Cycling Tips

Five smart takes on bicycle security

It is a known fact that bicycle theft is a huge problem. According to the Cyclists' Touring Club, 381,000 bikes were stolen from April 2014-March 2015 in England and Wales. However, bicycle locks have mostly stayed the same. Until now. In recent years, several start-ups...

10 seconds to make your bike traceable

Patrick Colquhoun wrote in 1796 in A Treatise on the Police of the Metropolis “deprive a thief of a safe and ready market for his goods, and he is undone”, this quote seems like a fairly simple idea but for some reason the trade in stolen goods including bikes seems jus...

Securing Your Bike

If you've just got a new bike it's really important that you take some of the below tips to heart with most new bikes being stolen within 2 years and a vast majority of those never being recovered there is a very real chance that if you don't take action your bike will ...

Registering Your Bike

With most new bike sold being stolen within 24 months, it's really important to take down a few essential details of your bike that will drastically improve the odds of your bike being returned should the worst happen. The minimum of details you should take are Make and...

Nominate us for a BikeBiz Award

I’ve been operating Stolen-Bikes.co.uk (and its sister site findthatbike.co.uk) for just over a year and in that time I’ve seen many bikes returned to their rightful owners (and hopefully many more to come, if yours is recovered please let me know the story as I’m alway...

SpyBike GPS Tracker

When I first started this website I spotted a GPS tracker from Integrated Trackers that simple fits in your head tube and tracks your bikes position when it’s activated. What follows is a short review of the first generation SpyBike and how it works… First Impressions W...

How to avoid buying a stolen bike

Unfortunately in the UK bike theft is at epidemic levels, a bike is stolen every 67 seconds, as a consequence to this it is important that you know how to avoid buying a stolen bike. Below are just some general rules and steps to take Look at the bike and the price, loo...

Some Statistics For You

We've gone over the latest Home Office statistics and found some pretty interesting things that smash some common thoughts about bike theft. Here's a run down, but for the full infographic click here. I Lock my bike with a secure lock when I'm out, so I'm safe Nope, 69%...

Recovering Your Stolen Bike

So if your reading this chances are you’re looking for a way to recover your stolen bike, unfortunately there is no sure fire way but you can drastically help you chances by following these 3 key steps. Quick Links... Stolen Bikes – Stolen Bike Register Find That Bike –...

London’s Brick Lane A Stolen Bike Hub

So whilst I've been looking for my own bike I kept coming across mentions on Brick Lane Market for bikes that were stolen in London. Surely the problem can't be that bad I thought... After getting a report of my bike being for sale in London, I finally had the opportuni...

11 Brompton bicycles recovered in London

Officers from Harrow's Safer Transport Team executed a warrant on Tuesday 16 October at an address in Stanmore and recovered 11 Brompton bicycles believed to be stolen. Two men aged 25 and 24 were arrested on suspicion of handling stolen goods and have been bailed to re...