Save your bike key on your phone and keep riding. everything is saved securely on your phone so you can have a direct connexion to your bike if VanMoof services are down. Just generate your local key and enjoy peace of mind again.
I don't ride a VanMoof bike but this story is interesting. So, VanMoof incase you didn't hear went into administration and with that comes the fear for users that their bike will be forever locked out due to it requiring an app for a lot of its functionality, if VanMoof shuts down, so does the app, rendering the bikes useless.
Cowboy, VanMoof's competitor decided to overnight build an app that will keep their bikes online regardless of what happens. The reason given was the cycling movement with one employee saying "This is about keeping bikes on the road, which is our No.1 mission as a company, regardless if it’s a competitor or not,"
Really hoping they'll add support for the S2 to this app so I can keep using it too :) It is great to see a competitor is saving the bikes, lol!
About Bikey on Product Hunt
“Keep your VanMoof bike alive with Bikey”
Bikey launched on Product Hunt on July 14th, 2023 and earned 98 upvotes and 2 comments, placing #45 on the daily leaderboard. Save your bike key on your phone and keep riding. everything is saved securely on your phone so you can have a direct connexion to your bike if VanMoof services are down. Just generate your local key and enjoy peace of mind again.
Bikey was featured in Biking (3.4k followers) on Product Hunt. Together, these topics include over 555 products, making this a competitive space to launch in.
Who hunted Bikey?
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