Originally Posted by
wheeldeal
How long is your chain Barracks? I have a 3.3ft Krypto chain and I can't get it around both wheels. I have to carry the chain and a mini u lock. It would be awesome to get the chain around both wheels!
PS - every time I see your name, all I can picture is a Honda Civic Si
ClubRSX? EPHatch? Honda-Tech?
Mine's either a Beast or a Mastiff. Whichever version I've got, it's the 3.5' size, and although my CAAD8 is a 60 cm frame, the wheelbase is still short enough that the chain will reach. I can see, though, that a 10 cm shorter chain like Kryptonite's wouldn't be able to work the same way.
A lot of the time, though, I do the same as you, taking a mini U-lock with the chain -- chain the bike to an object, and U-lock the wheel to the frame. Pretty much a necessity when I have to lock around a lamp post or something else big.