Originally Posted by oldokie
I was just visiting Japan and many bikes have the rear tire O-Lock refered to. However, the lock was permanently mounted to the bike frame via lugs like rack mounts. Common item there so the bikes are made with the lugs. I saw the O-Locks in a store but did not get one since our bikes do not have the lugs built in.
The O-Lock would not stop a thief from carrying off the bike. I think the theory (in Japan) is that a legal owner would not be carrying his bike thus he must be a thief...and would get stopped by people in the area. I doubt that would be the case he in US.
Funny, I was just talking with my Dutch bro-in-law tonight, and he was saying the same thing about the O-locks. You COULD make it work, but it wouldn't be worth the time invested, IMHO.
So disregard my crummy suggestion unless you own a Dutch bike
I will forward this link though:
http://www.kk.org/streetuse/archives..._bike_lock.php
With the caveat that handcuffs have been found to be easily picked.