In a desperate battle to get to work during Tube strikes, some Londoners have sunk to new lows and are keeping Lime Bike pedals to make sure they can bagsy them in the morning.

As the London Underground strikes enter it’s third morning, commuters are now having to contend with bikes missing pedals on top of gridlocked traffic and packed trains.

One Reddit account said: ‘With the chaos of transport this week in London, I’m noticing a massive increase in Lime Bikes missing a pedal.

‘Are people taking these off, keeping them, and screwing them back on in the morning so they have a guaranteed bike to commute?’

One Londoner said: ‘Found five in a row this morning with no pedals. It has to be that?’

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