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As i have just bought a new specialized i have been scouring the net in search of a good lock. This thread has been most informative but there seems to be one mistake in the original post regarding the Abus Granit X-Plus 54
The link going to bikeradar goes to the review of the Abus Granit Xplus lock from 2009
http://www.bikeradar.com/gear/category/accessories/locks/product/review-abus-granit-x-plus-10512
rather than to the review of the Abus Granit X-Plus 54 review from 2010
http://www.bikeradar.com/gear/category/accessories/locks/product/review-abus-abus-granit-x-plus-54-300-39850
These seem to be different locks with the x - plus 54 lasting much longer than the x-plus from grinder cutting. Below are the quote from the 2 different reviews
X - Plus (2009 review)
"Moving onto the power tools, our angle grinder did cut through the Xplus in 59.8 seconds, but under attack from the regular bike thief the Xplus is more than enough"
X - Plus 54 (2010 review)
Our portable angle grinder took a whole 4min 43sec to get through both sides of the shackle – that’s just 17 seconds away from a complete pass, and for a portable lock it’s a superb result.
Not sure if this would make any difference to the overall score of the x - plus 54 but it was confusing me regarding the wrong links