Yep, you are right, I can still do it that way if I want to, but by passing it over the top of the bike it avoids having to crawl around in the dirt underneath it scrabbling about for the chain. At the end of day, which ever way you do it, in theory it would only need one cut in the chain to detach it from the ground anchor so I'm happy with the single run. As I say, I got an extra padlock just for the ease of altering the length of chain without have a load of extra weight in chain flapping about at one end. It would have been slightly cheaper to go for just one padlock and a longer run of chain. I suppose it doesn't matter what you do, a pro will have a bike away if they have the time to work on it, I guess I'm making it hard as possible in the first place for deterrent value. A V Strom isn't exactly the most desirable of bikes to nick, but when I do change it at least I should be able to use the same kit again.