Don't know about all that. A few years ago I rode to an indoor farm market type place in town. Lots of people ride there. I locked up my LHT with a Kryptonite and thick cable. Next to me was a woman who was locking her aluminum Trek road bike up with a cheap chain. It was an older Trek, but not a beater. I went down the street to a c-store for a paper. Maybe five min. later, as I was walking back to the market, I saw some tweeker looking dude riding away on the Trek. He had a small duffel bag, which probably contained his tools. I found the woman in the market and asked her if she had leant her bike to anyone. She said she hadn't. I told her someone stole it. She said she was going to bring her good lock but didn't bother. In general, she was really concerned about the theft, which puzzled me.