What are the best anti-theft tricks around?

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A good chain and take your seat with you....If someone really want your bike they will just get some bolt cutters...but if your bike looks unattractive...(no seat) ...then a potential thif may nick one with a seat

Hi all (new here)

Don't know if this is the best, but this is what I did:

I hate the hassle of taking the "quick release" front wheel off every time I lock the bike up somewhere (short term) or going to the extra hassle of locking it up too every time.

Converting to standard nuts is not do-able.

So I figured out that if I replaced the allen head screw holding the disc brake on with a "homemade" thumb screw with a hole drilled in it I could put a small 1'' case hardened padlock through the opening in the quick release lever and the thumb screw hole, which then locks the wheel on the bike at all times. (I had to make my own thumb screw out of a metric bolt, because there are no metric thumb screws available)

The best things you can do are to loosen up your quick releases (and lock up your bike). Anyone trying to make a quick getaway will just fall off the bike.
And if your in the city, take your wheels with you. Anyone will probably try to say something to the cop on the corner when a guy is trying to run away with a bike with no wheels.

And if your in the city, take your wheels with you. Anyone will probably try to say something to the cop on the corner when a guy is trying to run away with a bike with no wheels.
I doubt this one though. :p