Originally Posted by
SSbalt
Maybe if I had a quill stem I would entertain the idea - wouldn't look right on my current steed. I have to lock my bike up in some questionable areas and I don't want anybody ripping my seat off. I'm going for more of that beater "not worth sawing the U-lock off to steal me" aesthetic
i guess i wonder what "questionable" means to you. i don't think most opportunistic street thieves go "ooh, Brooks!" and think most just go "old-timey bike seat, who cares." questionable to you may mean instead "no one cares if people are messing with a locked up bike, and thievy people know what a Brooks means/is worth". in the latter case i'd say you're right.
if it's the latter then they have tools with them, too, and you may as well go full china syndrome meltdown on locking it up, because they'll take your wheels and anything else they like with no issue.