Originally Posted by
Miele Man
They'd then be most likely to just leave the wheel and walk of with the rest of the bike. I saw a guy with a really nice 700C front wheel, walking around a department store. I asked him if he was looking for someone to fix his wheel. He told me he just took the wheel of his UNLOCKED bike so no one would steal the bike whilst he was gone from it.
Cheers
Yeah, but a lot slower walking a bike with one wheel and a lot more obvious than just riding away. Same padlock I guess you could also run around your chainstay plus a spoke, though more likely to see some damage as a thief figures out it's there.