Originally Posted by fredf
+1...except lock your real wheel within the triangle (as in Sheldon Brown) not just your top tube. It takes no extra time to do it right.
Sheldon Browns method works great with the Mini U...HOWEVER the Mini U is a inferior lock and an inferior way of locking your bike because it leaves your front wheel subject to theft.
The larger U locks will enable you to remove your front wheel and place it alongside your rear wheel then lock the both wheels and the frame as described by Sheldon Brown.
The time it takes to remove your front wheel with quick releases (what, maybe 5 seconds?) is the same amount of time the thief will take! So why not take those extra 5 seconds yourself and lock it up as I have been preaching?