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said it before and I'll say it again, if you are in the situation where you are going to be forced to leave your bike unattended (locked uop or otherwise) in any western town or city where third worlders are to be found, then you need to do these simple things.
>Buy a half decent second hand bike, something that is nice to ride and in good order, looks do not matter at all, it must be functional and able to do whatever it is you need it to do, so have racks fitted etc
>Thoroughly service said bike, I mean go deep, all the bearings and cables etc, make it run as good as new or pay someone to do that for you if you're retarded
>Now make it look shit, whatever you can do to make it look like a complete pile of dogshit, half peel decals off, put a comfy but tatty saddle on there, mix and match outer cable colours, mismatch tyres or wheels or both, even the drips etc, make it look organically shit like it's never been cared for.
>remove all QR bolts and skewers, replace with any alternative, hex nuts, star nuts or other security type bolts, whatever, just make stealing anything from this bike require effort
>Buy a decent but not obviously expensive lock, it doesn't have to be a £200 lock, your bike should have cost you less than that
That's it, lock it up and forget about it, watch as idiot hipster poseurs return to the bike stand to find wheels and other parts missing, laugh as they pick up their severed chain from where a ridiculously over priced and under engineered bike once stood, be proud to be smart and not caring about what people you'll never know think about the way your bike looks.
STOP GIVING A FUCK AND START USING YOUR BRAIN!
