Ce vélo est-il volé ?
Vérifiez :
Fédération Française des Usagers de la Bicyclette
12 rue des Bouchers
67000 Strasbourg
Tél. : 03 88 75 71 90
Fax. : 03 88 36 84 65
Site : www.fubicy.org
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résumé en anglais
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BICYCODE : a simple and
efficient bike coding system
We do not provide a complete translation of our web
site, but this summary gives you an overview. Our coding
system is inspired from the Danish standard. It is easier
to handle than the bike coding systems operated in Germany
and Belgium, and could be extended
at european level.
WHY a bike coding system
In France, every year 400'000 bikes are stolen. Theft
is estimated to be responsible for the "loss"
of 80'000 cyclists per year. Approximately 1 / 3
of stolen bikes are eventually found, but nobody knows
how to give them back to the owner. Except
for coded bikes ! Up to 40% of stolen bikes
are recovered by the cyclists in Denmark.
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Source : IFRESI - CNRS &
Altermodal, 1999 - 2003 |
Applicable to steel and aluminium frames. Carbon or
titanium frames should be engraved only before thermal
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HOW Bicycode works
- each bike is coded with a unique number,
independent of the cyclist personal data, and it has
its own password.
- like in Denmark, Germany and
Belgium, the bike number is engraved
on the bike frame, since this method has been proven
to be efficient, and unfortunately necessary. The
cyclist receives his/her Bike Passport.
- the cyclist has to report on this server
whenever the bike changes of status: stolen,
recovered, or
destroyed.
The cyclist must also report to the Police.
For safety reasons, and according to privacy laws,
our server will not display personal data, but the
address & telephone of the Police department who
recorded the facts and personal data. Only the Police,
the FUBicy office, and in some cases the cyclists'
insurance, can read the
complete data.
AND THEN
- if someone finds a bike,
either abandonned or for sale, he/she may check the
bike status immediately, either by internet or by
phone (see upper left area of this page). This will
make it harder to sell stolen bikes.
- if a cyclist sells or gives his/her bike, he/she
just has to give the Bike Passport to the new owner.
- if a cyclist looses his/her Bike Passport, he/she
may retrieve
the password by mail at the address
registered when the bike was coded (optional).
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RESULTS :
Bicycode was initiated by the FUBicy,
french federation of urban cyclists, in june 2004, with
the support of Fondation
Transdev, DSCR - Minister of Transports, and
7 cities. In july 2007, the service is available by
77 partners in 60 urban agglomerations. Our partners
are associations, municipalities, velostations and bike
retailers. They have to buy or rent the engraving machine,
and they order bike numbers + passports to FUBicy.
The number of stolen bikes is still too
small to draw definitive conclusions, and the statistics
vary from town to town. Overall, between june 2004 and
june 2007, approximately 2% of 25'000 engraved bikes
have been stolen and 9% of the cyclists got them back.
This percentage is increasing, up to 18%, in cities
like Strasbourg, where local Police officers have been
well informed, and check for bike numbers when they
enter the storage facility for stolen bikes.
... More : see Actualités
( page in french )
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Bicycode at Velo-City 2007 in Munich : abstract,
4 pages >>
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PDF 328ko |
Bicycode
at Velo-City 2007 in Munich : presentation, 28 slides >>
Copyright FUBicy.
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GOOD to recover your bike, even BETTER to keep it with
you !
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- Buy a good lock !
REVV,
a FUBicy local group settled in Valence, is responsible
for our locks break tests. You may download our
results (PDF 480ko) from march 2004 to april
2006. For more information and updates, subscribe
to our magazine Vélocité.
- Anchor your bike frame to a fixed device:
bike park, barrier,...
- Always lock your bike, even for a short time.
Other tests available online :
Netherlands : ART
> Sloten > Lijst.
Great Britain : Sold
Secure > Security products > Leisure.
Sweden : SBSC
> Products > Vehicle security > Locks.
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