (
Right?! I agree. The totally stripped frame is another sad one. Skeleton bike.