I secure my truck with a big chain and a badass lock wrapped around my steering wheel and bolted under the seat, when I'm in shady neighborhoods. I was debating yesterday between a similar setup for my upcoming bike or just a traditional bike lock, and decided to run it past my neighbor Daniel's experienced brain. He said, let's test it out.

He took the heavy-duty bike lock off his Harley and proceeded to cut it within seconds with his big bolt cutters. Lock ruined, question answered. Then we went to my truck, and he tried to cut through the last link with the same tool, and it barely made a dent.

He then got out his handheld grinder with a diamond tip blade and cut through the link in about twenty seconds. He also noted that a bolt cutter could cut through the steering wheel easily, and remove the chain.

The bottom line is: bike locks and chains are deterrents, not security.