My MX boots were the reason I bought a Pacsafe mesh bag in the first place. Everything else (jacket, helmet, etc.) I can put in my hard bags or thread a locking cable through. I don't mind a bit of charity, but I don't want to be stranded on any one of several continents without riding boots.

I'm thinking seriously of screwing a small shackle to each boot so that I can cable them as well. This will probably stay somewhere near the bottom of the list of priorities forever, but it would make my boots as secure as anything else....which is to say, difficult for a casual opportunist but easy for a pro. I'd use a folding shackle near the top on the outside, and I'd probably just use woodscrews and epoxy.

A piece of the security puzzle which has not yet been mentioned involves the fact that the more weird little protocols and devices (cables, steel mesh bags, padlocks, bike covers, bags, alarm systems, etc.) you have to deal with, the more of your limited energy and consciousness it soaks up. The last thing I want to be doing is spending so much time locking and unlocking, covering and uncovering, that I lose track of the real point of it all, which is adventure and personal growth. This is one of my problems with Pacsafe products; they demand a lot of fussing around each time I use them. I'd really rather close a hard case, snap the lock and go.

FWIW I lost a Pacsafe key once and had to cut the lock. Piece of cake. The tumblers are of a higher standard than many locks of that diminutive size, but the shackle can be snipped effortlessly with any sort of cutter.

enjoy,

Mark