Learn how to lock a bike correctly: frame and rear wheel through a fixed anchor, shackle filled. The technique your lock's Sold Secure rating was built for.
Decode every major bike lock security rating: Sold Secure, ART, FUB, Varefakta, and Velo SRA explained, compared, and mapped to what riders actually need.
Learn what ART 3 certification means for folding bike locks, how SKG-IKOB tests them, and which folding locks have earned this independent security rating.
Sold Secure Gold certifies a bike lock resists heavy-duty hand tool attacks in independent lab tests. Compare Gold to Silver and Diamond, and learn when insurers require it.