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529 Garage for Schools and Universities
Discover the difference 529 Garage makes on your campus
Recent Recoveries
A Ozone Seabrook was recovered on Mar 13, 2026 by UNCW
A Black Specialized S Works Turbo Levo was recovered on Mar 13, 2026
A Black Trek Marlin 4 was recovered on Mar 12, 2026
A 2020 Gray Ohm Bikes My2020 Discover 5.0 20.5 was recovered on Mar 11, 2026 by Vancouver Police Department
A Purple Trek Dual Sport was recovered on Mar 11, 2026 by Vancouver Police Department
A 2023 Green Kalkhoff Excite 7b Advance With Ab... was recovered on Mar 11, 2026
A 2025 Green Rad Power Bikes Rad Wagon was recovered on Mar 11, 2026
A Gray Ride1 Up Cafe Cruiser was recovered on Mar 10, 2026
A Gray Eyewater was recovered on Mar 09, 2026
A 2024 Red Dynacraft Gauntlet 8154 47 was recovered on Mar 08, 2026
A 2025 Black Hyper Viking Trail Pro was recovered on Mar 08, 2026
A Red Giant Revolt 1 S was recovered on Mar 08, 2026
A Green Momentum Voya was recovered on Mar 07, 2026
A Gray Kona Lava Dome was recovered on Mar 07, 2026
A Blue Moustache Bikes Lundi 27 was recovered on Mar 06, 2026
A 2022 Silver Niner Rip 9 Rdo was recovered on Mar 06, 2026
A Gray Devinci Spartan 29 was recovered on Mar 06, 2026
A 2024 Copper Orbea Rallon was recovered on Mar 06, 2026
A Gray Trek Roscoe was recovered on Mar 06, 2026
A Black Felt Ar5 was recovered on Mar 05, 2026
A 2019 Black Cannondale Synapse was recovered on Mar 04, 2026 by Vancouver Police Department
A 2024 Silver Envo Stax Pro was recovered on Mar 04, 2026
A Gray Schwinn Voyager Gs was recovered on Mar 03, 2026
A 2020 Brown Trek 920 was recovered on Mar 03, 2026
A Green Ride1 Up Roadster V3 was recovered on Mar 03, 2026
A Red Trek Verve Plus Lowstep was recovered on Mar 03, 2026
A Black Surly Bridge Club was recovered on Mar 02, 2026
A 2020 Black Kona Dew was recovered on Mar 02, 2026
A Orange Scott Aspect 940 Orange Large was recovered on Mar 02, 2026
A White Rad Power Bikes Rad Mini was recovered on Feb 27, 2026
A Black Del Sol Projekt 8 was recovered on Feb 27, 2026
A Gray Trek Verve 2 was recovered on Feb 26, 2026
A Green Gazelle Bikes Medeo T9 City was recovered on Feb 26, 2026
A Black Specialized Sirrus X 3.0 2022 Satin Cas... was recovered on Feb 26, 2026
A 2024 Black Wlideway Wander was recovered on Feb 24, 2026
A Blue Norco Storm was recovered on Feb 22, 2026
A 2023 Gold Landyachtz Ab was recovered on Feb 22, 2026
A 2015 Orange Kona Process was recovered on Feb 21, 2026
A 2008 Blue Commencal Furious was recovered on Feb 21, 2026
A Blue Everyday Bicycles Kensington was recovered on Feb 21, 2026
A Green Specialized Turbo Levo 3 was recovered on Feb 20, 2026
A Black Fuji One.9 was recovered on Feb 20, 2026 by UNCW
A Silver Specialized was recovered on Feb 20, 2026
A 2024 Black Pedego Element was recovered on Feb 20, 2026
A Blue was recovered on Feb 20, 2026
A 2013 Black Specialized Secteur was recovered on Feb 20, 2026
A Gray Rad Power Bikes Rad Runner Plus was recovered on Feb 19, 2026 by Vancouver Police Department
A Green Vvolt Centauri Ii was recovered on Feb 19, 2026
A 2022 Black Rad Power Bikes Mission was recovered on Feb 19, 2026
A 2013 Gray Norco Storm was recovered on Feb 19, 2026
A Black Segway Ninebot Kickscooter Max G2 was recovered on Feb 19, 2026
A Pink Specialized 2021 Tarmac Sl7 Expert was recovered on Feb 18, 2026
A Gray Kona Dew was recovered on Feb 18, 2026
A Black Lectric Xp 3.0 Long Range Step Through was recovered on Feb 17, 2026
A 2016 Blue Specialized 2016 Allez E5 Sport was recovered on Feb 17, 2026
A Black Specialized Stump Jumper Fsr Carbon was recovered on Feb 16, 2026
No more paper forms, no more spreadsheets
Forget index cards and spreadsheets that make it hard to collect even the smallest amount of data about your students’ bikes. With the 529 Garage, your students enter detailed information including photographs of their bike on their mobile device or on our easy to use website.
Peace of mind off campus too
The 529 Garage turns bike registration from a “tax” into an investment in protecting students’ bicycles off campus as well. Our unique crowd-connected alert system immediately notifies nearby 529 members in the vicinity of the crime to be on the look out, greatly increasing the chance of recovery.
Notify and report
If a bike goes missing, the bike owner can quickly use the 529 Garage to alert nearby cyclists and their social networks to be on the look-out before the bike leaves the campus.
Keep in touch
Our service makes it easy to contact your registered bike owners on campus to send important information about their bikes or upcoming activities you have planned.
The power of the shield
529 Shields deter thieves and help officers quickly identify and contact bike owners, much like a home security sticker.
Your own branded registry
Customize a registration page with local branding and security tips, or, embed a registration form directly on your website.
Make it an event
Use our 529 Campus app to host registration events for your school. The 529 Garage makes it simple to enlist an army of volunteers to help get bikes registered, fast (even offline!)
Less searching, more finding
Streamline impounded bike recovery by automatically matching them to registered bikes, saving time and resources.
Publish your impounded bikes with ease
Post searchable, shareable "Bike Found" notices to connect impounded bikes with their owners, minimizing false leads.
529 Surveys
Want feedback from your community? Create and manage surveys to collect insights and improve your programs.
Analytics
Monitor registrations and team activity to measure progress and enhance community impact.
World-class support
Rely on daily assistance for bike recovery, service utilization, and community success in combating bike theft.
Proven Results
In the fall of 2015, Vancouver, BC embraced 529 Garage, and got the whole community engaged! The result? A 30% decrease in bike theft in the first 2 years of using the 529 Garage service with a continuing downward trend.
Bikes are being returned to their owners almost every day. Like the bike that was returned to Roberta from Vernon, BC.
Roberta and her 72 year old mom were camping 20 minutes outside of town when thieves broke into her car and ransacked it overnight, taking her insurance papers and garage door opener. With those, they found her home and broke into the garage, stealing two bikes worth about $16,000 each.
Roberta cut her camping trip short and returned home the next morning, only to find the bikes and other property missing. She started an alert on 529 Garage and filed a police report.
A few days later, she received a tip from the 529 Garage that her bikes were listed on Facebook Marketplace. Within a few hours of talking to our VPD contact, the thief was in custody, and one of her bikes and stolen belongings were returned!
Fewer bikes stolen. More bikes returned. That's the impact of the 529 Garage.
