Originally Posted by
Winfried
Thanks, but too many bikes have been stolen over here while protected with an Abus Bordo. I'll stick to Bicycle Gold-rated compact U locks.
The Abus Bordo folding line-up includes locks of different security levels, from 6 to 15 on the internal scale of Abus. The 6000 is in the middle at 10. The top one is 6500 at 15. Given the cost of Brompton it makes no sense to go with anything but the top.
When I carried a U-lock on a Brompton, I used the placement such as here