Blahblah Posted May 26, 2023 Share 9 minutes ago, Blahblah said: after a news24 article on them, we got as far as being added to their newsletter - they (still) have no product https://www.news24.com/life/cycling/snik-is-a-powerful-stolen-mtb-tracker-that-cant-be-disabled-20230303 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dasilvarsa Posted May 27, 2023 Share It's Good to Have a Tracker for Safety and Security Reasons but If my Bikes get Stolen I don't want them back. (They are quite worn, both of them). It could be helpful for the police to catch the crooks. Edited May 27, 2023 by dasilvarsa Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Ouzo Posted May 29, 2023 Share On 5/27/2023 at 7:24 PM, dasilvarsa said: It could be helpful for the police to catch the crooks. This would be the only reason I would consider one. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blahblah Posted May 29, 2023 Share 1 hour ago, The Ouzo said: This would be the only reason I would consider one. and shut the door on bike theft....or, at least, make a dent? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Ouzo Posted May 29, 2023 Share 36 minutes ago, Blahblah said: and shut the door on bike theft....or, at least, make a dent? bike theft wont stop, but these F&$ers that attack cyclists need to be dealt with. Zebra, ChrisF and nathrix 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shebeen Posted May 29, 2023 Share 1 hour ago, Blahblah said: and shut the door on bike theft....or, at least, make a dent? GPS trackers have been available on cars for 25+ years now. The hardware costs well under R300 per unit. Â doesn't seem to have made a dent in car theft. Now that some bikes costs the same as a car it is the same playground! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blahblah Posted May 29, 2023 Share has it been in anyone's interest to rid us of the scourge / is there a desire to maintain equilibrium, rather? (like, how many cars are replaced by insurers in a year?) ChrisF 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blahblah Posted May 29, 2023 Share 5 hours ago, The Ouzo said: bike theft wont stop, but these F&$ers that attack cyclists need to be dealt with. how do we do that? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Ouzo Posted May 30, 2023 Share 14 hours ago, Blahblah said: how do we do that? I have ideas, they are neither legal or humane nathrix, Help.Me., Brakepad and 2 others 2 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dave303e Posted May 30, 2023 Share I have driven through a few township areas recently and seen the continuous train of bicycle commuters out of mamelodi. I have yet to see a top end mtb or road bike there. You see a few which definitely look like a worker given an old hardtail or 26inch bike which I can appreciate. We have a farm worker on a momsen hardtail that was the mrs old bike. I still think this is mostly driven by demand for affordable high end bikes and parts. I often wonder how many are buying bikes and parts for dirt cheap knowing there are high chances of it being stolen... ChrisF and Zebra 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blahblah Posted May 30, 2023 Share 14 minutes ago, dave303e said: I have driven through a few township areas recently and seen the continuous train of bicycle commuters out of mamelodi. I have yet to see a top end mtb or road bike there. You see a few which definitely look like a worker given an old hardtail or 26inch bike which I can appreciate. We have a farm worker on a momsen hardtail that was the mrs old bike. I still think this is mostly driven by demand for affordable high end bikes and parts. I often wonder how many are buying bikes and parts for dirt cheap knowing there are high chances of it being stolen... let's go see where the higher-end goes....I agree that it's not a smalltime matter.....it's a phenomenal asset class to thieve Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Ouzo Posted May 30, 2023 Share I think a micro dot type system might be a better way of tracking the parts and possibly where they end up. It could potentially enable one to back track to the supplier of stolen parts. dasilvarsa 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blahblah Posted September 29, 2023 Share www.datadot.co.za www.3bo.mobi Edited October 1, 2023 by Blahblah Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andreas_187 Posted September 29, 2023 Share I borrowed a hotel commuter bicycle whilst on holiday and my android phone alerted me that I was being tracked/stalked! It had a option to play a chime so I could easily find the Apple air tag was hidden under the seat. Not great if I had stolen the bike ChrisF 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blahblah Posted September 30, 2023 Share 14 hours ago, Andreas_187 said: ...could easily find the Apple air tag was hidden under the seat. Not great if I had stolen the bike I wonder, where should one place a tracker on a bike? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andreas_187 Posted September 30, 2023 Share 3 minutes ago, Blahblah said: I wonder, where should one place a tracker on a bike? It doesn't matter with an airtag, you can find it with a chime Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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