Originally Posted by
kyselad
Back to the OP, there's no reason to lock your seat tube. Put the lock through the rim and the rear triangle of the frame and you're good.
No, there's a pretty good reason. It has to do with perception, psychology, and stupidity.
I'm Joe Crackhead. I'm just walking down the street, making people uncomfortable. Hello, a nice shiny bike locked up to a post. But what's this?! You only locked up the rear wheel you stupid hipster! I'll just leave the wheel behind and carry off the rest of your precious bike and sell it for 45 minutes' worth of crack!
Okay, got the rear wheel off, now I'll just... What the... Dammit, maybe if I... ahhh ****!
*kicks both your wheels in for no reason*
Piece of ****...