Is the DataTag security kit any good?

gabriel959

With my new "expensive" bike coming soon I was wondering if it would be worth having one of these? Anyone with one? Any success stories? Any comments or other possible options?

Thanks

LazyBoycp

I had both my bikes nicked 3 years ago. The road bike (which I'd had for about 6 weeks! ) had a DataTag stuck down the seat tube, but I assumed it was gone for good and got new bikes on my insurance.

Much to my surprise | got a call from the Police about a year and a half ago saying they'd found my road bike. They said they'd never have been able to trace the owner if I hadn't had the DataTag (mine was the only one they found the owner of out of about 30 they found at the time), so I would definitely recommend it, given it's only about £20 (or was) and is only the size of a grain of rice. Mind you, I haven't done my new one yet.

(For anyone who is wondering, yes, I returned the recovered bike to the insurance company!)

Moaner

Not had my bike nicked, but the warning sticker is so unsightly I've been close to removing it a few times.
Obviously it needs to be seen so it can act as a deterrent, but it does bother me a bit.

gabriel959

Thanks - I don't really care about being visible to be honest!

Sounds like it is well worth it!

LazyBoycp

Moaner wrote:

Not had my bike nicked, but the warning sticker is so unsightly I've been close to removing it a few times.
Obviously it needs to be seen so it can act as a deterrent, but it does bother me a bit.

It doesn't look great, but the Police said it was the only reason they scanned it for the DataTag - they'd never actually heard of it before, apparently!

Moaner

Amazing - if I pinched a bike with a datatag label the first thing I'd to is take it off rather than ride round with it on for 18 months.

I really bought the datatag for the deterrent value of the label. If it got pinched I'd probably rather have the insurance money than get the bike back.