• Flipper@feddit.org
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    3 days ago

    While it doesn’t really help with the stolen part, it helps with the recovery: put a tracker on it.

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      3 days ago

      Without cops, you’re fighting a bunch of junkies to get your bike back. Cops looked at me like I was an idiot when I tried to file a report for my stolen bike.

      But what would you recommend? I have a bunch of PebbleBee trackers on my stuff, but I can’t think of any way to hide any of those on the bike.

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        3 days ago

        It all depends on the country where you report it. Germany is at least in my experience serious about it.

        I would recommend something like peeblebee, but modified in a way that It recharges from the bike generator. Depending what kind of front lamp you’ve got, it might be possible to hide in there with some tinkering.