Originally Posted by
vw02
how the hell are you supposed to lock a rear/front wheel and the frame and put it around something w/ a lock that barely fits the rear wheel and seat tube?
Uh, you're not.
If you have track ends you can just lock the front and frame to a rack.
If you have vertical / horizontal dropouts you just lock the rear and frame (or rear inside the triangle, same thing) to a rack.
Like so:
If I was locking up for a few hours on a campus, I'd also invest in some locking skewers. They're cheap.
Top it all off with a cable.
assuming not using a cable.
Why? If you're dismissing cables out of hand, it's because you're foolish.
Cables are light and fit in small places. I wrap my cable lock around the flat kit and it fits in my hip bag easily, and it's a kinda bulky cable.
Thieves will cut a cable to steal a whole bike, but they're not gonna waste their time when all they get out of it is a front wheel (which are a dime a dozen for a bike thief).