Vandalised (?) bikes?

Wrecked bikes.

Every picture tells a story, or if it dosn’t then they can generate curiosity as to what and why.  

   The first picture shows a bike in the foreground minus its wheels.  What happened to them?       The saddle is still there, and the frame is still padlocked. 

  Theses stands are in a busy shopping area, clearly visible for all to see; so any thief (if there was one) would have to be pretty brazen.  How long have they been there?

     There are two bikes, which seem to be complete, but the handlebars are rusty.   It is hilly around Folkestone, so cycling is a bit restricted.

    There is a fourth bike with a sprung frame, which appears to be complete.  Is it safe to leave a bike there?

    Will the owners return to recover their bikes?

Where there are a lot of bikes around  (as in Cambridge), it is common to see bikes that have been damaged, possibly deliberately, but why?

It happens in Holland too.   

What a way to treat bikes, a man’s best friend.

Is this worse than having your bike stolen?

And whilst we are in Folkestone, how is this for an on-road cycle-lane which comes to an abrupt end:-

 Surprisingly the Learner driver has parked correctly, the cycle-lane ends just there.

[photographed by the passenger in a passing car].