Mrs Hardtailonly had her PX London Road nicked from Leeds Centre a few weeks back 🙁
It’s a horrible feeling, coming back to find (in her case) just a cut cable lock. The aftermath (and a bit of background reading I did after the event, including this https://www.google.co.uk/amp/amp.timeinc.net/cyclingweekly/news/latest-news/bike-thief-reveals-tricks-trade-stunningly-candid-interview-225130%3fsource=dam
left me feeling even more pessimistic about bike safety …
All you can do, really, is use the best D-lock (or locks) you can/are prepared to afford, and lock to something properly secure and robust … and have good insurance!
Insurance in our case were excellent (underwritten by AXA), although with a bike claim and a damaged garage door claim in the last year, the renewal notice has the coming year premium at almost double last year’s … 🙁
The police seem to have been quite active in this case, had apparently picked up a couple of lads for something else who are ‘known’ to be light-fingered when it comes to bikes, and one of them is on a CCTV still image near the wife’s bike … Last we heard, however, CCTV didn’t show them actually committing a crime …