here’s how to park your bike at a private home and avoid theft
TWO WHEELS – Broken chain, wheel removed, cut lockā¦ Bicycle thieves are not short of techniques. To fight against the phenomenon, the Velhome platform offers to park your bike with a private individual.
3,400 bike thefts have been declared in Toulouse in 2020. Indeed, in its Observatory of cycling practice published last September, theToulouse Urban Planning Agency reveals a slight increase in the number of thefts. The phenomenon is also particularly current in the hypercenter of the pink city. To overcome this local and national problem, two students were created Velhome.
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“Help each other and fight together against theft”
The platform has been offering a new service to cyclists since the end of 2020: power park your bike with a private individual.
Faced with the lack of solutions against theft, it is important to count on a caring community to help each other and fight together against theft and damage to bicycles”, says Octave Kleynjans, co-founder of Velhome. Users can therefore join for free the community.
The objective: to perpetuate the use of the bicycle
“The initiative thus intends to participate in the development of the bicycle and the sustainability of its use. Remember that more than 1,000 bicycles are stolen every day in Francewhich explains why 92% of cyclists today fear the theft of their bike”, specifies a press release from the platform.
Near 400 guests would in any case already be registered on Velhome. For now, there is only one website but an application should be born during the 1uh quarter 2022.
*Information and registration on https://www.velhome.co/