User guide
Anti-theft strategy: locks, GPS trackers, parking, registration, insurance
An e-scooter anti-theft strategy structured around four parallel layers: physical locks (Sold Secure scale — Bronze ≥1 min, Silver ≥3 min, Gold ≥5 min, Diamond ≥5 min including 1.5 min of angle-grinder resistance; ART 1–5 stars; concrete reference models — Kryptonite New York Fahgettaboudit 18 mm shackle Gold, Abus Granit X-Plus 540 13 mm Gold, Hiplok D1000 with graphene Ferosafe composite Diamond+ART4 surviving 20× the grinder time of a standard D-lock); correct locking geometry (the Sheldon Brown method — single U-lock through rear triangle + rear rim + immovable anchor, leaving no internal volume for a bottle jack); GPS trackers (Apple AirTag with U2 UWB chip and Find My network; Knog Scout 85 dB motion alarm + Apple/Google Find My, IP66, 2–6 months battery; Invoxia GPS Pro on 4G LTE-M, 3-month battery, ~$40/year subscription after the included year; Tile Pro 400 ft Bluetooth and ~40 M-device crowd network; Samsung SmartTag 2 — UWB only on Galaxy); police-grade registration (BikeRegister UK — free, used by every UK police force; Bike Index US — 1.4 M+ bikes catalogued and ~16 000 recovered); insurance (Velosurance underwritten by Markel covers e-bikes up to 750 W against theft only when locked to an immovable object); and a step-by-step protocol for the first 48 hours after theft. Sources: soldsecure.com, Met Police FOI disclosures, Kryptonite, Abus, Hiplok, Knog, Apple, Invoxia, Sheldon Brown, BikeRegister, Bike Index, Velosurance/Markel.