Hiding GPS On A Bicycle Frame

Sure, with a suitable boobytrap that detonates and destroys the frame. Possibly dangerous, though. Frames survive brazing oven temperatures, no feasible GPS would.

The idea was to at least get the frame back.

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What about something that would take a few hours to disable? Most bike the fts take place when the rider is only indoors for a couple hours or less.

Assume the thief doesn't have a high tech shop on his truck. He's just a m eth head with everyday knowledge of the system.

The GPS and a rechargeable battery could be sealed inside of the down tube with the recharging socket exiting a braze-on. Maybe diodes could protect the battery from being shorted out but the antenna must still be outside of metal tubing. Fake decoy antennas would not help because the assumption h ere is the thief has knowledge of this and could pry them all off.

The antenna could double as a switch in the alarm system. The alarm and ph one alert go on if the bike is moved 10 meters w/o the key and it also goes off if the antenna is disturbed. A nearby sensor detects additional metal , i.e., a foil blanket, nearby which also sets off the alarm.

GPS doesn't always work well is where it is needed most, inner cities with high rise buildings, but this is easy to check with Geofix, GPS Status and other apps. A lot of the convenience of a bicycle is lost wasting time to lock it up. The phone alert service could be cost effective for many commu ters even if their time is only worth minimum wage.

The cyclist could use warning stickers or, for vigilante types, just let th e thief find out later he screwed up. If the police don't do property crim es Tucson cyclists could call an Uber.

Moreover, it's hard to get the weight of an effective lock down below a few pounds thereby defeating the point of expensive light weight bikes.

GPS is already cheaper than a good lock. Bicycles are the most common cons umer item theft. There should be a big market for this. It should be stan dard on even Walmart bikes.

Bret Cahill

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