I thought I'd share my experience because a lot of people, including myself, have doubts about these types of foldable locks.
After work yesterday I came down to find a police note stuck to my bike. A woman approached me from the tattoo parlour opposite the street to tell me some nut job had picked up an 8ft scaffolding pole and set about trying to pry my lock off. Apparently he was at it for a good 5 or so minutes before she went out to shout at him and call the police.
The bike lock did it's job, giving my poor bike enough time for a hero to save it. Big shout out Gillian from Mortez Tattoos in Glasgow. Not sure how much longer it would have lasted but you can see on the picture that the joints are not the weak point. The steel itself is bent and the joints still turn fine.
I'm pretty sure it's an ABUS u-GRip 5700K, and I will definitely be buying it again because it's so easy to slide on and off the bike when riding.
Hope this experience is useful 🙂
TL:DR
ABUS foldable bike locks held off a Glaswegian with an 8ft lever.
by charlesx995
1 Comment
Congrats for the lock to hold up. However, it will not hold many seconds against a thief with any tools with them.