Simon Vincett talks smart bike security and then takes the tools to the best bike locks to find just how much protection they really offer. Like a chain is only as strong as its weakest link, the security of your bike is only as good as the best opportunity it offers a would-be thief. Did
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$49.95 For the owner, the theft of a bike is a distressing, often expensive and inconvenient experience—a reality that may well have been behind DataDot’s decision to expand their inventory into the bicycle market. DataDot was first developed 15 years ago for the automotive industry, as a means to help police identify stolen cars, counteract
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Thousands of Australian are victims of bike theft each year. Most never see their rides again, but very occasionally someone gets lucky, finds Margot McGovern. Perhaps the worst thing about having your bike stolen, aside from the obvious downside of being sans bike, is the near certainty that you’ll never see your ride again. “Maybe you’ll get it back,” your friends say,
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An estimated 16,000 bikes are reported stolen in Australia each year, with only a tiny percentage returned to their owners. Margot McGovern investigates what happens to unclaimed bikes and how to prevent your bike going missing. On a freezing morning in a drafty warehouse, a group of bargain hunters eye off bulk boxes of Lego,
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