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by secfirstmd 1984 days ago
FYI an alternative is you can get tiny GPS trackers about the size of the top of your thumb for about the same price as the various Bluetooth LE options (about 20 Euros on Alibaba. Stick a SIM in them and put it on the bike, underneath the seat hidden etc and they are pretty decent, can last up to two weeks without recharging. Plus they are more likely to work and much much easier to track down your bike as you can use various apps to track in real time.
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What do I type into google to buy this? A bit of searching has not turned up anything similar to what you describe :( Lots of ads for Tile and similar (aka not GPS trackers).
There's loads out there. For example on Aliexpress

https://www.aliexpress.com/item/1005001742170443.html?spm=a2...

I wrote about bike GPS trackers here: https://ampedcycling.com/do-electric-bikes-have-gps-trackers...

The Guardian bike tracker is one potential option. I would caution against a generic bluetooth tracker, I am not sure if you can integrate it with a SIM card easily.