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CYCLE SECURITY ADVICE
Cycle owners should be urged
to only use a good quality
D-lock. A poor quality lock at
the lower end of the market
can be easily sawn through
or bolt cropped in seconds.
And they should be advised
always to:
lock their bicycle to
something immovable, an
object a bicycle cannot be lifted
over and cannot be broke,
cut or removed i.e. chain link
fencing, grilles, gates or trees
- check the object is fastened
to the ground. For maximum
‘A poor quality lock at
the lower end of the
market can be easily
sawn through or bolt
cropped in seconds’
protection, they should use
two locks of different types (a
D-lock and robust chain and
padlock is ideal), using each
lock to catch the wheels, frame
and stand.
AT HOME
As many as half of all bicycles
are stolen from the owner’s
home – so owners should
be advised to lock their bike
at home even when it is in a
garage, flat or halls of residence.
You could also advise them to
invest in a ground anchor to be
attached securely to a wall or
concrete floor.
REGISTRATION & POLICE
IDENTIFICATION
Cycles should be registered
on Immobilise but before
doing this, owners need to take
a photograph and along with
this record the frame number
and any key details such as
make and model. They should
also frame with your postcode
in two separate locations if
possible, one of which should
be hidden. Collectively this
information stored on the
Immobilise account will be
crucial in recovering a lost or
stolen bicycle. It is important
to consider that the frame or
other identifiable codes could
be removed by a thief and
Radio Frequency Identification
(RFID) Tagging of the bicycle
is highly recommended as its
virtually impossible to remove
from the bicycle’s frame.
Electronic Bike tagging allows
bikes with uninterrupted
seat tubes to be traced back
to owner using the unique
ID contained within the
electronic tag. The ImmobiTag
is embedded into the
bike frame and is almost
impossible to remove. The
unique ImmobiTag ID is then
registered on Immobilise
together with any frame
numbers and warning tag serial
numbers to be found on your
bicycle.
All tags contain a unique
serial number that can read
via special scanners that the
majority of police forces are
equipped with to display the
owner’s information via the
National Mobile Property
Register, which provides
the police with access to the
Immobilise system. Used by
all UK police forces to trace the
ownership of stolen property,
the Immobilise system is a
great deterrent to thieves.
ImmobiTags are not, however,
GPS tracking devices.
EMPLOYERS CAN’T IGNORE PEDAL POWER
Workplace equipment supplier Slingsby is predicting that large numbers of
employers should be making provisions for a surge in cyclists arriving at work
every day after the Tour de France’s Grand Départ’s huge success in the UK.
Cycling has soared in popularity in recent
years and approximately 500,000 people
have taken advantage of the Government’s
‘Cycle to Work’ scheme, which enables
employees to save money on bikes and
related safety accessories by making them
completely tax-deductible.
As a result, workplaces across all industries
already have to accommodate increasing
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numbers of bikes and the Tour de France is
encouraging many more people to take up
cycling.
Slingsby Marketing Director, Lee Wright
says: “Cycling is a fast growing sport and
Britain’s successes in the Olympics and Tour
De France have both had a big impact on
the number of bikes on our roads.
“In many areas, and especially in towns
and cities, a parking space is a major staff
perk but nowadays a secure place to store a
bike can be just as much of a priority.
“Cycling is made even more appealing by
rising fuel prices, a significant investment
nationally in new cycle networks and the
fact it offers lots of health benefits, also good
news for employers because it means their
people are likely to be more productive.”
Lee adds: “The ‘Cycle to Work’ initiative
is also continuing to have a positive impact
on the numbers of people cycling to work.
Since the scheme launched in 1999 we have
seen orders for cycle storage equipment
continually growing year on year and
we have expanded our product range
substantially to meet this demand with
products now ranging from individual wallmounted racks for individual bikes through
to secure compounds that can store large
numbers of bikes.”
With the ‘Cycle to Work’ initiative,
employees effectively hire a bike from their
employer by paying monthly instalments
that are taken from their salary before tax.
The hire agreement usually lasts for between
12 and 18 months and then the employee
buys the bike for a percentage of its original
cost price.
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