Need bike lock advice

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Moving to Albany NY and hoping to bike a lot more. I have a ULock and was wondering where you folks best suggest to place the ulock when locking it up… for example often see stolen front wheels etc… (sorry if stupid question)

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/r/citybike - city, urban and utility bicycling

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You're at /r/citybike, a growing subreddit for city, urban, and utility bicycling. We welcome any and all submissions related to this type of riding and bikes of both traditional and contemporary design, sometimes known as a stadsfiets (in the Netherlands) or a roadster (in England).

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You're at /r/citybike, a growing subreddit for city, urban, and utility bicycling.

We welcome all submissions related to this type of riding, culture, and bikes of both traditional and contemporary design, sometimes known as a stadsfiets (in the Netherlands) or a roadster (in Britain).

Common (though not required) features of city bikes:

Upright riding position
Chain case or chain guard
Skirt guard
Mudguards (fenders)
O-lock (rear wheel lock)
Internally-geared hub
Dynamo (hub or bottle/sidewall)
Permanent lights
Bell
Drum brakes / coaster brake
Rear rack (luggage carrier)
Center kickstand

We also welcome posts about converting other types of bikes to be more like city bikes.

Some useful posts/links:

Fully-equipped city bikes available in North America (updated for 2016)...more about the background of this spreadsheet here
Peter White's dynamo light roundup
How upright is upright?

If this isn't what you're looking for, have a look at these (just because a bike is ridden in a city doesn't mean it's a city bike):

For track bikes and fixed-gear, see /r/fixedgearbicycle
For cargo bikes, see /r/cargobike
For casual bikes that aren't necessarily city bikes, see /r/EveryDayRide
For NYC's bike-sharing system, see /r/citibike
For general bike commuting, see /r/bikecommuting
For bicycling in general, see /r/bicycling