These smart GPS bikes will help you to track your pace

Track your pace with a brainy bike

Cyclists love numbers. While it is a fine thing to feel the wind in your spokes, sometimes you also want hard numbers that tell you exactly how well your bike is performing. You want metrics about speed per mile; you want to know that you were faster than last week, and you want to know the exact co-ordinates of where a thief has hustled your steed.

There are a number of slick options. Pure Cycles has just launched a Kickstarter for an e-bike that incorporates its own GPS tracker that will monitor your bike and notify you if it is stolen (pictured). It also has a fitness tracker, so you don’t have to wear one.

Spybike has a selection of trackers that can be fitted as lights or onto your seat post, while Sherlock is a tiny device that can be fitted inside the handlebars and will alert you if your bike is moved. It cannot be removed without a bespoke tool, so thieves won’t be able to get rid of it.

The VanMoof SmartBike is probably cleverer than you are. The bike incorporates several trackers that pair with an app, including theft tech, a mile tracker, lights you can control with the app, and a lock attached to the frame which can only be unlocked with your touch.

The team is so confident in the anti-theft mechanism that if yours does get stolen, they will help to find it or, failing that, dispatch a new one.

The wheels and the seatpost are protected, so thieves can’t rinse the bike for parts either. Rather than getting “rustier and squeakier” with age, VanMoofs learn about the rider and adapt. These are bikes with brains.

Follow Phoebe Luckhurst on Twitter: @phoebeluckhurst

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