Reddit mentions of Pinhead Headset and Stem Lock

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So this is a decent article about locking, but again... like always, it misses several critical aspects of bike locking.

• U-Locks: Smaller is better, buy quality, buy quality!!!
  
  Why is smaller better? Because the way you break a u-lock is with a jack, and if you can't get the jack into the lock, you can't break the lock.
  
  
• Cable locks are garbage!!! They are fucking garbage, do not buy them... do not buy a cable lock! They are worthless and you can break them with a simple pipe without making any noise.
  
  >The front wheel will always be easier to take off then the rear, so knowing how to lock it is a valuable skill.
  
  This is wrong. Back wheels come off just a easily as front, and cost more to replace, and i want to punch every writer that says to lock your front wheel because it's "safer" cause it's fucking not and never has been, ever!
  
  Which reminds me, the sheldon brown method doesn't work, btw.
  
  >Using two locks is the most secure method.
  
  No, well maybe, but no, not really. The most secure method is to lock with 300 individual locks in your apartment, and never leave the house. Any intellectually honest person will tell you that you need to be smart, and prepare yourself for when you are lazy, and want to leave your bike out for "just one second" and don't want to bother to lock it, and that's when it gets stolen.
  
  This is a psychological problem. The solution is locking skewers.
  
  
• Buy locking skewers. Please for the love of god, buy a small u-lock, a tiny seat cable, and locking fucking skewers. Please, i'm begging you.
  
  This is the method i use, because i'm lazy, and if i have to do anything that makes me do real work (like carry around a bunch of u-locks, or a bullshit cable lock), then i just very well may act stupid and not properly lock up my bike, as it stands, it takes me 2 seconds to lock my bike perfectly securely.
  
  tl;dr: Ideally, you want a small, quality u-lock. This locks your frame and will also lock your seat if you buy a seat cable. Just remember to make a slipknot through the seat's rails (nobody really want's to steal your crappy seat anyway). Next, buy locking skewers!!!. If your front wheel is bolt on, then just wait and see if it ever gets stolen (it probably won't unless you're unlucky), then buy a new front wheel with a skewer, and add a locking skewer. If your back wheel is bolt on, buy a longer u-lock and lock through the rear triangle and rear wheel together. Now, if you really give a shit about your bike, buy a locking top cap. This will save your fork if you come across any jerks that want your sweet, vintage, peugeot chrome fork.
  
  Also, never leave your bike outside over night, ever!

i have the pinhead stem cap on my bike.

another trick is to glue ball-bearings in the allen bolts. then you'd have to chisel the bearings out to get an allen key in there. makes it a bitch to tinker with your bike, but if you know it's set up perfect, it can be worth the peace of mind. i have a thomson stem and nitto bars, so i filled the faceplate bolts with some foamy gorilla glue. you can't push an allen key in far enough to work, but i can chip it out in a few minutes with the right pointy object.

Several companies sell lockable headset bolts:

https://www.pitlock.de/en

http://atomic22.com/

https://www.amazon.com/Pinhead-Headset-and-Stem-Lock/dp/B0025UM6OQ

They can be pricey, though. I'm not sure if there's a more economical bolt option. I've also heard of the trick of plugging up the hole using superglue, and then prying out the glue plug with a knife when you need to adjust it.

edit: there are also some suggestions in this discussion: http://bicycles.stackexchange.com/questions/13619/affordable-security-nuts-and-bolts