How we help bike shops
Become one of our 35 partners in fighting bike theft!
529 is a community initiative supported by Sundays Bicycle Insurance. Learn more.
529 Garage for Bike Shops
Cities that actively use 529 Garage have seen up to a 40% decline in bike theft.
Protect your customers' bikes
Our 529 Garage registration kits are a great add on item for all bike sales. With the 529 Garage, bike owners can have all the information to start an alert on the bike if it's ever needed, regardless of the time of the day.
The power of the shield
529 Shields deter thieves and help officers quickly identify and contact bike owners, much like a home security sticker.
Register your inventory and rental fleet
Don't just protect your customers' bikes... protect your shop bikes too. Having your inventory registered not only helps safeguard your shop's bikes, but may help you get a discount on your insurance.
Verify used bike purchases
Does your shop buy used bikes? Run them through our services to check for stolen bike alerts to make sure that they are legitimate.
Hubtiger Integration
Hubtiger allows bike shops to effortlessly check the status of every bike brought in for service or repair—helping detect stolen bikes and promoting free registration with the 529 Garage.
POS integration
Automatically register your customer's bikes on checkout or when they are in for maintenance! We support Lightspeed, Vend and Ascend POS to make registering a bike as easy as just a couple of clicks.
Simple setup
Our simple setup process allows you to get started in minutes, with no technical expertise required.
Analytics
Monitor registrations and team activity to measure progress and enhance community impact.
World-class support
Rely on daily assistance for bike recovery, service utilization, and community success in combating bike theft.
Proven Results
In the fall of 2015, Vancouver, BC embraced 529 Garage, and got the whole community engaged! The result? A 30% decrease in bike theft in the first 2 years of using the 529 Garage service with a continuing downward trend.
Bikes are being returned to their owners almost every day. Like the bike that was returned to Roberta from Vernon, BC.
Roberta and her 72 year old mom were camping 20 minutes outside of town when thieves broke into her car and ransacked it overnight, taking her insurance papers and garage door opener. With those, they found her home and broke into the garage, stealing two bikes worth about $16,000 each.
Roberta cut her camping trip short and returned home the next morning, only to find the bikes and other property missing. She started an alert on 529 Garage and filed a police report.
A few days later, she received a tip from the 529 Garage that her bikes were listed on Facebook Marketplace. Within a few hours of talking to our VPD contact, the thief was in custody, and one of her bikes and stolen belongings were returned!
Fewer bikes stolen. More bikes returned. That's the impact of the 529 Garage.
