| Comment | The bike marking scheme has been around for a few years but it's completely useless. Your bike is marked with a serial number in invisible ink and that serial number is put on a database along with your details. The serial number will only be checked if a) the police retrieve the bike or b) if the bike is taken to a shop to be repaired. If the details associated with the serial number don't match the details of the current "owner" then the police can seize the bike.
It's useful to prove your ownership of the bike if the thief tries to claim it's theirs (removes the need for providing pictures, receipts etc). The problem is that the vast, vast majority of stolen bikes will never be found so the serial number will never be checked |
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