Perth Voice Interactive

HOW did this bike rack end up out the back of a cafe owned by a guy dead against the Oxford Street bike lane plan?

At first we wondered if Greens & Co owner Stuart Lofthouse had nicked it to protest the bike lane, which he opposed, going down Oxford Street.

But it was hard to picture the trim cafe owner hauling the immensely heavy bike rack any great distance.

We got in touch with Mr Lofthouse, who said the rack had been chucked at his door shortly after a meeting where the bike lanes was approved.

Perhaps the lycra mafia’s version of a horse’s head in your bed?

Now it’s been spotted, Vincent city council is sending some workers down to collect it.

To add to the mystery, it turns out the rack is from William Street, not Oxford Street, suggesting someone’s gone to a bit of trouble to heave it at Mr Lofthouse’s door.

by DAVID BELL