A bike seat that leaks blood-red dye into the cushion if a hidden button hasn't been pressed within the past month.-- Worldgineer, May 06 2013 Why wait so long - why not have it activate for each use unless disarmed?-- normzone, May 06 2013 Because I'd forget to push the button often. Hopefully I'd remember at least once per month.-- Worldgineer, May 06 2013 Pressing button resets timer holding back powerful spring loaded spike-- pocmloc, May 06 2013 [pocmloc] from the help file //cruelty - the idea is a new way of torturing or killing a person or an animal for pleasure or revenge. For example new, more painful ways of executing prisoners; or ways to booby-trap one's home to maim burglars.// Spring loaded spikes in seats are old news, and can get ideas into mfd land.-- xenzag, May 06 2013 [xenzag] has an excellent point, except for the fact that this is not a new way of torturing or killing a person or an animal for pleasure or revenge, and does not involve a spring loaded spike. Spot on, [xen].-- MaxwellBuchanan, May 06 2013 OK, good point. So, the spike is fake, the spring very weak and there is a concealed steel plate between the spike and the seat. But it looks terrifying.-- pocmloc, May 07 2013 Heh. I like that.-- Worldgineer, May 07 2013 See, I was just protecting the bike seat. Bike seats have to be the most frequent bike part stolen. I had several stolen in college. Riding home is still possible, but much less fun.
Your idea would work as well.-- Worldgineer, May 08 2013 [max] has an excellent point, except he fails to notice I was referring to [pocmloc's] annotation and not actual the idea.-- xenzag, May 08 2013 Ah - in that case, collapse of stout party and apologies to [xenzag].-- MaxwellBuchanan, May 08 2013 Freud was a pseudointellectual and a preud.-- MaxwellBuchanan, May 08 2013 [MB] I can only applaud the way you slipped "preud" in there as if it was a word. Or was this just prior to Freud becoming an "ud"?-- AusCan531, May 09 2013 //I've had 3 whole bikes stolen, never once had just the seat taken
Presumably there is the third option of someone stealing bikes, but leaving the saddles behind?-- not_morrison_rm, May 09 2013 "Wo! Piles giving you gyp mate?"
"Na, it's me bleadin' bike seat."-- theleopard, May 09 2013 Potentially, instead of just using paint, it could annotate the thief's rear with a legend:
"Dirty", or "Kick here", or "Caution : noxious fumes", or "I'm with stupid ^".-- Loris, May 09 2013 random, halfbakery