Earlier this week two charming individuals stole several bikes from our secure car park at work, including mine. Since I cycle five miles to and from work each day, I find having a bike makes this cycling process a lot easier. So I went and bought a pretty basic second hand bike from this lovely chap who used to service my old bike: Jake's Bikes. Okay the left pedal crank fell off the second day I had it, but he very kindly replaced it for me free of charge so I'm not complaining.

Anyway it was a little battered around the edges, so in a bid to cheer it up while detering thieves and ne're do wells I decided to tart it up a bit DIY-style. I wanted to paint it eye-searing neon pink but I couldn't be bothered with the faff of stripping it down, so I turned to the classic that is hazard tape:



Plus a little reflective tape for that night-glowing shine (with flash on camera):



I'm quite pleased with the result! Only a proper desperate druggy bike-nabber would nick that I suspect.

In case you're wondering, the myesterious yellow box on the side is one of my bike bins. I <3 bike bins, and the thieves are lucky I hadn't got my new shiny yellow ones when they stole the old bike or they would be dog meat by now...