Chain & temple
Warentest cracks bicycle locks: these models defended themselves violently
If you love your bike, you can connect it as best as possible. But what is the best possible? Stiftung Warentest cracked new bicycle locks. The result raises questions.
Bicycles have always been a popular stolen goods in long fingers. And always whistle smart people how to make life as difficult as possible for criminals. The ideas are diverse, but not always as safe as you could expect. The experts from the Stiftung Warentest took a close look at 19 new bicycle locks of different types and set up the angle grinder. The cheapest is for just under 30 euros, the most expensive costs ten times.
The bad news: only four locks were considered with the predicate “good” or “very good”. In fact, the most expensive, but also one of the cheapest.
Difficult but good: these are the best bicycle locks
For the clear test winner, the Stiftung Warentest chose the ““. In the ironing lock category, no competitor only came close to the top model from Abus. Both in the discipline of the resolution and in terms of durability, goods tested here. With currently around 250 euros you have to be quite deep in your pocket Grip the current prices for cargo bikes or e-bikes.
With about one kilogram much lighter, almost as safe, but at around 50 euros it is also much cheaper, according to the Warentest it is ““, also an ironing lock from Abus. Total judgment” good “. With the same predicate, the best of the four examined chain locks emerged from the test. With 60 euros that was” ““In addition, the cheapest in this category – unfortunately with the lavish weight of 3.2 kilograms, one of the hardest.
Almost as heavy as the lightest competition wheels in professional cycling (6.8 kg) is the “Hiplock Dxxl”, a combineless made of ironing lock and a belt covered with textile. Nevertheless, it grabbed the title in this category. The ““Is more than a meter long and is also suitable for cargo bikes, but also to protect motorcycles from thieves. For the proud price of almost 150 euros you get almost six kilograms hardened premium steel.
The folding locks came away most weakly in the test. Of the four models, three had to be content with the judgment “satisfactory”. Including the ““, which is also attractive at just under 70 euros.
All other details and test results can be found in the current issue of the magazine “Stiftung Warentest” (3/2025) or for a fee .
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Source: Stern
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