Find my… bicycle?

Knog's Scout gives bikes a motion-sensitive alarm and bluetooth tracking.

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[Albino_Boo]

A friend of mine had air tag tracking and knew the location of her stolen bike and the police weren't interested in recovering her bike. There's not much point of tags if you can't get it back. The only real protection is an angle grinder proof lock or something like a Yerka bike with a split frame that cutting will break the bike
https://www.yerka.world/?srsltid=AfmBOorLs8r0qaTFpbEzwJiI-cpYIPc52w13BC4TPpEclEy-JrPajRKu

 

[Albino_Boo]

How does that work with say drop bars?

It's flexible

 

[Albino_Boo]

For ebikes shouldn't the airtag function just be in the control computer? If you remove the airtag it's no longer a functioning ebike and so worth as much as scrap metal. That would seem to be the logical endpoint of this IMHO.

I'm still waiting for one of these companies to partner with Fidlock. Seems like a missed opportunity here for Knog not to have done so. Until then, I've got a de-speakered airtag tucked into the steerer tube of my bike using a Fork Cork. Not sure how that'd work on a steel or aluminum frame bike, but no issues w/ signal on my carbon MTB.

Android is the most common phone OS. No one is going to limit themselves to selling to IPhone users. I'm certainly not going to spend the cash on an iPhone just to buy a lock or a bike.

 

[Albino_Boo]

If this device is only sold in the US then iOS is the more common phone operating system, not Android.

The biggest market for cycling is Europe.

 

[Albino_Boo]

Why does it need a subscription service? It's already kind of expensive. If I have to pay to keep it working, then screw that.

It communicates via the mobile phone network.