New gadgets to simplify your bike journeys

Every spring, it’s the rush to cycle stores. The French are still a people who prefer to take out the little queen when the good weather arrives. Even if since the pandemic, the bike paths in town are well stocked even in the event of difficult weather. To make life easier for urban cyclists, here are two products that respond to common problems, as well as an application that intends to take off.

Invoxia Bike Tracker

This is not the newest product. And yet it still proves to be useful. This bluetooth tracker, hidden under your saddle, will give you a good chance of finding your faithful steed once it has been stolen. The story of my stolen bike for the first time had already been told here for Challenges. It turns out that the tracker came back into service and allowed me to find this same bike a second time. This time, I could not count on the help of the police, and I had to learn how to use a cordless grinder in order to be able to get hold of my bike, the police refusing to move in order to to help me get it back. Usually cycle professionals advise to reserve 10% of the price of the bike for locks or devices to find it. This Invoxia Bike Tracker will cost you 119 euros.

the business model d’Invoxia essentially operates through agreements with companies. She is currently developing a connected collar for pets to detect possible heart problems. “The smart dog collar integrates GPS tracking of dogs with also tracking of their activity using a radar sensor to fetch information on their biometric activity, specifies Amélie Chaudron, CEO of Invoxia. You should know that 10 to 20% of dogs have heart problems.

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Smart cycling trips with Geovelo

Go from point A to point B, staying on a cycle path, while staying dry if possible. Created in 2010, in Tours, the Geovelo application offers to facilitate the use of the bicycle on a daily basis thanks to a free application. The objective is clear: to guide cyclists on roads with cycle facilities or on lanes with little traffic.

The application was originally based on an association. It intends to become more professional following a fundraising of four million euros from Natixis’ investment fund, Seventure Partners, and the Banque des Territoires. If Geovelo already covers 40 agglomerations in France, the funds must make it possible to accelerate and increase use. “650,000 people have registered in the application since its launch, details Ronan Bouquet, the general manager of Geovelo. We have 200,000 unique users each month, who make at least one trip on the application.” If the user experience can confuse the first comer, it is being improved. In order to transform Geovelo for good, into a Waze of cycling trips.

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A helmet connected with Cosmo Fusion

A helmet with a neat design, with an integrated rear light, intelligent, allowing to display indicators thanks to a remote control fixed on the handlebar. The French company Cosmo is continuing its launch of multiple connected products for urban cyclists. This helmet is particularly practical: all you have to do is remove the Cosmo light which is housed at the back of it in order to be able to attach the helmet, in the company of the bike, with a lock. Convenient if you want to avoid losing it, or leaving it at the locker.

The Cosmo light is true to itself: like the rear light of a transport vehicle, it lights up more strongly when braking. Options remain to notify relatives, or even emergency services, in the event of a fall and non-response to the requests of your application. A product that, together with the visor, makes it possible to resist bad weather without losing sight of the road. Cosmo Fusion will be marketed shortly at a price of 199 euros.