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Originally Posted by Flames0910
Most thieves will have a pair of wirecutters or something. It only takes a second to snip a cable lock so really it's not much of a deterrent.
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Yes, that's the issue exactly. A cable lock is literally nothing to someone who set out to steal a bike, who will definitely have a set of snips on them. I only use a lock like that for coffee-shop stops: low crime areas where I'll only be away from my bike for 3 minutes and it'll likely be within sight most of that time anyway.
The U-locks really are the way to go. The advantage of pairing them with a wheel-locking system is you can do away with a separate cable for the wheels, and can even lock just the wheel to a bike rack if it's jammed with other bikes (since the wheel is locked to the frame).