{"id":3129,"date":"2008-05-11T22:18:43","date_gmt":"2008-05-12T02:18:43","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/spacingtoronto.ca\/2008\/05\/11\/when-in-doubt-trust-toronto\/"},"modified":"2013-01-21T13:00:31","modified_gmt":"2013-01-21T18:00:31","slug":"when-in-doubt-trust-toronto","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/spacing.ca\/toronto\/2008\/05\/11\/when-in-doubt-trust-toronto\/","title":{"rendered":"When in doubt, trust Toronto"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/farm2.static.flickr.com\/1031\/1323338167_d0267f168a.jpg?v=0\" height=\"333\" width=\"500\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Yesterday evening I rode to the ROM for dinner at <a href=\"http:\/\/www.c5restaurant.ca\/\">c5<\/a> up in the crystal. When I went to lock <a href=\"https:\/\/spacing.ca\/toronto\/2006\/04\/22\/live-free-and-die-on-bikes\/\">my bike<\/a> I realized I had left my lock key in another jacket. Spring means rapid changes in temperature and wardrobe. Consequently I&#8217;ve found myself in the same situation two other times in the last few weeks, where I didn&#8217;t remember to switch all the pocket items over.  Those other occasions I leaned my bike up against a ring and post, as if it was locked, and returned to find it there. Last night the posts were all taken, so I rested my bike on the wrought iron bars of the <a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Philosopher's_Walk_(Toronto)\">Philosopher&#8217;s Walk<\/a> gate (Bloor end). Four hours later when I emerged from the ROM the bike was still there, untouched. I admit I worried a few times during dinner, but the food, magnificent space and view of the Toronto skyline slowly lighting up as the sun goes down was a strong distraction. The cocktails may have helped too.<\/p>\n<p>The entire city was packed with people last night. Spring has sprung and people aren&#8217;t at their cottages or weekend getaways yet, so the sidewalks were full of activity. I wonder how many people walked by my bike and took no notice of it &#8212; parked bikes are so ubiquitous in Toronto likely nobody looked at it closely (at least none of the scoundrels looked). Perhaps there is a statistician or risk-manager reading that could posit how much greater the chances are for a bike to be stolen when locked and when not. I&#8217;d guess it&#8217;s greater, but not dramatically so. Bike theft risk in Toronto is high already &#8212; how much did my forgetfulness increase that?<\/p>\n<p>At any rate, I feel OK about Toronto&#8217;s odds today.<\/p>\n<p><em>Photo by <a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/vlastula\/\">Valstula<\/a>. <\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Yesterday evening I rode to the ROM for dinner at c5 up in the crystal. When I went to lock my bike I realized I had left my lock key in another jacket. Spring means rapid changes in temperature and wardrobe. 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