Lobster Lock: the anti-theft device integrated into the bicycle frame

Since the pandemic, the number of cyclists has exploded.

Unfortunately, the number of bicycle thefts also.

We are looking for solutions and there is a lot of innovation in the sector.

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 bicycle printers.

A startup had an idea: to transform the thousands of anti-parking posts littering the sidewalks into ultra-secure padlocks for bicycles.

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 over 300,000 of them, we are sure to find them wherever we go.

That means we have to equip all the posts in the city.

Who will do it?

The objective is to operate in the form of a concession in partnership with the city, such as self-service bicycles.

A life-size test is currently being carried out in Rouen in Normandy.

It's called Sharelock and it's a pretty interesting track to develop city cycling.

There is also innovation in anti-theft devices.

Yes, the chain or the famous "U".

They have one 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 clever, it's called Lobster Lock.

We hope that mandatory marking and this type of initiative will further deter thieves.