Coming back after lunch this afternoon I noticed a police bicycle parked in the lobby of the AAA Building in Portland where I work my daytime gig.

Good idea to get it inside as it was pouring rain.

But then, as I approached the bike on my way to the elevator, I noticed it was locked to a sign post.

With handcuffs!

Cool.

I thought the handcuff bike lock thing was so unusual and ingenious that I ran up to my office for a digital camera to grab a picture of it.

And as I was taking the photos the officer appeared and we both had a pretty good laugh.

He said he uses the handcuffs often to lock the bike up, figuring that they act as a pretty strong deterrent.

Damn straight.

No petty thief in their right mind is going to frig with a rig like that!