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Where on your bike is your AirTag?
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I had one in the saddle bag. And just as well, because I ended up with a flat shifter battery (CR2032) and nobody else had a spare one. Then I remembered I had the airtag in the saddle bag and raided that for the battery and borrowed a screwdriver from the Mavic mechanic so I could get the SRAM shifter battery compartment open.
Lucky. I had a long descent and was in a pretty low gear. So that got me down into Nice from the top of Col de Braus.
Lucky. I had a long descent and was in a pretty low gear. So that got me down into Nice from the top of Col de Braus.
If your bike gets stolen solely because you anonymously posted on an obscure thread where the not-really-a-tracking-device is on it, I feel like the thief sort of deserves the bike at that point. Especially considering it'll be locked up most of the time.
Do You know that whatever you wrote does not make any logical sense whatsoever, don’t you? In fact it proves my point.
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A bike thief is stupid. Period.
A smart thief is already going to think of all the likely hiding spots on their own, and the stupid thief isn't cruising MacRumors for tips on bicycle theft.
Spotted this recently. Has great sound dampening too apparently. https://www.hellomaco.com/products/trace
Sound dampening?
And it’s $32 CAD?!? You can similar things on Amazon for half that.
They're annoying, probably immoral (but desperation might drive it) and some might be stupid but not all.
I thought bad guys used Android. Would they get an alert too?
I ride only-
never owned a car and pedal over 500 miles per month easily.
the only time i will depend on an airtag in my saddle bag on the Trek Verve 2
is when i park that on a beach railing on Marco Island
this way when a bored "mall-cop" wants to relocate the bike i know where that is.
so far for 4 years this never happened.
i like the hidden bell trick, nice!
never owned a car and pedal over 500 miles per month easily.
the only time i will depend on an airtag in my saddle bag on the Trek Verve 2
is when i park that on a beach railing on Marco Island
this way when a bored "mall-cop" wants to relocate the bike i know where that is.
so far for 4 years this never happened.
i like the hidden bell trick, nice!
I have one inside the top cap of a Specialized Keg that I carry in the seat tube water bottle cage. The Keg also holds my tire fix stuff.
I was able to track my bike while working its way through the airport on one of my recent trips.
I agree with the others; stashing an AirTag inside the frame doesn’t work very well because of the signal impediments caused by the bike tubing.
~ Sheldon
Using mine right now. Looks like my bike and I will be on the same flight…. -always a good thing…
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Color: Black This Stouchi bicycle bell not only fulfills the function of the bell, but also allows you to hiddle the Apple Airtag GPS tracker in the bike very well. Use the Apple Find My Network, you can track your bike anytime and stop worrying about your bike being stolen. Feature: Fits...www.amazon.com
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I should have updated this thread a few months ago, I mentioned I retrieved my motorbike with an airtag, well a few months ago now my bicycle vanished as well, I had two airtags in it, one hidden in the rear light and one in this bell. They didn't find the one in the bell until 30 minutes before I arrived at the thief's house along with the police.
I retrieved the bike.
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Bell ya!
I have the same one. IYKYK but it sure doesnt look like it houses an Airtag! AND its highly functional. Love mine.
I also have another hidden/epoxied 3rd party tag as well.
Are you in the USA, in a major city?
Surprised the cops helped.
The one way to help your chances of Police response to such a matter is to make it clear you are actively tracking and in route to attempt recovery of your property. Once you say that, they dispatch.
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London, yeah pointed out my bike to the police and they let me ride off with it. Even though they were standing next to it they wouldn't arrest them for 'not enough evidence'... ffs.Bell ya!
I have the same one. IYKYK but it sure doesnt look like it houses an Airtag! AND its highly functional. Love mine.
I also have another hidden/epoxied 3rd party tag as well.
Are you in the USA, in a major city?
Surprised the cops helped.
The one way to help your chances of Police response to such a matter is to make it clear you are actively tracking and in route to attempt recovery of your property. Once you say that, they dispatch.
My e bike was stolen on 11/22 (inside my building in the bike parking area) and I did not have an Airtag. An Airtag is nice but it will never replace a bike theft insurance. I got my money back (almost the same value that I bought it for), it took one month altogether from the date it was stolen and the declaration of the theft to the police to the reimbursement from the insurance. I am not sure if I'd like to confront the thief, even with the police. I am now considering not to get an electric bike but a normal bike or an electric scooter like Ninebot/Segway. Electric bikes are targets for thieves like honey for bees, everyday in Brussels there are posts of people that got their e-bike stolen. Nevertheless, I'll consider the Airtag for my next bike, does it work also with Ipads?
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