I’m getting fed up with my big chain and difficulty of carrying it. So I’m considering a U lock that can clip to the frame on my commuter.

Any reason why I shouldn’t? It’s not a particularly expensive bike and I take care over where I lock it. Thinking of one of these:

Kryptonite Evolution Mini 5. Or there’s a 7 including the long cable – but I’m not sure I want to bother with the cable.

I’ve got one of them (actually I’ve got a couple of Kryptonite d-locks which I use to lock mine and the kids bikes with, dunno if they’re exactly that one). Anyway, I use the cable as well. Sure the cable won’t stand up to cutters etc but I use it to “pull” the bike in to whatever I’m locking it to, makes it harder to move the bike and so harder to get at the lock.

Probably not as secure as a massive chain but I think it’s OK in a convenience/security balance. Suppose it depends on how valuable your bike is.

As above have a few D-locks, i also use a kryptonite cable with it but this is to secure my front wheel as well which the short cable is more than suitable for, hope this helps

Looks like the 5 is shorter than the 7, but the 7 is still pretty compact and also comes with the cable. Ordered it.

I went for a hip lock hold. Easy to carry as as about as effective a chain as you can get.

Check out this thread on LFGSS for good lock advice 🙂

https://www.lfgss.com/conversations/144109/