The French, since the health crisis linked to the coronavirus, travel less by public transport, often in favor of the bicycle.
A trend that has led to repeated thefts of two wheels.
Fortunately, new methods and technologies make it possible to increase the safety of the bikes when the user is parking.
Since the pandemic, the number of cyclists has exploded.
Unfortunately, the number of bicycle thefts also.
And there is a lot of innovation in the industry to prevent this from happening.
We are trying, for example, to review the infrastructure.
When you want to go to work by bike, you must already be able to park it somewhere, attach it to something.
It is not always obvious.
Sometimes we can't find anything.
Which can discourage cyclists.
A startup had an idea: to transform the thousands of anti-parking posts littering the sidewalks into ultra-secure padlocks for bikes.
It is a service to which you must subscribe.
But then, you no longer need to have your own lock.
Everything is available directly on the post.
And as in Paris, for example, there are more than 300,000 of them, we are sure to find them everywhere we go.
The objective is to operate in the form of a concession in partnership with the city, such as self-service bicycles.
A full-scale test is currently being carried out in Rouen.
It's called Sharelock and it's a pretty interesting track to develop city cycling.
And there is also innovation in the locks.
The chain or the famous "U" have a flaw: they are big, heavy and you never know where to put them.
Now, there is an anti-theft device that remains attached to the frame of the bike.
It is installed on the bottle cage and will unfold, on each side, to surround the frame, the wheel and the barrier.
Suddenly, you have nothing to carry with you.
It's very smart and it's called Lobster Lock.