The End of the Road
Stolen Bikes UK (and FindThatBike/CheckThatBike) were setup when I had my own bike stolen as a hobby primarily aimed at getting my own bike back. It morphed into this project that has I think achieved it's goals in hitting bike thieves where it hurts and helping spur in...
The Inseparability of Cycling & Parking
Cycling has unmistakably taken off in the UK, fuelled by many catalysts. In London it was cemented by Boris Johnson’s Cycling Vision 2020, which aimed to double the number of journeys made by bike each day, bringing huge health and lifestyle benefits, not just to cyclis...
International allies in the global fight against bike thieves
Alliance formed between Stolen Bicycles Australia and Stolen Bikes UK. Stolen Bicycles Australia Ltd is a not for profit organisation founded by a passionate bike rider and a former cop (Detective) from Australia. Brad the founder started Stolen Bicycles Australia late ...
40,000 stolen bikes and counting
As many of you will be aware we have been campaigning for the last two years to get stolen bike data from the police into public hands, so services like our own Check That Bike! can check against police lists. To the surprise of no one I got nowhere with a softly softly...
London Based? We need you!
As I’m sure you are aware bike theft is a huge problem for cyclists throughout the country and often named as the second biggest reasons cyclists give up (behind Road Safety). In fact with 25% of victims giving up and a further 66% cycling less, 20,000 cyclists would ha...
Insurance vs Real Life by the Statistics
So STW has recently published a snapshot of data from the insurer ProtectYourBubble, as some of the statistics present an entirely different picture to what official statistics actually say I thought it would be interesting to look at how insurance figures can actually ...
Comment Trolls
In Leicester we've been lucky enough for the last two years to have a mayor in power with the stomach to install some cycling infrastructure (even if that infrastructure is a bit of a wet fish), unfortunately this has lead to the usual rants from various drivers about h...
Check That Bike! Campaign FAQ
So as part of my campaign I’ve been campaigning for the release of stolen bike frame numbers through the use of open data principles. There are a few frequently asked questions so I thought I’d make a post to address them. [learn_more caption="Don't the police have acce...
Do the police take bike theft seriously?
What follows is just my opinion based on two years of working to tackle bike theft and helping victims get their bikes back. It is not meant to be seen as an attack on any force and is simply a summary based on what I've learnt. I want to say before I get started that t...