Oh and sorry for three posts in a row, but I wasn't suggesting better locks would have helped in this case - just wondered. By the sound of it an alarm wouldn't even have helped as people nearby knew what was going down but didn't want to intervene.
with a power tools mate, I doubt there's any lock apart from those alarmed one (£30 that clamp on the bike) will prevent those.
Oh and sorry for three posts in a row, but I wasn't suggesting better locks would have helped in this case - just wondered. By the sound of it an alarm wouldn't even have helped as people nearby knew what was going down but didn't want to intervene.