Originally Posted by
alanbikehouston
I was surprised to find out that the Abus Steel O Flex cable has now earned top ratings from both Sold Secure and "Cycling Plus". That certainly sets it aside from other cable locks of equal weight and cost.
The "Cycling Plus" review was very positive, saying that opening the Abus SOF cable lock took them five minutes.
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While "Googling" for more information on the Abus SOF, I found a post in a bike forum claiming that there is a "fast and easy" method to defeat the SOF, but the method was not stated (which was wise, if such a method actually does exist). Another post was from a guy who could not get the key mechanism on his SOF to work, and found Abus was unwilling to honor his warranty.
Alanbikehouston, before I bought my lock I read a lot of the information you had posted on BF.net, and I thought it was all very helpful.
Could you post a link to the Cycling Plus review? I googled for it, but couldn't find it. I'm quite interested in reading it, because my first response is to be quite skeptical about the efficacy of the Steeloflex.
Finally, do you really believe that it would be wise to keep "a 'fast and easy'" method to defeat the lock under wraps? When do you think Kryptonite learned of bic-***-keys? And when did bicycle thieves? How would the owners of the lock feel if their bike's security depended on obscurity?
EDIT: I just saw that the forum software did some censoring: the three stars are the latin conjunction meaning "being also."