Ways not to lock your bike

I tell every person i see coming in my shop that their wire lock isnt up to much (in as much of a non dick way as possible), some take the advice, some do not, who inevitably send an email in the following months their bike has been stolen.
Guy in my building had his last two stolen frlm work, his new new replacement turned up this week. Just left it in garden with a shoe string on it, you'd think they'd learn!

Please explain why the needed to cut the chainstay, I can't figure it out

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d-lock round the rim and seatstay and they wanted both wheels?

Souvenir?

Awesome sticker?

They didn't have a chain splitting tool?

All that for a chain!?

I’ve seen this same corpse. Absolutely brutal.

It was made of pure gold?

The worst of a bad bunch.

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There’s no Jackie Chan face for that level of fu.

Not got a pen for a note but might adjust their saddle height to at least make them think.

Or at least zip tie the lock to the frame

Zip tie the frame to the stand, and to a half-eaten prawn sandwich

Now replaced with a story saying uhhhh no we didn't steal it after all whoops

Side by side in the City, for the moment—it’s not actually clear from the photo, but that U lock does not go around the stand.

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Saw this and thought it looked cool - Rudge ‘Breakaway’ type MTB and realised it is nearly impossible to lock one of these up safely... 🤔

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Any reason not to go for a OnGuard Brute d-lock? Seems the same rating as a kryptonite new york but a third the price.

You can get a Hiplok D for a fiver more. Best lock on the market IMO and stellar customer service as well.

It might have the same rating but it's not as secure, the shackle is thinner (there's a very clear difference in weight if you pick them both up).

It's a perfectly decent lock though, if a little agricultural feeling. I'd say it's more secure than the Hiplok D.

Just looked, you are right it's 16.8mm vs 18mm. My understanding is anything over 16mm is too big for hand croppers and electric grinder will eat both, so think the Brute will be fine as can get two for the same money, seems like keeping the mechanism lubed is the biggest issue with the OnGuard locks but had the same problem with an old kryptonite

Not sure what happened here, but one can assume it was a good example of what not to do.

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That's is awful. Must have been a decent bike to be worth the effort, and a fair amount of time with a power tool.

Justifies my philosophy of not using the Sunday best when needing to lock up.

My only question is why would a thief cut so close to the ground..makes me think it might have been damaged by a car or truck and temporarily removed by the council.

That’s not been cut. Someone has given that a good boot and yanked it back and forth until it snapped.