Datatag

greg66_tri_v2.0
greg66_tri_v2.0 Posts: 7,172
edited May 2009 in Commuting chat
Ok - who's using one of these?

Who's even heard of these (not me until today)?
Swim. Bike. Run. Yeah. That's what I used to do.

Bike 1
Bike 2-A

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  • gtvlusso
    gtvlusso Posts: 5,112
    Only on motorbikes - I think all my motorbikes have been datatagged....very useful for marking individual components.

    You have to pay a fee to datatag in Brackley.
  • lost_in_thought
    lost_in_thought Posts: 10,563
    What is?

    Ahhhhhhh google is my friend. Well, I think it's a nice idea, but it depends on the police/someone with a scanner actually finding your bike to scan it, does it not? If someone's stolen a bike with a little holographic sticker saying 'I have a datatag' they're unlikely to let that happen, are they not?

    Now, if it was a little GPS tracker like cars have on CSI, I'd buy that...
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  • blu3cat
    blu3cat Posts: 1,016
    Now, if it was a little GPS tracker like cars have on CSI, I'd buy that...

    But what about the weight, batteries, electronics etc.? Do radio signals travel through CF?
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    Let's get a kebab and go to a disco."

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  • nasahapley
    nasahapley Posts: 717
    Got it on my motorbike - decent reduction in the insurance premium as a result so it must be some good as a deterrent. Not sure it would be as much use on a push bike though due to the fuzz generally not giving two hoots about them being nicked.
  • lost_in_thought
    lost_in_thought Posts: 10,563
    blu3cat wrote:
    Now, if it was a little GPS tracker like cars have on CSI, I'd buy that...

    But what about the weight, batteries, electronics etc.? Do radio signals travel through CF?

    Shussssssssh stop it. On CSI it's just a teeeeeny little flashy thing. Therefore that must be the absolute truth. What do you mean cars have batteries? :wink: :P
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  • blu3cat
    blu3cat Posts: 1,016
    Shussssssssh stop it. On CSI it's just a teeeeeny little flashy thing. Therefore that must be the absolute truth. What do you mean cars have batteries?

    Apparently cars do have batteries, although I don't really understand how they work.

    As for it being a little flashy thing on telly and therefore must be true, where can I get one of those teleporter thingies from Star Trek. It's on TV and must exist. :)
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    Let's get a kebab and go to a disco."

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  • itboffin
    itboffin Posts: 20,064
    I noticed yesterday in a London LBS that they were offering free datatags on new bikes, it looks like a little led which they glue deep inside your seat tube, sounds like a bloody good idea to me.

    Some friends of mine from a previous company I worked for mentioned that the company had stopped staff from taking their bikes into the office, previously everyone used the basement and on the first day one of the guys bikes was stolen, no insurance, v expensive carbon road bike.

    I will tagging all my city bikes 1st thing.
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  • rupertm1
    rupertm1 Posts: 14
    Ive shoved one of these down my seat tube..http://www.immobitag.com/uk/

    they do a version for people with frames without regular seat tubes.. weighs nothing.. no LED I'm afraid!

    The fuzz - British Transport Police have been giving them out for free at some train stations in the south east..


    http://www.btp.presscentre.com/Content/ ... wsAreaID=2

    May 11: Brighton railway station

    May 12: Brighton railway station

    May 18: Tonbridge railway station

    May 21: Sevenoaks railway station

    May 27: Fleet railway station

    May 28: Fleet railway station

    Ive also got the ugliest looking Purple Cannondale( It looked cool in the early 90's) in the hope it will put the thieves off!
  • always_tyred
    always_tyred Posts: 4,965
    Careful, the government will covertly install RF readers on lamp posts and track your movements.

    FACT.
  • gtvlusso
    gtvlusso Posts: 5,112
    It is just a set of microchips - kinda like the ones you have shoved in your dog - can be scanned and give a name and address off a DB!

    You glue a microchip in the frame, each wheel and any other components you value.

    Can be scanned by the Rozza's and they will contact you.

    The sticker is just a deterrent.....and funky.
  • blu3cat
    blu3cat Posts: 1,016
    You glue a microchip in the frame, each wheel and any other components you value

    does it work in aluminium components, as the scanning would have to go through what is essentially a Farady Cage?

    Or do I have an excuse to buy some nice carbon clinchers as a *ahem* security purchase?
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    Let's get a kebab and go to a disco."

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  • cjcp
    cjcp Posts: 13,345
    Greg66 wrote:
    Ok - who's using one of these?

    Who's even heard of these (not me until today)?

    I have one in my back.

    I'm actually Jason Bourne.
    FCN 2-4.

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    "It stays down, Daddy."
    "Exactly."
  • greg66_tri_v2.0
    greg66_tri_v2.0 Posts: 7,172
    cjcp wrote:
    Greg66 wrote:
    Ok - who's using one of these?

    Who's even heard of these (not me until today)?

    I have one in my back.

    I'm actually Jason Bourne.

    Hmm.

    Where was the insertion point? :twisted:
    Swim. Bike. Run. Yeah. That's what I used to do.

    Bike 1
    Bike 2-A
  • LazyBoycp
    LazyBoycp Posts: 320
    lost_in_thought wrote:
    What is?

    Ahhhhhhh google is my friend. Well, I think it's a nice idea, but it depends on the police/someone with a scanner actually finding your bike to scan it, does it not? If someone's stolen a bike with a little holographic sticker saying 'I have a datatag' they're unlikely to let that happen, are they not?
    Now, if it was a little GPS tracker like cars have on CSI, I'd buy that...

    You'd be surprised - thieves aren't necessarily the brightest people in the world. I had my first road bike nicked about 3 years ago, and it had a Datatag inside it. When the Police found about 30 bikes in a guy's shed, they noticed one had a Datatag sticker on it, and it was mine! Would surely have taken the thief 2 seconds to pull the sticker off, and then the Police would never have known it was mine...
  • fossyant
    fossyant Posts: 2,549
    My commuter/MTB has a tag - the Manchester Police give them away free every now and again.

    Will have to pop down with the fixed (once I get it) and they do the freebies again.
  • always_tyred
    always_tyred Posts: 4,965
    The EU has recently decreed that all sheep must have rfid tags.

    To be installed free at a pedestrian crossing near you. :wink:
  • spursn17
    spursn17 Posts: 284
    cjcp wrote:
    I have one in my back.

    I'm actually Jason Bourne.


    My dog has one in his back and he's actually Barney.

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