https://momentummag.com/david-goliath-small-organization-taking-bike-theft/ smart living by bike Mon, 01 Jan 2024 21:56:56 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.7.2 https://momentummag.com/david-goliath-small-organization-taking-bike-theft/#comment-72091 Sun, 10 Jul 2016 02:37:19 +0000 https://momentummag.com/?p=27606#comment-72091 In Toronto, Canada, we can register our bike’s serial number with the Toronto Police Services. Unfortunately, I had one of my bikes stolen this year, and even had video of the thief in action, but no joy. My bike is gone. I know have tracking devices on my latest ride. Glad that someone is trying to stop the sale of stolen bikes, as bike-theft is a huge problem here in Toronto.

]]> https://momentummag.com/david-goliath-small-organization-taking-bike-theft/#comment-71224 Fri, 03 Jun 2016 16:14:38 +0000 https://momentummag.com/?p=27606#comment-71224 I think this one is a nice afford, but will come short as it did in many cities (e.g. Berlin, Germany) where you can register your bicycle not even the number on your frame but also with a extra number given out only by the police highly visible on your frame (they punch a new number onto your bike). Yeah and an app is maybe a touch more…
There is only one chance to tackle bike theft (other than eliminating the actual robbery) is by putting a RFID chip iinto your bike so you can track (at least the part where the chip is attached) in real time like they do for expensive cars….

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