Originally Posted by
one4smoke
I suppose either a lifestyle or geographical area I’m obviously not accustomed to, but where in the heck would one be leaving their bike that would warrant a lock such as that?!?
Yeah. I lock my bike outside my office in downtown Philly when I commute. Not really concerned in the least about some angle grinder-wielding bike thief showering sparks as hundreds of people walk by every few minutes. It's more the nuisance stuff you have to guard against. Accidentally left my saddle bag on one day. Someone pinched that. The oddest thing I had stolen was the QR skewer for my seatpost. They didn't take the post and seat, just the QR. Walked to a LBS a few blocks away and got a new one.
The only place I had a bike stolen is from inside my house, while the GF and I were home and awake.