>>1106521this is getting nuts. what are you reading that's making you think "he must be making that up"? the mention that i live in an apartment? does that sound like bragging to you?
everyone i know *at least* loops their U-lock through the front wheel so it catches the frame along with the wheel when they lock to whatever anchoring point they use. quick-release folks and security skewer folks alike. any idiot with $15 could go to a store, buy security skewers, and acquire the hex tool with a hole in the head necessary to unlock most wheels. i bet you could get it even cheaper on craigslist if you wanted to keep a lower profile.
do yourself a favor and don't put your full confidence in a security device whose locking mechanism is generic by design.
as for your contrived mental image of me working hourly, leaving my light at work over the weekend, etc... i'll only ask you to try to keep it relevant to yourself. none of these are relevant issues to me — i don't work hourly, i tend not leave my bike stuff at work, and if i did, i could just go back into the building/my office with my key (and, seriously, why does being on a wage matter here? is there something about being hourly that affects bike lights?).
just keep this about yourself: if you're worried that you'll leave your bike light at work over the weekend and be locked out, and if your experience with good lights is that the plastic housing cracks over time, and if the battery life diminishes to just 2 hours (as an aside, from what original capacity? and what's your riding profile like that you're biking in the dark for 2+ hours?), then maybe you should get cheaper batteries.
but if you're suggesting to get cheaper batteries so you can think of them as disposable because they *are*, then aren't you at all worried that on these 2-hour nighttime rides your cheap lights will crap out on you?
