How Does DataDotDNA Protect My Bike?

Bicycles are easy to steal. They are easy to load onto another vehicle and until now unregistered and hard to track down. Estimates from the 2004 International Crime Victimisation Survey reveal that around one in ten Australian bicycle owners are likely to have their bike stolen in the next five years. As a result, bicycle theft is costing the Australian community around $14 million each year.

However, you can protect your bicycle with . are tiny microdots so small, they are almost invisible to the naked eye, especially when applied to dark surfaces. Hundreds of microdots can be applied per bicycle, all of them laser-etched with a unique police traceable DNA ID code and registered to the owner’s State Driver’s Licence or Medicare or Passport Number on the BicycleDNA register. So they can be easily traced via existing police procedures.

can identify all your bike’s valuable component parts and accessories when applied in both covert and overt areas.

A simple, effective Do-It-Yourself procedure has been developed for individual bike owners to brush-on the . You can download this guide at the Service Centre. This process is easy and quick, and it doesn't deface the bicycle’s appearance.

The is almost impossible to remove cost effectively. Moreover the size of the makes it impossible for  thieves ever to be confident they have removed every single one. Therefore to a professional thief, a bike with the DNA system is far more dangerous than a bike without the DNA system. So what can a thief do? The only solution is to stop stealing bikes that are protected by , and that’s exactly what happens.

When you purchase a BicyleDNA kit, you will be provided with a warning sticker (pictured, above). Place the sticker in a highly visible location on the bicycle’s frame, so as to deter thief from targeting your bicycle for profit.