Originally Posted by alanbikehouston
A u-lock that is wide enough to go around both the rear wheel and the seat tube is also wide enough to permit the crook to use a $10 tool that will quickly break any u-lock below the "Gold" rated level.
That is simply incorrect without fenders I can fit an ongaurd mini around the rim and seatube and a thick bike rack. Seatstay and wheel requires even less lock.
As I pointed out the sheldon brown method is used so rarely that there is not a big enough sample set amongst forum users for your assertions to be meaningful.