Ebike insuranceStreatham recovery
Ebike recovery service that gets your bike back.
Insurance writes a cheque weeks later. BackPedal sends a team to bring your ebike home — with the battery and motor still attached. Tracker, agents, and backup insurance are all bundled into one subscription (annual in year 1, monthly or annual from year 2).
- +80%Recovery rate
- ~48hTypical recovery time
- 24/7In-house ops team
Recovery with no exclusions
Even if you forgot to lock up — we still recover your bike.
Full insurance backup included
Underwritten by Sundays Insurance, FCA regulated.
Tracking kit & professional installation
Covert GSM, GPS & BLE tracking kit — expertly installed, all part of your subscription.
Watch one of our recoveries
Trusted by thousands of families, commuters, racers and delivery riders because we do more than just insure… we recover.
What happens when you report an ebike theft
Call our 24/7 hotline. A handler opens a case file immediately and starts live-tracking the bike using the covert GSM, GPS, and BLE kit fitted at install. There's no claim form to fill in first.
Recovery agents are deployed based on where the bike is heading. Ebikes typically follow predictable routes after a theft — known handover points, vans heading to chop shops, parking spots near markets. Real-time tracker data plus that local knowledge is what powers our 80%+ recovery rate.
We handle the police report on your behalf, return the ebike to your door, and coordinate any repair under the insurance side if the bike's damaged in transit.
Why ebikes need faster recovery
Ebikes are worth more split into parts than as whole bikes. The battery alone retails for £500–£900; the motor for £400–£700. Components can be on second-hand sites within 24 hours. Every hour after a theft that the recovery process is slow makes a whole-bike recovery less likely.
Standard insurance doesn't care — the payout is the same whether the bike's split for parts or sitting in a warehouse intact. BackPedal's whole model is built around closing that window: track immediately, deploy immediately, recover before the bike is broken down. The maths only works on an ebike if recovery is fast.
How BackPedal works
Three steps. Covert trackers go on your bike, you call us when it's stolen, and our agents go and get it back. We've recovered over 80% of bikes reported to us.
01
Install trackers
Our mechanics fit covert GSM, GPS & BLE trackers to your bike anywhere in London — at the time and place you choose, 8am to 8pm, every day.
UP TO £149 OF KIT8AM–8PM, DAILY
02
24/7 Recovery OpsReport a theft
When your bike goes, you call our 24/7 hotline. We deploy recovery agents the same hour and keep you updated until it's back.
24/7 HOTLINESAME-HOUR DEPLOY
03
RecoveredOn its way homeBike recovered
We track it down, check it for damage, return it to your door, and handle the police report and any insurance claim on your behalf.
+80% RECOVEREDCLAIM HANDLED
+80%
Recovery rate
~48h
Typical recovery time
24/7
In-house ops team
Real recovery footage · updated weekly
Watch us
get them back.
Every clip is real footage from a BackPedal recovery, filmed by our agents on the ground. New recoveries land every week.
Watch the recoveries
Streatham6 hours to recover1:19
Stratford22 hours to recover1:12
Brighton2 days to recover1:15
Twickenham13 hours to recover1:11
London9 days to recover1:06
Hounslow23 hours to recover1:11
Kensington10 days to recover1:03the wall
Traditional bike
insurance vs
BackPedal
A bike is stolen every 2 minutes in the UK. Fewer than 2% of thieves are ever caught. Traditional insurers don't care — they just price it into your premium. The thief profits. You start again. Nothing changes.
BackPedal is different. We track your bike, recover it, and return it to you — so the thief gets nothing. Insurance is our backup, not our business model.
What you get
RecommendedBackPedalRecovery + Insurance
Other Bike InsuranceTypical Policy
01Recovery & Protection
Get your actual bike back
Covert GPS tracking included
24/7 recovery team deployed
Bike stolen? One call and we take over
02No exclusions on recovery
Forgot to lock up? Still covered
Left outside your house? Still covered
Stolen whilst riding? Still covered
03Insurance
If we can't recover your bike, our backup insurance by Sundays kicks in — the same kind of cover you'd get from any other bike insurer. Standard terms apply and claims are subject to approval.
Financial cover for a replacement bike
Accessory cover
Theft damage cover
Excess
£50*
Varies
* No excess on recovery claims. £200 excess for battery-only insurance claims.
★ ★ ★ AS SEEN ON TV
On the hunt
with TV crews
Three film crews. Three networks. One question — what does it actually look like to recover a stolen bike? Press play and find out.
45 minFeatured · BBC One
Trace, Track, Get My Car Back
In London, bike recovery specialist Bilal hunts down an ebike's GPS signal to a block of flats — and is shocked to discover what looks like a bike chop shop inside.
Watch on BBC iPlayer Series 1 · Episode 15 · 45 min
Crime + Investigation · 60 min
Bike Theft: London's Recovery Crew
“A routine recovery spirals into public confrontations, police involvement and a chase across multiple thefts — showing how unpredictable stolen bike recoveries can be.”
Watch on YouTube
Channel 4 Dispatches · 30 min
Britain's Bike Theft Capital
“Dispatches secretly films suspected handlers and goes on the trail of stolen bikes with our team.”
Watch on YouTubeThe kit · £150 of trackers
Covert trackers,
disguised & hidden
Every bike we protect gets a covert tracking kit — hidden away within the bike itself, or tucked into one of 17 disguised casings, so no two bikes look alike and thieves never learn the hiding spots.
Depending on your bike, that's some mix of an always-on Live GPS, a no-wires Sleeper GPS that wakes the moment your bike's reported stolen, and a short-range Proximity Beacon that leads our agents to it indoors. Read more about the trackers.
Handlebar cable coverCovers any brake, gear and electrical cables whilst hiding the tracker
Browse the disguises · tap to preview
1 / 17
Our customers love us
My bike was stolen… BackPedal took over the whole operation to get my bike back. Kind and caring and excellent at their job!
Alexandra Stratos
Chef, Highbury
My ebike is essential to our lives so I love the peace of mind knowing you've got a team there ready to go if the unthinkable happens.
Elan TamSey
Musician, Walthamstow
BackPedal gives me a way to protect my kit and fight back against bike theft at the same time.
Mat Shreeve
Engineer, Camden Town
BackPedal have recovered my ebike twice now. It is still a horrible experience having my bike stolen but the team are so resourceful they got a quick result.
They could not have been more conscientious on my behalf.
Frances Kelly
Kensington
Ebike recovery FAQs
How quickly does ebike recovery happen?
Once you call the 24/7 hotline, live tracking starts immediately and a recovery agent is typically deployed within the hour. Most successful ebike recoveries happen within 48 hours. Real-time tracker data plus our agents' familiarity with London theft patterns mean we usually have a fix before the ebike reaches its first handover point.
What's the actual recovery rate for ebikes?
We've recovered over 80% of bikes reported stolen across our cover — ebikes specifically run slightly higher than that because they're easier to track (more network connectivity, more identifiable). London commuter ebikes are our strongest-performing segment for recovery.
Are there exclusions on ebike recovery?
No. Recovery has no exclusions — even if you forgot to lock up, left the ebike outside, or had it stolen from inside a building. Insurance exclusions still apply if recovery fails and you claim under the insurance side, but the recovery service runs regardless of how the theft happened.
What if you can't recover my ebike?
Our Sundays-underwritten backup insurance handles the claim for replacement, accessories, battery, and theft damage — subject to standard policy terms. £50 fixed excess (£200 on battery-only claims). The insurance side is rare in practice — most ebike thefts we cover end with the bike returning home.
Do I need to report ebike theft to police first?
No — call BackPedal first. We handle the police report on your behalf as part of the recovery process, which logs BackPedal as the party acting on your behalf and streamlines coordination with police throughout the recovery. We work with police regularly and know how to get a crime reference number opened quickly. Time matters in the first few hours of an ebike theft — we'd rather have agents moving than parallel paperwork in motion.
Get the ebike back, not a partial payout
Covert tracker, 24/7 ops team, recovery agents, and backup insurance — bundled. See your price in 60 seconds.