Transportation Alternatives wrote in a recent issue of its magazine that, upon receiving a complaint, the police put a note on the bike "alerting the owner that the bike will be removed after 10 days".
Once installed, the Connected Cycle smart pedal will alert bike owners when their bike has been moved via mobile app.
The Pebble enables you to pull little bits of functionality a gps powered odometer for your bike, text message alerts, and, of course, the time of day out onto your wrist where you can see it whatever you're doing.
It has also given rise to a flurry of connected devices from pressure sensors like CycleAT, which alerts bike riders when their tires are low on air, to smart beverage cups like the Vessyl, which detects and tracks drinks consumed.
They are both purple and have baskets in the front, and little bells to alert other bike riders when we are approaching, which is typical here.
"If it goes on the move, the lock-down mode kicks in, turning on the theft defence tracking and alerting our bike hunters," says Karlijn Marchildon of Van Moof in Amsterdam, where bike theft is as common as it is in the UK.
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Users activate the device when parking, and receive an alert if the bike is moved.
Research is testing ways to put these systems on motor bikes and how best to alert riders to dangers on the road.
Similarly, in New York in March, a messenger recovered his stolen bike just hours after posting an alert on Twitter.
To alert the rider, the bike has a set of handlebar grips that provide haptic feedback if someone is getting too close to the bike.
