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Yes. For such a high priced item, this should be easily economical. Some medicines already do this. It seems kind of obvious.


They almost certainly do. My Trek carbon fiber bike (~$3000 fully built brand new in 2008) was the lowest-end full-carbon bike they had that was still made in the US. It has a registration # (on the bottom bracket I believe). In fact, every bike I'm aware of does, for registering with the police in case of theft.


Campagnolo attaches such a code to their wheels: http://www.campagnolo.com/WW/en/Support/certilogo




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