Originally Posted by froze
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?
Or. . . my method is to use a mini-U lock (Onguard Pitbull, in my case) combined with locking skewers for front and rear wheals and a locking seatpost binder bolt, all of which can be removed with the same key. Mine are from Pinhead Components, but the Pitlock units are nicer-looking. Both Pinhead and Pitlock also make a locking top cap for threadless headsets. With those on the bike, I only have to put the U-lock on (using the Sheldon Brown method where feasible). It's the fastest, easiest locking system that I know about.