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Re:A deep dive on a Facebook reseller of bikes stolen in Col... by grogenaut on Saturday December 18, 2021 @09:18PM (#29610766)
you can inset a label into the resin, or a metal plate with an engraving on it. Or engrave any of the other embedded metal parts already in the frame for connection with the outside world.
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Re:A deep dive on a Facebook reseller of bikes stolen in Col... by kbos87 on Saturday December 18, 2021 @10:26PM (#29611049)
Yes, this is a solvable problem. My hunch is that there’s no incentive for bike manufacturers to deal with this. If there were permanent serial numbers that could be attributed to the owner, they’d have to respond to thousands of requests for verification.
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Re:A deep dive on a Facebook reseller of bikes stolen in Col... by skhr0680 on Monday December 20, 2021 @08:34AM (#29624742)
The registration is with the police. The bike manufacturer just has to stamp a serial number on the frame
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