Connected Cycle debuts GPS-enabled bicycle pedal, tracks your bike whether you’re on it or not

Looks really cool.
But I don’t think it will prevent any theft. The thieves just have to wrap the pedal in something that will block the signal (like aluminum foil).

Neat idea for a around town bike. If these become common enough…the pros would know what they are and just take the pedals off but until then it would be great for strolling around town. If you’re rarely caring about speed and strolling at 10-12mph I don’t think the one sided pedal is a big problem.

As a roadie, I’d like something like this to be put into maybe a bottom bracket. I like the self charging idea and the bottom bracket thing would be something a lot of thieves would probably not think so much about. Of course, you could just have something with a battery that needs charged but I’m forgetful. I rarely have to lock my bike up and when I do, its normally in a grocery store garage with a camera on it. That doesn’t keep me from worrying about it though and if I had a GPS tracker, I’d be more willing to take more trips with a nice bike. I have a junky touring bike now so its not a big deal but for a while, I only had a high end TI road bike…tracking its location would be a nice option

What ever happened to just riding a bike for the fun of it? Now every pedal stroke has to be measured and tracked. I was on a ride where someone bailed because their mobile battery went dead which meant they couldn’t use Strava. To them the idea of riding without validation is pointless. I also see non-racers or Cat 4 racers using power meters. Why?? It’s one thing if you’re pro and riding a bike is your JOB. Then these tools make perfectly good sense but that’s .0001% of cyclists. Are people really so insecure that they need this level of micro-validation??

I’d seen pictures elsewhere – looked like you need an Allen key to install/remove the pedals, no flats for a pedal wrench. Like so many other things on a bike these days, an Allen key is all a thief needs… Torx will be popular, but then thieves start packing Torx too…

“I’d seen pictures elsewhere – looked like you need an Allen key to install/remove the pedals, no flats for a pedal wrench…”

Shimano’s current MTB pedals already have an 8 mm hex recess and no wrench flats so this is hardly anything novel

@Ryan

“Is there a kickstarter for the nipple app?”

Let’s start one. We’d be guaranteed a story on Bikerumor. If you look back, about 98% of the articles here are of products that, after you get excited about the headline then click past the break to find out where to get one, ends up being somebody’s Kickstarter pipedream.

“The Kickstarter just opened and they hope to ship said product by 2027, but they’ll take your money now.”

So, if they can do it, so can we!

@’Merika

If you are planning this; could you add a series of spoke mounted cameras to visually monitor each nipple as well?

@’Merika @Ryan Let me know when it launches guys, I have your first $100 ready to go. I don’t know how I can continue to ride my bike without this technology. My only request, please make it ANT++… that is a new standard btw. New standards are so hot right now.

Some answers on the questions raised here:

– about the screw : is definitely not a hex screw. Some prototypes had a temporary hex screw (Allen key), so that explains the pictures seen on the Internet, but the production version is with a coded screw

– about the upside-down flipping : we made something so the pedals do not flip

– about the Internet connection : it is a true autonomous cellular connexion, no need for a wifi network or whatever. By the way an aluminium foil doesn’t block a cellular signal.