Security systems and communication networks for electric bicycles

A communication network supported by an electric bicycle, the communication network comprising:

• a communication device that communicates with a wireless network via one or more wireless communication protocols,
• wherein the communication device includes:
• a bicycle communications component that facilitates communications between the communication device and a controller, a battery pack, and an electric motor of the electric bicycle;
• and
• a network communications component that facilitates communications between the electric bicycle and the wireless network.

A method of facilitating communications between components of an electric bicycle via a separate communication device of the electric bicycle, the method comprising:

• receiving, via a bicycle communications component of the communications device, information associated with a current operation of a component of the electric bicycle from a controller of the electric bicycle;
• and
• transmitting, via a network communications component of the communication device, a message to a fleet management server that is remote from the electric bicycle over a wireless network,
• wherein the message includes the information associated with the current operation of the component of the electric bicycle.