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[Closed] Gps tracking for bike security

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So what's the deal with gps on our bikes? Basically I want one, searched the net to little avail so thought I'd ask the experts

Want -
Decent battery life
Compatible with a mac/pc
Small and of decent quality

Any help guys would be much appreciated


 
Posted : 07/04/2012 10:39 pm
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so you want it to ring home?

guess that will need some sort of cellular circuitry too


 
Posted : 07/04/2012 10:43 pm
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And a mahoosive battery


 
Posted : 07/04/2012 10:44 pm
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Found http://www.integratedtrackers.com/GPSTrack/

@£83 big ones but would rather listen to honest feedback from customers than the sales patter of their websites.


 
Posted : 07/04/2012 10:47 pm
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These are okay at giving you a rough location of your bike (i.e within one or two streets if youre lucky, much less accurate in very built up areas). They can be very unreliable however. I use similar products in my work on a daily basis and if you want to properly pinpoint their location you're looking at upwards of £1k. Even then we've lost a few 😳


 
Posted : 07/04/2012 11:52 pm
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doesn't sound as good as insurance, you don't get a new bike out of it!!


 
Posted : 08/04/2012 12:23 am
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Someone on Stirling Bike Could've website is playing with GPS tracking of their bike...created a thread that I can't link to from my phone...will post a link later.


 
Posted : 08/04/2012 7:08 am
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Heres the link to the thread on Stirling Bike Club. Looks,,, intriguing.

[url= http://www.stirlingbikeclub.org.uk/index.php?option=com_smf&Itemid=33&topic=7963.0 ]Bike GPS[/url]


 
Posted : 08/04/2012 7:16 am
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Cheers G.


 
Posted : 08/04/2012 7:30 am
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Thanks guys. I have insurance but there's that much love poured into my bike that replacing it with something else isn't something I want to do. Some of the stuff took me some time to source

Yeah ideally I want something giving me a pinpoint gps signal and I'd they cost over a grand then no

I'll check that kinky (I mean linky, love predictive text)


 
Posted : 08/04/2012 1:03 pm
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Richard, if you want to email me (in profile) I can fill you in on some more detail


 
Posted : 08/04/2012 8:18 pm

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