Let's end bike theft
I was twelve years old the first time my bike was stolen. It was a blue Schwinn Caliente 10-speed that I rode to summer camp every day. I loved it. I still remember feeling shocked and scared when I realized that someone had deliberately stolen it from me, that I hadn't been able to stop them, and I wasn't sure how I was going to replace it.
- Michael, founder of Tempo
Less theft = more riding
Fear of theft is the #1 reason (after price) that people thinking of buying an ebike haven't yet bought one, according to research from People for Bikes
People who own a bike ride it less often than they would like to, out of fear of theft, based on Tempo's own research of bike owners
People whose bikes have been stolen are less likely to buy another bike, or ride their replacement bike as often as they rode their stolen bike
Bikes are a solution to so many of the problems we face every day, from simple things like getting to work without getting stuck to traffic, to big things like climate change.
As long as bikes remain small, light-weight, and valuable (those very qualities we love in our bikes) they will be targets of thieves.
We started Tempo to make bike theft too small of a problem to worry about, so you can ride as much as you want.
Brought to you by
Michael Keating
Michael is Tempo's CEO. Michael had a bike stolen from him for the first time when he was 12 years old. He has since lost bikes on four continents, many as the founder of Scoot, the first app for renting electric scooters and bikes. Scoot served nearly 100,000 customers before being acquired by Bird. When he isn't building Tempo, Michael bikes himself and his kids around San Francisco by cargo bike.
Brian Ellin
Brian is Tempo's Chief Product Officer. His beloved Salsa Casserole was stolen from the train station while he was at work, introducing him to the pain of bike theft. He is a lifelong cyclist who has worked at bike shops, raced mountain bikes and cyclocross, and leads the bike bus to his kids' school in Portland. When he wasn't riding a bike, Brian created products used by millions of people at Twitter, Medium, Cozy, and Ride Report.
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