Abus Varedo shackle lock review
German shackle security
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The Varedo is Abus’s mid-range shackle, meeting Sold Secure’s Silver rating. It has a double-lock mechanism and parabolic shackle shape which helps resist twisting.
For the first test, the Varedo resisted bolt cropping for 30 seconds, at which point we realised it was a futile method.
Out with our trusty extending lever bar, and the Varedo twisted a little and then snapped in just 3.61 seconds. This did some damage to our dummy frame but we’d broken though and got our prize.
Authors
Warren Rossiter is BikeRadar and Cycling Plus magazine’s senior technical editor for road and gravel. Having been testing bikes for more than 20 years, Warren has an encyclopedic knowledge of road cycling and has been the mastermind behind our Road Bike of the Year test for more than a decade. He’s also a regular presenter on the BikeRadar Podcast and on BikeRadar’s YouTube channel. In his time as a cycling journalist, Warren has written for Mountain Biking UK, What Mountain Bike, Urban Cyclist, Procycling, Cyclingnews, Total Bike, Total Mountain Bike and T3. Over the years, Warren has written about thousands of bikes and tested more than 2,500 – from budget road bikes to five-figure superbikes. He has covered all the major innovations in cycling this century, and reported from launches, trade shows and industry events in Europe, Asia, Australia, North American and Africa. While Warren loves fast road bikes and the latest gravel bikes, he also believes electric bikes are the future of transport. You’ll regularly find him commuting on an ebike and he longs for the day when everyone else follows suit. You will find snaps of Warren’s daily rides on the Instagram account of our sister publication, Cycling Plus (@cyclingplus).
