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Is This the Future of Bike Safety? An 18-Year-Old Invented a Contactless Lock

March 1, 2017 at 3:09 pm

Safety

Bicycles are supposed to be fast. So why waste time protecting your bike from theft? That is the question that inspired the French Junior Science and Life INNOVEZ award winner Benoît Thomas to invent the first contactless lock for bicycles.

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Bike Mine: The Most Explosive Theft Protection in the History of Cycling

January 13, 2017 at 1:30 pm

Safety

When the project to build the world’s loudest alarm was announced in 2016, it caused quite a stir, and it’s no wonder why. The promised 150dB blast of sound caught everyone’s attention. Plus its London-based inventor Yannick Read believed he had found a way to…

Only 6% of All Bikes Stolen in London Are Reunited with Their Owners

December 7, 2016 at 2:01 pm

Urban cycling

There can never be enough pages filled on the topic of bike theft and how to prevent it. Stolen Ride and London Cycling Campaign have joined forces and tasked Quanteze with an online survey that asked 1800 London cyclists various questions about their bikes, cycling…

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SkunkLock: The Vomit Inducing Surprise All Bike Thieves Deserve

November 22, 2016 at 11:57 am

Safety

“Bike thieves – humiliate them whenever possible” should be every unfortunate bike owner’s life motto. They make our lives harder and our bikes disappear. Two San Franciscan designers put their heads together and came up with a very specific type of a deterrent bike protection.

You Can Be Punished for Catching the Thief of Your Bike!

October 18, 2016 at 11:23 am

Urban cycling

Sometimes it’s hard to believe what kind of decisions are made by some state departments. This case happened some weeks ago in the Czech Republic. A bike retailer from Prague tried to do his best to catch a thief who stole an e-bike worth 1800…

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Theft of the Century? Thug Stole a Fence and Tried to Escape on a Bike with It

June 14, 2016 at 1:16 pm

Safety

A common thief of scrap metal went a little bit too far with his creativity last week when he decided that a bike would be the ideal getaway vehicle for him and his loot – 3 by 2 meters big pieces of zinc-plated fence.

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Former Thief Interviewed: How Does Bike Stealing Actually Work?

May 18, 2016 at 2:23 pm

Road cycling

Bike stealing might be a controversial topic, but to understand how thieves think and how they actually do their “jobs” might just be the thing that saves you a lot of grief. Richard Cantle, founder of Stolen Ride – London (stolenride.co.uk), went the extra mile…

“Kicking” Bike Thieves in the Butt – the Exploding Saddle Prank

April 1, 2016 at 9:55 am

Safety

For everyone who’s ever had a bike stolen and wanted to get even, the pranksters at TwinzTV have come up with a hilarious way to “kick” bike thieves in the butt. So an unsuspecting bike thief gets onto a “bait” bike and thinks s/he’s gotten…

EXCLUSIVE: Interview with a Real Bike Thief

February 10, 2016 at 2:00 pm

Socialising and Culture

Following the success of the European Bike Stealing Championships many of you wrote comments to us and we’re thankful for all of them. But one message surely stood out. It was from a former bike thief who had ideas of his own about why our bait bike…

European Bike Stealing Championships in Numbers

November 25, 2015 at 11:46 am

Outdoor/Mountain

In our European Bike Stealing Championships 2015 video we tested the speed of the local crooks in Amsterdam, Rome and Prague. Our bait bike was stolen in Amsterdam in 22 minutes, but there are more interesting data and curiosities about bike thefts in Europe. Let’s see our infographics.