Biketrax

[Mikerb]

Anyone using this?

Looking at GPS trackers for bikes there are essentially 2 options. The first is a unit usually about the size of a box of Swan matches that contains a rechargeable battery, a SIM and GPS chip. Regrdless whether they are marketed for remote workers, cats, dogs, dementia sufferers etc, they all do mostly the same thing via an App on your phone and battery life varies between 7 days and a month. Some are more waterproof than others but all that I have reviewed are too big to hide anywhere on an Emtb they would not be found fairly quickly.
The second is the same make up of device except it is hard wired. Typically marketed for cars or motorbikes. With the engine running the unit is powered by the vehicle electrical system. Usually the unit is supplied together with a battery unit which acts as a standby keeping the GPS device powered when the motor is not running.

I did find the Biketrax ( see attached url) which is designed specifically for Ebikes with versions for each of the popular motors. It is installed inside the motor covers (DIY possible) and wired to the bikes CAN. Purchase price includes a year subscription for the App tracking interface, thereafter the subscription is c £40 a year. It is available on the website but also on Amazon.

Feedback seems a little mixed!! I think it is probably a start up which might explain some of the apparent problems experienced by some.

Seems a shame the brands do not include something like this on bikes as standard.......covered by their warranty!!

BikeTrax GPS tracker ▷ E-Bike tracking bike security (powunity.com)

 

[NULevo]

Not seen that, but I believe Santa is bringing me one of these, might be worth a look:

AlterLock | Anti-Theft Alarm & GPS Tracking Device

AlterLock is an anti-theft service for sports bicycles with vibration detection alarm + GPS/Wi-Fi tracking + IoT communication.

alterlock.net

 

[Mikerb]

Not seen that, but I believe Santa is bringing me one of these, might be worth a look:

AlterLock | Anti-Theft Alarm & GPS Tracking Device

AlterLock is an anti-theft service for sports bicycles with vibration detection alarm + GPS/Wi-Fi tracking + IoT communication.

alterlock.net

I already have a tracker but for me the issue is just how quickly a bike thief would find and discard the tracker. Most of the trackers are a size that is difficult to hide on a bike and if you do make it pretty inaccessible.......possible on some bikes...but the battery only lasts a week, it would be a constant pain having to retrieve it!!
So for me having it powered by the bikes battery and being somewhere a bike thief would need tools to be a ble to find it sounds like a better solution.
I think the one you are expecting is good as a tamper alarm but its weak point would be that the alarm would likely then tell the thief where the noise was coming from??!!

 

[NULevo]

I already have a tracker but for me the issue is just how quickly a bike thief would find and discard the tracker. Most of the trackers are a size that is difficult to hide on a bike and if you do make it pretty inaccessible.......possible on some bikes...but the battery only lasts a week, it would be a constant pain having to retrieve it!!
So for me having it powered by the bikes battery and being somewhere a bike thief would need tools to be a ble to find it sounds like a better solution.
I think the one you are expecting is good as a tamper alarm but its weak point would be that the alarm would likely then tell the thief where the noise was coming from??!!

I see your point, I’ve got a Tile and Airtag in the bike also, so the Alterlock will be an additional line of defence.

Hopefully the alarm would put someone off once they started to tamper with the bike, but if they did get away and the alarm has stopped, they might just leave the unit on. If they get rid of the unit, there’s the AirTag and Tile in the bike.

I read also that the alarms can be turned off and you still get notifications of movement.

It will be interesting to see how it actually works in practice.

 

[Gazzaaitken]

Anyone using this?

Looking at GPS trackers for bikes there are essentially 2 options. The first is a unit usually about the size of a box of Swan matches that contains a rechargeable battery, a SIM and GPS chip. Regrdless whether they are marketed for remote workers, cats, dogs, dementia sufferers etc, they all do mostly the same thing via an App on your phone and battery life varies between 7 days and a month. Some are more waterproof than others but all that I have reviewed are too big to hide anywhere on an Emtb they would not be found fairly quickly.
The second is the same make up of device except it is hard wired. Typically marketed for cars or motorbikes. With the engine running the unit is powered by the vehicle electrical system. Usually the unit is supplied together with a battery unit which acts as a standby keeping the GPS device powered when the motor is not running.

I did find the Biketrax ( see attached url) which is designed specifically for Ebikes with versions for each of the popular motors. It is installed inside the motor covers (DIY possible) and wired to the bikes CAN. Purchase price includes a year subscription for the App tracking interface, thereafter the subscription is c £40 a year. It is available on the website but also on Amazon.

Feedback seems a little mixed!! I think it is probably a start up which might explain some of the apparent problems experienced by some.

Seems a shame the brands do not include something like this on bikes as standard.......covered by their warranty!!

BikeTrax GPS tracker ▷ E-Bike tracking bike security (powunity.com)

Hi I know someone with this, works good no issues, you can add a back up battery as well, the battery charges again when the bike is getting used. We had his bike in a van and he was tracking us in his car, works great.