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That sounds very cool. I think in Germany if your bike is stolen you are simply out of look. Hope they'll take a page out of Holland's book soon.

[solarexplorer]

Not necessarily. I had my bike stolen in Germany and reported the serial # to the police. A few years later they called me to return me my bike. So they obviously have some sort of database. I don't know if it's just for the town or country wide...