The lock that I have is immune to the Bic trick, I mostly worry about the cable. Even though the brand recieved good reviews, many sites caution that cables are only deterrants. The rack in question is of a type I had never seen before now. It has these loops for both wheels welded on and the bike sits with a wheel in each loop. My bike, however, doesn't fit, so I have it lean against the wall and run the cable through one of the loopy thingies. I tried to find a pic on Google, but had no luck.

The place I am living in is actually a boarding house. It's a very nice place, but the owner was very firm on the no bikes inside rule. Right now I'm leaning towrds locking up on campus, at least there I could lock it to one of the big inverted U dealies.

Tlkiwi- The lock system I have is similar to yours, only with a higher safety rating. I haven't found anything I can't get the cable through, it's the U I'm worried about. I prefer to just have the cable as insurance for my wheels.

Huffies are stolen almost as frequently as Treks and Giants around here. Luckily my Fuji is not a popular brand, nor is it a mountain bike (more desirable to most people around here), but some people automatically assume anything with ramshorns that isn't from the seventies (and showing it) must be expensive. Locking up next to something more desirable is my normal modus operandi. At the house at, the is an unlocked Huffy next to me that could prove to be a much better target even though it looks like crud.

I like the removing a wheel idea. I take it that this would get me able to accomplish this task in a hurry? Even though it has quick release hubs, the fasteners are still pretty stiff for me to be dealing with multiple times a day.