Prevent Theft: Register Your Bike!

I apologize for the lack of update last week. I was in bed for almost a week, and had to go to the hospital for a not -too-serious/invasive slicing. 

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This should have been up here sooner. 

I found this website while working at the bike shop during my summer break. The idea of a bike registry came up during a conversation with a coworker and since the computer was right there, I used good ol' google and found bikerevolution.ca 

I encourage everyone to spend some time and fifteen dollars to protect their investment, transportation and/or lifestyle. 

Bike Revolution is a non-profit organization set up to fight and prevent bike theft.

How does this work?

Step 1: Register your personal and your bike information 

Step 2: Purchase a pack of ID tags and tag your bike

Step 3: Use a smartphone app

Register

Incase your bike was ever stolen, your information would be on the bike registry website. This way, you can alert all of bikeingdom of your lost treasure.

You can register it after your bike is stolen, but it would be smart to do it beforehand. This way, you can fill in all the fine details of your bike that you may not remember, and will help your bike be identified much more easily.

Tag it and Scan it

You don't need tags to have your bike up on the registry, but it would make finding it a whole lot easier. The tags use the "strongest commercially available adhesive", so that means it will be very difficult to take off, provided you follow the steps to properly attach them. They also come in packs of three, so if one comes off, or a thief manages to take it off there will be two others to go through. 

Also, tags make it so much easier to track your bike since they make your bike stand out more, if it isn't already. Since it's scannable, anyone with a smartphone and the app can scan it and easily identify the owner.  

What if it does get stolen?

Report it to the police and list it as stolen on Bike Revolution. 

Follow the 10 steps

All of the above information has been taken from www.bikerevolution.ca 

Visit their website if you have any questions, maybe even look at the FAQs page to see if it has already been answered. 

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- Azam Abowath

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