Bike Tip -- Would this work?

I got a list of helpful hints in email, including the following:

Bikes:

If you purchase a new bike for your child, place their picture inside

the handle bar before placing the grips on. If the bike is stolen and

later recovered, remove the grip and there is your proof who owns the

bike.

What do you think?

that's a great idea, but as you said, it works only if you recover it.
why not do it?
why not name and phone number, or address, etc?

In this paranoid age of child predators and identity thefts, wouldn't it be better to keep a picture of your child on the bike, and a record of the s/n? I'd be worried that a bike thief would be interested in my information and identity after finding it accidentally, or because they've heard this tip. Maybe I'm paranoid, but I'd rather the "authorities" or my insurance company know the details and be able to prove it in that manner....

Just my 2 cents worth.

Hugs and butterflies,
~T~

what about registering the bike (model, make, year, color, size, and serial number) with the National Bike Registry? $10 and it's good for 10 years. Perps get no info about you or your child, and authorities contact you directly when they recover the bike.

Your certificate of registration is proof of ownership.

http://www.nationalbikeregistry.com/

I would plant a gps device on the bike......oh, and the kid too.

I'm glad there were no gps devices to plant on me when I was a teenager.

Whoa.

I have my business card inside my handlebars, and I made my boyfriend write 'I love you' on a card inside my stem. Corny, but proof that it's my bike. And proof that he loves me!

When police stations pick up stolen bikes, do they know to look inside handlebars for business cards and addresses and stuff, or do they just check the serial number for an owner and then toss the bike into the police auction?

I've never been to a police bike auction, but I had some friends in college who went and said there were TONS of bikes there. We could register our bike serial numbers with both the campus police and the national registry. I stored my bike in my dorm room or in my house and managed to keep it thru my whole undergrad stint.