so cool. and given the light railway only serves a limited number of destinations, you might imagine that cycling might imagine that cycling might be the next best way to get around. but the bike sharing trend that has been massive all over the world in cities like paris and rio hasn t really caught on africa s your cities. in the entire of kenya there is only one that has been opened, maybe i should say, was opened. nairobi s soul scheme is here in a university campus. it began a few years ago as an experiment to see if bike sharing could work in africa, but it has all been locked away since the pandemic began. so it seems like it has been a while since these bikes have seen the light of day. it since these bikes have seen the light of day- light of day. it is almost a ear light of day. it is almost a year now light of day. it is almost a year now because - light of day. it is almost a year now because after i light of day. it is almost a i year now because after covid everything w
with shops struggling to keep up with the sheer scale of demand. but at the same time, there has been a steady flow of bike crime. last year, there were more than 80,000 incidents of bike theft and many, many thousands more going unreported. like many people living in a big city, i often leave my poor bike left locked up leave my poor bike left locked up outside, fending for itself. and unfortunately, over the last 12 months, it s received a lot of unwanted attention. it all looks normal except, oh, where are my handlebars? the brake cable is snipped. so my personal worries got me thinking what is the tech out there to help keep my bike safe? first up, the motion sensor alarm system. this is a fairly simple device. you attach it to your subtle post
and, like the kinoee, the more you mess with it, the louder the warning gets until, eventually, this goes into a theft mode, and that is where things get really interesting because they provide a peace of mind service. peace of mind service is if your bike should get stolen and we cannot find it in two weeks of getting stolen, you will get a new bicycle provided by vanmoof. after trying out all of this tech, i wanted to find out what the professionals think. i love technology, and anything that i think will help us stop crime is music to my ears. a lot of companies come to us saying, oh, we ve got this latest product, so we run a bit of an innovation panel
guess. absolutely no joy. needle in the haystack, i guess. absolutely nojoy. 0k. sometimes when bike get stolen they get squirrelled away in they get squirrelled away in the alleyways. we have scoured the alleyways. we have scoured the area and there are too many houses about for us to narrow it down specifically enough to find the bike. but did not go exactly to plan. for a bike which costs just exactly to plan. for a bike which costsjust under exactly to plan. for a bike which costs just under £2000, but is a little disappointing. but there has been a development. the latest of vanmoof are now compatible with find my app. with apple s networks of millions and millions of devices the location tracking could get a whole lot more accurate. after trying out all of this text, i wanted to find out what the professionals think. i wanted to find out what the professionals think.- professionals think. i love technology professionals think. i love technology and professionals think. i lov
the louder the warning gets until, eventually, this goes into a theft mode, and that s where things get really interesting because they provide a peace of mind service. peace of mind service is, if your bike should get stolen and we can t find it in two weeks of getting stolen, you will get a new bicycle provided by vanmoof. after trying out all this tech, i wanted to find out what the professionals think. i love technology, and anything that i think will help us stop crime is music to my ears. a lot of companies come to us saying, oh, we ve got this latest product, so we run a bit of an innovation panel so what we will do is look at it, we will provide a bit of advice as to whether it s a viable product and i invest in some of this stuff myself but you know what? the best crime prevention is i don t lock my bike up, i take it home with me every day. each of these devices have their pros and their cons, and there are plenty more clever pieces of kit out there. sadly, you can neve