Originally Posted by dutret
Sheldon is wrong. They can easily cut the wheel then just leave the lock. You bike is only as secure as the weakest link and an extruded aluminum rim is alot weaker then most things you would lock to or the lock itself.
not really true. As soon as you start getting anywhere cutting a rim the compression from the spokes causes it the blade to bind. This is the same principle that allows you to cut a rim into 32 pieces, lace them up, and ride it around the block like nothing ever happened. If you were really good you might be able to kind of "ring" the thing with the saw or grinder and then break it, but I've never heard of a bike getting stolen this way. Not saying it's totally impossible, but hacking up a laced up wheel is nowhere near as easy as just buzzing through a bare rim.