When you’re in college, there is nothing more time-efficient, cost-effective, and just plain fun than to ride your bike as your main form of transportation, to and from classes. So imagine how it must feel (or how it felt) to rise one day, only to find your favorite mode of transportation gone. What do you do? What network is in place… Read more →
A few weeks ago, we were chatting with our friends over at Ride with GPS, our favorite website for planning and tracking our rides, about what we could do to help drive awareness of the problem of bike theft and the importance of registering your bike. We decided that what better way to help spread the word than to motivate… Read more →
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Portland Bike Shops Offer Free Bike Registration on 5/29 in Partnership with Local Startup Project 529 On May 29th, participating bike shops throughout the Portland metropolitan area will be offering free bike registration, in partnership with Project 529—a local start-up that is targeting bike theft by merging a high tech mobile app with community activation. PORTLAND, OR, MAY 23,… Read more →
The first step in protecting yourself in the event of bike theft is registering your serial number, along with other identifying details. The problem for many people is they don’t know where to find the serial number on their bike. We’ve put together a handy reference to help you locate the most likely placement of your serial number, regardless of… Read more →
The 529 team kicked off the 2014 event tour season with one doozy of a festival. We brought our bike theft-prevention brigade down to the world renowned Sea Otter Classic. With around 75,000 cycling enthusiasts in attendance, we talked to a lot of folks, registered a lot of bikes, and hooked up seven awesome participants with some slick new bike… Read more →
