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529 Garage for Schools and Universities
Discover the difference 529 Garage makes on your campus
Recent Recoveries
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 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 2013 Gray Norco Storm was recovered on Feb 19, 2026
A 2022 Black Rad Power Bikes Mission 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
A Gray Schwinn Meridian Adult Tricycle was recovered on Feb 14, 2026
A 2024 Green Cannondale Moterra Neo 3 was recovered on Feb 13, 2026
A Black Razor Mx650 was recovered on Feb 12, 2026
A 2025 Black Norco Search was recovered on Feb 12, 2026
A 2016 Black Giant Xtc Advanced was recovered on Feb 12, 2026
A Silver Opus Citato Sora V2 was recovered on Feb 11, 2026
A Gray Himiway Bigdog was recovered on Feb 11, 2026
A 2016 Blue Soma Fabrications Saga Custom Touri... was recovered on Feb 10, 2026
A Blue Revel Rascal was recovered on Feb 10, 2026
A Black Norco Threshold was recovered on Feb 09, 2026
A Red Specialized Levo was recovered on Feb 09, 2026
A Silver Trek Verve 3 was recovered on Feb 09, 2026
A 2016 Black Cinelli Experience Speciale was recovered on Feb 09, 2026
A Gray Specialized Rockhopper was recovered on Feb 09, 2026
A 2012 Black Kona Stinky was recovered on Feb 08, 2026
A Blue Norco Ithaqua 2 was recovered on Feb 08, 2026
A Green Rad Power Bikes Radrunner was recovered on Feb 08, 2026
A Black Scott Spark 700 Rc was recovered on Feb 05, 2026
A Green Norco Vlt was recovered on Feb 04, 2026
A Blue Gt Aggressor was recovered on Feb 04, 2026
A 2025 Black Maxshot V1 Max was recovered on Feb 04, 2026
A Silver Cannondale was recovered on Feb 02, 2026
A 2022 Green Razor Ecosmart Cargo was recovered on Feb 02, 2026
A 2021 Black Huffy Comp Hx was recovered on Jan 31, 2026
A 2019 Black Ibis Ripley was recovered on Jan 30, 2026
A Black Mongoose Mongoose Argus Sport was recovered on Jan 30, 2026
A 2020 Purple Norco Torrent was recovered on Jan 30, 2026 by Vancouver Police Department
A Blue Norco Storm was recovered on Jan 30, 2026
A Black Guangdong Shunde Junhao Science & Techn... was recovered on Jan 30, 2026
A 2011 Gray Giant Seek O was recovered on Jan 28, 2026 by Vancouver Police Department
A Blue was recovered on Jan 27, 2026
A 2017 Orange Lapierre Edge + 527 was recovered on Jan 27, 2026
A Blue Trek 7300 was recovered on Jan 26, 2026
A White Look 765 was recovered on Jan 24, 2026 by Project 529
A Gray Specialized Fuse was recovered on Jan 24, 2026
A Gray Cube Reaction Performance Allroad 500 was recovered on Jan 23, 2026
A Copper Giant Talon E+2 29 was recovered on Jan 23, 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.
