Originally Posted by
AdvXtrm
Thanks for the suggestion, and I'm sure that would be sufficient in many areas of the country, but where I live they'll end up cutting the chain or trying to rip the bags open with a knife. SOCAL is a place littered with pockets of black ghettos, white trash areas, and large swathes of Mexican barrios, and some combinations thereof throughout the entire region; basically a lot of living, breathing, piles of human waste. This is gangland country; scumville USA I'm talking about here. It's not a pleasant place to be sure. The crime rates, including violent crime and murder, are among the highest of any area in the nation.
Jeebus, you must feel nervous every time you leave your bike locked up somewhere.
The reason I got a frame lock and chain was so that I could lock down my seat, but if I leave the seat alone, the chain because it is a loop chain, is long enough for me to lock my front wheel and bike to quite a few immovable objects and the frame lock takes care of securing the rear wheel.
Now in an area like yours, I would additionally use a good quality U-lock as well.