Originally Posted by
tyrion
Very permanent. I want to force a thief to think and work a lot in order to steal my lights. Might even super glue nuts on bolts.
So, you live in a place where thieves know what the cost of a light is? Perhaps I am fortunate, thieves here are mostly opportunistic. But a small number are somewhat knowledgeable and look hard for expensive looking carbon bikes. I do not worry much about locking up my S&S Rohloff bike, thieves would not know what it is worth. But my titanium bike with a Deore rear hub looks valuable to them so I use a $100 lock on it.
If you really are concerned about the nuts, those allen wrench type nuts on rim brake pads are a standard M6 thread. A thief would need to have an allen wrench to get one of those off, or a big vice grip.
And there are different categories of loctite threadlocker compounds. I have only used blue (removable) but there is one or more that need heat to remove the nut. Thus, if you had to remove it, you could. I would not use super glue.
On most of my bikes with dynohubs, I use a bolt on skewer instead of quick release. And when touring I use bolt on skewers front and rear. I am assuming thieves are opportunists and I am trying to slow them down. They are not a special locking type skewer with a special key, they use a regular 5mm allen wrench. And I keep a spare allen wrench with my spare tube for obvious reasons. I do not ones that take a special key that I might lose.