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Since I've moved out of Clerkenwell near Condor Cycles, it's now safe to post a picture of how I lock my bicycle outside the flat overnight everyday for the last 12 months;
The first 4 months it was locked like this, the heaviest and biggest Kryptonite locked through the wheel, frame and steel mudguard to the "bike stand", the 2nd D-lock is the Abus Granit Extreme with the Fahgettaboutit shackle locking the front wheel to the frame.
After going on holiday for a week, the shackle got stolen after thieves (or council) cut away the Abus, but a simple pitlock front wheel with just the Kryptonite is plentiful for the next 8 months until I've moved location.
It also helped that the bike look like a normal old town bike at first glance but in reality it's a high quality ATB bike with eccentric BB, oversized tubing, disc brake, 11 speed internal hubs, tyres designed for that frame etc. The reason for the paintjob is simple - it look like a postman's bike.