• I live in London's famous London, bike theft capital of wherever.
    I want to use a Brooks, but also lock my bike up outside often.
    How can I secure it to the frame? The options seem to be:

    • Use a hexlock/ball bearing glued into the seat post pin/saddle clamp bolt. Does this work?
    • Take an old chain and loop it through saddle rails and top tube. But I've heard of others having this chain cut and then they take the saddle straight away.
    • Take the seatpost and saddle off every time you lock the bike. Can't be bothered with this.
    • ??

    Any comments welcome.

  • Apply Tynan's anti-theft paste liberally...

  • I use a Hexlox on a plain black post and scruffy Fizik saddle for peace of mind, bar cutting through the post or smashing the seat clamp i'm not sure how they'd get it off.

    What bike is it on? Your Trek? What about putting a mangy seat cover on when you park up? They don't tend to look too out of place on old MTB's.

  • once you’re 100% happy with saddle height and angle, round out the bolts with a drill bit so they’re perfectly round/useless/only removable with a drill.

    I did the ball bearing and superglue trick before and was shocked how easy it was to pick out with a knife.

  • Use a hexlock/ball bearing glued into the seat post pin/saddle clamp bolt. Does this work?

    Take an old chain and loop it through saddle rails and top tube. But I've heard of others having this chain cut and then they take the saddle straight away.

    I do both of these on my wife's bike as she has to lock on Waterloo Bridge everyday, it's lasted 7 years the chain has been cut twice but I just use that as a visual deterrent, ball bearing stops anyone, just make sure you do seat post bolt and the saddle rail clamp and get a tight fit.

    Bit of a pain when you need to move them but doesn't take too long to get them out the acetone.

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