Stolen Bikes Thread - Mod Note please read post #1 before posting

GTDolanator · 16-04-2014 7:30am

browsing wrote: »

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6AdugFzCi24
new york fahgettaboudit went in just 11 seconds @7:34 :eek:

Granted it is a HUGE bolt cutters and it's not the D-lock but I presume with smaller ones you could do it in less than 30 seconds still to the d-lock version? I think you're better off than most with the fahgettaboudi, I think it's a huge deterrent because of its size. I'm usually quite confident when locking it in town there are weaker locks used around me. still scary though.

Thats only the chain ffs,he didnt cut the lock.Good luck getting threw one without an angle grinder!even then you will nearly use a full cutting disk!

browsing · 16-04-2014 2:59pm

GTDolanator wrote: »

Thats only the chain ffs,he didnt cut the lock.Good luck getting threw one without an angle grinder!even then you will nearly use a full cutting disk!

It is the chain actually, I thought it was the lock! I presume you could get through the lock too though with a hefty bolt cutters.

SolvableKnave · 23-04-2014 9:53pm

Hi folks, I am offering a reward for the return of a bike stolen from McBride station today. It is a red Felt Q820 mountain bike. Reported to Gardai, but not much they can do. Guys in train station currently going through CCTV. Bike was locked with two rope locks, locking both wheels and frame to the bike rack. One was cut and left, the other, a combo lock, nowhere to be seen.

Thanks.

Shapey Fiend · 24-04-2014 3:15pm

My fathers bike was stolen in Dublin city center yesterday. If anybody spots it might give me a shout. Reward offered. Grey, folding model as below.

http://www.giant-bicycles.com/en-gb/bikes/model/2013.giant.halfway.2.city/11835/56817/

Darkglasses · 24-04-2014 3:27pm

Threads merged

Scrappy600 · 24-04-2014 5:42pm

Scrappy600 wrote: »

Our club chairman's 2006 Blur LT was stolen from Clane last night, aftermarket, one off paint job, syndicate decals, don't have much info on group set etc, but will edit post as soon as I have the info to hand.

Santa Cruz Blur LT, Red Hope M4 brakes, Gold Hope Hubs on 819s Intense Tyres 2.3, XTR group set with XT crankset, Fox Talas 150 silver, Thomson layback seat-post THE saddle, Black hope stem with blue face plate.
If people can keep their eyes out for it, it's not easy to miss.

Just to update this thread, bike was recovered after being sold on adverts, bought by a lad in a lbs who when he saw the owners name engraved on the discs, recognised the name and returned it to him loosing his money and bike in the process. Even worked on it to repair damage that had been caused by the idiots who had it. Good to see things being returned to people thanks to the honesty of others.

delly · 28-04-2014 11:28pm

I thought this would be a good place to post that the Garda Press Office have setup a Flickr page today of recovered items they hope to return to their original owners. There are a number of bikes featured, so may be worth checking out for anyone on this thread.

https://www.flickr.com/photos/gardasiochana/sets/72157644383336951/

copacetic · 29-04-2014 8:21pm

delly wrote: »

I thought this would be a good place to post that the Garda Press Office have setup a Flickr page today of recovered items they hope to return to their original owners. There are a number of bikes featured, so may be worth checking out for anyone on this thread.

https://www.flickr.com/photos/gardasiochana/sets/72157644383336951/

Was gonna post a new thread on this some of the bikes are very distinctive

https://www.flickr.com/photos/gardasiochana/14027090976/in/set-72157644383336951/

FunkSoulSista · 03-05-2014 10:59am

2 bikes stolen from our shed in Dublin 7. One a ladies purple hybrid Cannondale quick womens 5. The other BH series silver sierra nevada mountain bike.

Qualitymark · 05-05-2014 7:45am

Man steals his bike back http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2620311/GAVIN-EVANS-How-I-hunted-thief-took-bike-stole-back.html

No Pants · 05-05-2014 8:54am

SolvableKnave wrote: »

Reported to Gardai, but not much they can do.

They could be doing this for a start.

SolvableKnave wrote: »

Guys in train station currently going through CCTV.

Savage_Henry · 05-05-2014 9:25am

Bike: Trek 7.5 FX (either 17.5 or 20 in frame, i dont remember )
Stolen from: Temple Bar, bike stand near rorys tackle shop, Dublin, approx 2 weeks ago, during daytime

Special markings:
There is a major dent in the top tube (crossbar). In the picture its hidden where the pump is. You cant miss the dent.

Had 16 led lights in rear wheel, although these turn on only during night.

Front wheel was changed to Botanger SSR. So rear wheel is black and front is silver with fewer spokes. $_35.JPG?set_id=880000500F

jobseek · 05-05-2014 9:46am

Would it be worth insuring a bike against theft,if anyone has done so,roughly how much would it cost

not yet · 05-05-2014 11:48am

jobseek wrote: »

Would it be worth insuring a bike against theft,if anyone has done so,roughly how much would it cost

It's purely personal, it's about 10% of the of the bike.

No Pants · 05-05-2014 11:52am

jobseek wrote: »

Would it be worth insuring a bike against theft,if anyone has done so,roughly how much would it cost

Your house insurance may cover it, but only up to €400 or so. I'm with BOI and that's what they do. Not great if your bike is worth more.

W31rd0 · 05-05-2014 3:49pm

Hello all,

Stolen bike - taken on Fri 2/5/2014 from 9pm to 1:15am
From front of Bull and Castle (Dublin, Ireland), locked to bike stands there. Right beside smokers area. Just catching security camera a little. Might be a good chance someone saw the thief/thieves taking the bike.

Specialized hybrid Hardrock frame.
Black, silver pedals
2 new marathon tyres.
Silver bell on left of handlebars,
right gear shift plastic broken and fixed with clear plastic and black duct tape.
Rear red light duct taped on with silver tape
Gears and chain worn, need work. Brakes worn. Wheels worn.
Light black carrier on back with green and yellow bungee, light mudguards front and back

Very slim chance of any news I know but please pass info on and keep and eye out.
Thanks to staff in Bull&Castle Fri night and to the Gardaí.
Thanks all!

James.

xalot · 06-05-2014 9:50am

No Pants wrote: »

Your house insurance may cover it, but only up to €400 or so. I'm with BOI and that's what they do. Not great if your bike is worth more.

My household policy covers my bike up to €1000. It's through a broker so not sure who the cover is with but they paid out with no issues on a previous stolen bike. It's worth shopping around.

NS77 · 06-05-2014 10:02am

xalot wrote: »

My household policy covers my bike up to €1000. It's through a broker so not sure who the cover is with but they paid out with no issues on a previous stolen bike. It's worth shopping around.

Aye - Liberty Insurance covered the full value of two stolen bikes (less an excess) for me, even though they were taken from a garden shed and were not listed on the policy.

RoboRat · 06-05-2014 11:39am

My Bike was stolen last Friday in Portlaoise, broke into the house and took it along with a few other things. Its a red and white 2012 Defy 4 (triple), size 4. Its pretty customised as I cmost of the gearing so now it has:

FSA Tempo, 30/42/52 Crank
Shimano 105 5600 Triple 10 Speed STI Lever
Shimano Ultegra 6600 10 Speed Road Cassette
Shimano 105 5701 10 Speed Rear Mech - GS - Medium Cage
Shimano 105 5603 Triple 10sp Front Mech - Braze On - Silver

It also has:
Campagnolo Scirocco 35 Road Wheelset
Armadillo tyres
Red/ White carbon bottle holders

Might still have the cycle inn stickers on it and also cycle4life sticker.

Hauki · 06-05-2014 1:29pm

Corratec Dolomiti 105 (exactly as shown in image below)

i.imgur.com/QeZaW1f.jpg

(Cant post links/images as a new user but copy-paste above url to see the image. If mods could add image-tags it would be appreciated)

Stolen last night between monday/tuesday 5-6.5 from locked private underground car park at Dublin 9. Location is only accessible with either remote for garage doors or PIN-code for the door. Kryptonite Evo S4-locks that I used to anchor the bike to bikeloops (that are bolted securely to concrete) were cut off clean with angle grinder, no other bikes were stolen.

Will add more pics/info later on if it would help.

endacl · 06-05-2014 1:41pm

This thread was quit for a while. What's going on recently...?

Hauki · 06-05-2014 9:49pm

Are there other sites than adverts.ie and donedeal.ie to keep an eye on just in case the bike might pop up?

CramCycle · 06-05-2014 10:41pm

Hauki wrote: »

Are there other sites than adverts.ie and donedeal.ie to keep an eye on just in case the bike might pop up?

Buy and sell.ie, gumtree.ie then the English ones if there is reasonable value

check_six · 13-05-2014 12:43pm

Strange one for you all: my son got his bike stolen yesterday, but then it was put back.

I got home from work with everyone in a flap because the bike had been swiped from an onstreet bike rack. After a bit of investigation I discovered that the bike had been locked beside the rack, but not to it, so obviously someone had wheeled the bike away to work on the lock. (This would not be a locking technique I would recommend!).

I went down to the local Garda station to give the details of the bike in, and on the way I had a poke around the spot where the bike was taken from. There was the bike, back in the rack. The lock had been attacked with a bolt cutters, but it had not been overcome.

We have been trying to speculate as to why the bike was put back. I'm starting to think that it was local kids that took it, and someone told them to put it back.

Needless to say, we are delighted to have recovered the bike, and I now have a good excuse to upgrade the lock. Very odd series of events though.

PrzemoF · 13-05-2014 3:05pm

On last Thursday (08.05.2014) between 8am and 6pm a new bike got stolen from outside the restaurant at the Bioscience Institute on UCC campus.

The case is reported UCC security and the local Garda.

Please PM me if you can help to find it (it's not my bike)

endacl · 13-05-2014 3:59pm

PrzemoF wrote: »

On last Thursday (08.05.2014) between 8am and 6pm a new bike got stolen from outside the restaurant at the Bioscience Institute on UCC campus.

The case is reported UCC security and the local Garda.

Please PM me if you can help to find it (it's not my bike)

I'd only say this as you've stated that it's not your bike. I'm really not having a go. For the benefit of others who might stumble on this thread though, I have to say that the picture shows a nice bike locked about as badly as a bike can be locked, with about the worst lock that money was ever wasted on.

Perhaps you might pass on that message to the owner? In gentler terms of course.

PrzemoF · 13-05-2014 4:55pm

endacl wrote: »

I'd only say this as you've stated that it's not your bike. I'm really not having a go. For the benefit of others who might stumble on this thread though, I have to say that the picture shows a nice bike locked about as badly as a bike can be locked, with about the worst lock that money was ever wasted on.

Perhaps you might pass on that message to the owner? In gentler terms of course.

Thanks, I will do it. Especially that the used-to-be-a-bike-owner believes that the bike was securely locked.

CatFromHue · 13-05-2014 9:02pm

I was gonna say the same thing but Endacl got there ahead of me.

I presume those wheels are quick release too so what's stopping someone nicking them?

mirrormatrix · 14-05-2014 8:53am

I could be wrong, but the bike in the photo doesn't actually look like it's locked. It looks like the lock has just been 'locked' around the top tube as a sort of storage. Maybe the owner just didn't have the bracket for it?

CramCycle · 14-05-2014 11:33am

mirrormatrix wrote: »

I could be wrong, but the bike in the photo doesn't actually look like it's locked. It looks like the lock has just been 'locked' around the top tube as a sort of storage. Maybe the owner just didn't have the bracket for it?

That type of lock, get a tight grip use a wall for leverage and yank like hell, probably pop the lock on the first or second attempt, roughly 10 seconds work with no tools.

endacl · 14-05-2014 1:08pm

CramCycle wrote: »

That type of lock, get a tight grip use a wall for leverage and yank like hell, probably pop the lock on the first or second attempt, roughly 10 seconds work with no tools.

Or, if you want to go tooled up, bring a scissors.

No joke. I had to demonstrate to somebody before what they shouldn't bother with their five quid Aldi lock. Got through it with a scissors!

yoshx · 14-05-2014 1:41pm

guys if you spend over 500 euros on a bike why not considering to implement some more serious def fence mechanism such as spybike gps tracker system ?

JJ · 14-05-2014 11:01pm

I had a bike stolen from my back garden this past Friday night/Saturday morning. I live in Inchicore. It's a Specialized Crosstrail and I had it for a few years and always kept it in the back garden. The bike is black and grey and had a New York Giants sticker on the bar that runs from the handlebars to the seat.

We have high stone walls around our back garden with glass shards on top so we usually don't have people climbing over the wall and you can't see into the back garden from behind the house. I'm kicking myself that I didn't take a picture of it or register the bike. If anyone finds a bike matching this description please let me know. I've also reported this to the guards.

strokeslover · 16-05-2014 10:41am

My friends bike was stolen from the car park in his apartment complex in Northwood Santry Dublin 9 sometime between the evening of Wednesday 14th may 2014 and morning of the 15th may .
The bike in question is a Giant Rapid 4(see picture). It was Locked with a kryptonite u-lock and also a thick circular type lock.it has been reported to the Guards. If anyone has any info about it or sees it for sale it would be greatly appreciated if u can let us know. Cheers!

Harrybelafonte · 16-05-2014 10:42am

strokeslover wrote: »

My friends bike was stolen from the car park in his apartment complex in Northwood Santry Dublin 9 sometime between the evening of Wednesday 14th may 2014 and morning of the 15th may .
The bike in question is a Giant Rapid 4(see picture). It was Locked with a kryptonite u-lock and also a thick circular type lock.it has been reported to the Guards. If anyone sees has any info it or sees it for sale it would be greatly appreciated. Cheers!

Am in the area, will keep eyes peeled.

strokeslover · 16-05-2014 12:34pm

Harrybelafonte wrote: »

Am in the area, will keep eyes peeled.

Many thanks

Tony EH · 16-05-2014 7:10pm

I had my bike stolen from work today. Must have been between the hours of 9:30 and 5:30. Work is in Clonskeagh.

It was a black Giant Defy 4, with white handlebars like the one in the link below, except it had black plastic attached mudguards. It was bought at P+K cycles

http://www.giant-bicycles.com/_generated/_generated_uk/bikes/models/images/2000/2011/Defy-4-Triple.jpg

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Crowman · 16-05-2014 8:18pm

My bike was stolen from work at Clonskeagh today between 8.00 and 5.00. Locked in what I thought was a secure underground car park.
Bike was a Silver Giant Defy 5 with black carbon fork, SPD pedals, rear mudguard and lights. Only started cycling a few weeks ago, gutted.

endacl · 16-05-2014 9:23pm

What's going on in clonskeagh?!?

yosser hughes · 16-05-2014 11:26pm

endacl wrote: »

What's going on in clonskeagh?!?

I was thinking the same thing. I used to work around there, and most of this type of crime originated in Beech Hill estate.
It might be worth hanging out around there and you might see your bikes.

dave_o_brien · 17-05-2014 1:48pm

Hi all,

My girlfriend had her Giant Avail 3 stolen from Mount Street last night. It's a 2011 model, Shimano Sora triple groupset with a couple of defining features.

1. It was fitted with white NS Bikes flat mtb pedals.
2. It was fitted with 2 elite bottle cages in pink.
3. The rear tyre was a Continental Gatorskin in 23mm, the front a Giant PSL1 tyre in 25mm.

If anyone sees anything matching that description, please let me know.

Thanks.

hillsiderunner · 19-05-2014 1:38am

My friend from Edinburgh (in fact on her very first stop of a 4-5 week cycle tour from Cork/Roscoff down to San Sebastian) had her bike stolen between 5-10pm on Sunday 18th from where it was locked up on Stephen St Lower. Of course (similar to earlier posters on this thread) the only thing she did wrong was have a fairly-decent bike in contrast to more rickety thief-proofed bikes around it :-(

The bike was a 17 Inch Nishiki XC3 Ladies 21 Speed Black, originally shipped over to Scotland from Sweden in 2012. A Black hybrid bicycle with Nishiki written on the lower crossbar. Google search with "Inch-Nishiki-Ladies-Speed-Black" will bring up a picture as the first hit (I'm a fairly new poster on boards.ie so can't add a direct link)

If anyone could help us locate the bike (or knows where they sell the bikes on), we would really appreciate it. It's a lousy way to start a cycle tour ...

thanks a lot

Hunterbiker · 19-05-2014 6:56am

dave_o_brien wrote: »

Hi all,

My girlfriend had her Giant Avail 3 stolen from Mount Street last night.

Where on Mount Street? Actually on the road or from a car park. Was it Upper or Lower? Asking as I sometimes leave a bike around there.

dave_o_brien · 19-05-2014 7:48am

Hunterbiker wrote: »

Where on Mount Street? Actually on the road or from a car park. Was it Upper or Lower? Asking as I sometimes leave a bike around there.

Outside 60 mount Street, roughly opposite howl at the moon.

Skrynesaver · 19-05-2014 8:18am

dave_o_brien wrote: »

Outside 60 mount Street, roughly opposite howl at the moon.

There's some notoriously dodgy characters a couple of doors up from there...

Seriously though there should be CCTV all over that part of Mount Street, worth asking Howl at the moon and FF HQ if they caught anything.

dave_o_brien · 19-05-2014 9:00am

Skrynesaver wrote: »

There's some notoriously dodgy characters a couple of doors up from there...

Seriously though there should be CCTV all over that part of Mount Street, worth asking Howl at the moon and FF HQ if they caught anything.

Good idea. Thanks for that.

Jessie1973 · 21-05-2014 6:59pm

Hi Folk, last night some low life stole my 3 bikes from my shed in Thomastown in Kilkenny. Bike 1 was a 2014 Giant Defy 1 Advanced, Matt black, size 54. Bike 2 was a Specialized Roubaix, size 54.8 2013, red & white. 3rd bike was my sons Treck 1.2 Alpha size 54, blue & white. Reward offered for any information leading to the recovery of these bikes, thankyou !

Pompous · 21-05-2014 7:05pm

Check adverts.ie, gumtree.ie and donedeal.ie

You would be surprised how many of those toe-rags put the bikes up for sale right after stealing it. Best of luck.

Greenmachine · 21-05-2014 7:07pm

Jessie1973 wrote: »

Hi Folk, last night some low life stole my 3 bikes from my shed in Thomastown in Kilkenny. Bike 1 was a 2014 Giant Defy 1 Advanced, Matt black, size 54. Bike 2 was a Specialized Roubaix, size 54.8 2013, red & white. 3rd bike was my sons Treck 1.2 Alpha size 54, blue & white. Reward offered for any information leading to the recovery of these bikes, thankyou !

A few ideas for you. Check the garda website. They have a list of recovered bicycles. If you have some photo if might help people know what to look out for. Might be worth checking the various classified ad website to see if anyone has tried to flog any of them.

Darkglasses · 21-05-2014 7:59pm

Moved to stolen bikes thread

Stolen Bikes Thread - Mod Note please read post #1 before posting

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