Locks that work

One thing I've noticed whilst cycling round London (more so than anywhere else) is the number of people who leave their locks attached to lamposts/sheffield stands etc.

It wasn't just the ususal crop of generic cable locks either - I must have seen the whole range of Kryptonite D locks as well as a few of the high-end (at first glance anyway) Abus locks.

people couldn't be bothered to carry their lock, that's all there to it really, I have a lock outside CSM at the moment.

Surely it means serious bike thieves now have something to practice on?

Highly doubt it, the theft wouldn't waste his time cutting a lock and risk getting spotted by a police officier just so he could practised cutting them, in fact cutting locks isn't rocket science.