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@teddy
today i rode into town to buy chunky locks for my new baby. i was thinking "get the most hardcore lock you can get, ted."
ended up with a kryptonite fahgettaboutit mini d-lock (for the front wheel) and a fahgettaboutit chain with teensie d-lock (for frame and backwheel).
chucked the new locks around my waist, got about 3/4 of the way home and thought, "this is f*cking ridiculous!!! i can't be doing this." i kept the d-lock but ended up taking the chain back and got an abus city chain x-plus instead. still damn heavy, but about half the weight of the fahgettaboutit.
does anyone actually use a fahgettaboutit chain? who the hell can carry that much weight on them? together, the two locks weigh about three times what my bike does...