I received the above picture on Sunday morning via the joys of modern telephony and the interweb. This photo contains some deadly cycling sins. Since I wasn't there I can only comment on what I see, but know from the photo that what I see is wrong.
There's the obvious crime of a bike being placed upside down. This is a no no for several reasons, but in this case is exacerbated by the wheel that has been removed from the bike is the front wheel. A bike with it's front wheel out is still quite capable of being lent against things to balance, hell, if the ground is flat, you can even balance it on the drop-outs of the front fork.
A bike upside down with full drink bottles is inviting gravity to play it's part and let the sticky stuff within the bottle escape. Placing a bike upside down also risks scratching the shifters, hoods, computer, saddle, etc.
Plus it's a dreadful look.
Before you turn your bike upside down run through the reasons for having it's rubber side pointing skyward.
1. You're pulling a backflip
2. You're pulling a frontflip
3. You have crashed and the bike is bouncing mid crash
If you answer yes to any of the above, it's okay, if it's all "No", then don't do it.
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