Originally Posted by rekmeyata

The Sheldon Brown method is flawed, if you follow his method all a thief has to do is cut the rim and tire and the bike is gone; here is a video showing just what would happen if you lock it Sheldons way: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H9fLtdZyX-A

The way I showed above in an earlier post is the best way, here's that site again: http://www.missinglink.org/page/how-lock-bike