Originally Posted by Geordi Laforge

how about this: http://chicago.stolenbike.org/node/183679

Originally Posted by Geordi Laforge

And you conveniently never responded to this: http://www.bikeforums.net/showpost.p...&postcount=122 -- watch the video if you havent already, particularly at 2:45 where he takes an angle grinder to a lock and no one cares.

high-rated u-locks are being compromised regularly in some areas -- not as much as cable locks obviously -- but it still happens in major cities with crime problems these days. Like I have said before, if you do not believe me, take your own survey of stolen craigslist ads over a period of time. you should come up with the numbers that I have come up with: 5% or so have their u-locks cut or compromised -- and those are only the ones that think to post on craigslist seeking information, so the percentage might be higher.

Originally Posted by Ziemas

There is common sense (using a high-end lock and using it properly), and then there is paranoia (worrying about someone gluing your lock shut, etc). There seems to be a lot of people on this board who come up with wild fantasies about how bikes are stolen. Unless you are communing on a brand new $3000 bike in a major urban center chances are a thief is going to over pass your well locked bike and go for one of the many poorly locked bikes that are in every city I've ever been to.