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

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  • #2552
    seanies_show
    Registered Users Posts: 3 ✭seanies_show


    ted1 wrote:
    It wasn't take from the oval was it?


    No ted1. It was Simmonscourt Road.


  • #2553
    ted1
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 23,650 ✭✭✭✭ted1


    seanies_show wrote: »
    No ted1. It was Simmonscourt Road.

    Thanks, thought it might have been our car park, nine the less I'll give our security a heads up


  • #2554
    Chris -cage
    Registered Users Posts: 3 ✭Chris -cage


    This happened way back in September of last year but it's worth a try...

    My bike was stolen from the McDonald's in the north side of Cork on common's road. The bike is a Giant Yukon 2007 Mountain bike, XL frame, 22" I think.

    I can't post an image of the bike because I'm a new user :(


  • #2555
    CramCycle
    Moderators, Sports Moderators Posts: 25,161 Mod ✭✭✭✭CramCycle


    Chris -cage wrote: »
    I can't post an image of the bike because I'm a new user :(

    Ta dah:

    E0vUl9C.jpg


  • #2556
    Chris -cage
    Registered Users Posts: 3 ✭Chris -cage


    Thanks :)

    As I was saying, it's a long shot, especially since it's been 8 months. The bike has a rusty fork as seen in the picture. It also had slick brown tires at the time and it's a rather large bike, quite tall so it stands out.


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  • #2557
    conradk
    Registered Users Posts: 38 ✭conradk


    Embassy House, Ballsbridge


  • #2558
    RainyDay
    Closed Accounts Posts: 6,925 ✭✭✭RainyDay


    Dublin Cycling Campaign research on bike theft - the surprise for me was the high percentages of bikes stolen from home;

    http://www.dublincycling.ie/cycling/bike-theft-survey-results


  • #2559
    ballyargus
    Registered Users Posts: 1,014 ✭✭✭ballyargus


    A Charcoal Focus Arriba 3.0 was stolen over the weekend from Lower Mount St.


  • #2560
    ballyargus
    Registered Users Posts: 1,014 ✭✭✭ballyargus


    Seems there's a spate of this in the area


  • #2561
    rabbitinlights
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,008 ✭✭✭rabbitinlights


    The trend of theft from employers cages in underground car-parks is pretty worrying...... They are just using power tools!


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  • #2562
    bgav
    Registered Users Posts: 6 ✭bgav


    Hi all,

    Giant defy 3 Bike stolen from Bedfield office underground car park today.. The bike cage had been cut into.. Again another spat if underground car park robberies..


  • #2563
    yosser hughes
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,905 ✭✭✭yosser hughes


    bgav wrote: »
    Hi all,

    Giant defy 3 Bike stolen from Bedfield office underground car park today.. The bike cage had been cut into.. Again another spat if underground car park robberies..

    Belfield Office Park I assume?
    I used to work there. You wouldn't believe the amount of bikes that have been stolen from there over the years. This thread alone, has several instances of it.
    What the security people are doing there is a mystery to me. This could be stopped, but the will clearly isn't there. Not in your location nor city wide.
    It's pathetic and depressing; it really is.


  • #2564
    Allabaah
    Registered Users Posts: 167 ✭✭Allabaah


    bgav wrote: »
    Hi all,

    Giant defy 3 Bike stolen from Bedfield office underground car park today.. The bike cage had been cut into.. Again another spat if underground car park robberies..

    Was that Belfield Office Park?


  • #2565
    bgav
    Registered Users Posts: 6 ✭bgav


    Allabaah wrote: »
    Was that Belfield Office Park?

    Yes it was


  • #2566
    yosser hughes
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,905 ✭✭✭yosser hughes


    Good to see the Gardai being proactive, at last.
    FATHER-of-one was caught trying to steal a bicycle that had been planted on a city street by gardai mounting a sting operation, a court heard.

    http://http://www.independent.ie/irish-news/courts/garda-sting-caught-wouldbe-bike-thief-31224642.html


  • #2567
    granty1987
    Registered Users Posts: 291 ✭✭granty1987


    A friend had his bike stolen back in town back in January - was taped up a lot to hide its caliber / make it look like a banger.

    Anyways he stumbled across it locked up on Grafton St - tape job still on it.

    He called the guards and waited, they didn't show. The new "owner" did though and my mate told him that it was his bike, he has photos on his phone etc to prove it and that the guards were on their way.

    He cycled home a happy chappy


  • #2568
    sebcity
    Closed Accounts Posts: 546 ✭✭✭sebcity


    yosser hughes wrote: »
    Good to see the Gardai being proactive, at last.


    http://http://www.independent.ie/irish-news/courts/garda-sting-caught-wouldbe-bike-thief-31224642.html


    Slap on the wrist, back out stealing bikes a day later. Regardless, good to see them being proactive as you said


  • #2569
    CyrilFiggis
    Registered Users Posts: 67 ✭✭CyrilFiggis


    If anyone sees this ancient red Raleigh three speed around they might PM me. The gears are fooked so whoever nicked it didn't cycle away on it and I full expect it to be dumped somewhere when they realise it's in need of some major repair.

    http://imgur.com/Ehe7sCQ

    Cheers


  • #2570
    ted1
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 23,650 ✭✭✭✭ted1


    yosser hughes wrote: »
    Good to see the Gardai being proactive, at last.


    http://http://www.independent.ie/irish-news/courts/garda-sting-caught-wouldbe-bike-thief-31224642.html

    But it was a pointless excerise as the judge did nothing to discourage further thefts


  • #2571
    granty1987
    Registered Users Posts: 291 ✭✭granty1987


    Was getting the mop chopped in Ranelagh on Sunday and was locking my bike up to a pole with another one there when two lads walked past and laughed to them selves saying that they were going to steal my bike! I told them to jog on and left it at that as I presumed they were joking in a d*ckish way - that and I have a solid lump of a lock. The other bike had a wire style lock about as thick as tooth floss.

    Anyways, when I was finished my bike was still there but the other was gone, lock as well. It could have been just have been coincidence that the owner cycled off, but maybe they did actually steal the bike. Can't remember what it was, something blue and white.

    If someone does own that bike and it was stolen (around 2.30) on Sunday, then let me know as I know what the lads look like and they went to the ATM just before so they would have them on camera


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  • #2572
    schemingbohemia
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,606 ✭✭✭schemingbohemia


    granty1987 wrote: »
    A friend had his bike stolen back in town back in January - was taped up a lot to hide its caliber / make it look like a banger.

    Anyways he stumbled across it locked up on Grafton St - tape job still on it.

    He called the guards and waited, they didn't show. The new "owner" did though and my mate told him that it was his bike, he has photos on his phone etc to prove it and that the guards were on their way.

    He cycled home a happy chappy

    I saw the Garda cutting a lock on a bike near Stillorgan Shopping Centre a couple of weeks ago, a young woman was waiting for them to cut it off, hard to tell if she'd just forgotten her key or had persuaded the Garda that it was her "stolen" bike.


  • #2573
    emigrate2012
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 323 ✭✭emigrate2012


    So...I left my bike outside the coachman's inn since Thursday last.no, bother wasn't touched.
    Picked it up tonight, cycled down to the swiss cottage....and 20 mins later,gone.
    Lock snipped,bolt cropper left on the deck along with his ****ty piece of ****in crap dirtbox of a bike......
    Disgusted, 3 bikes in 18 months.

    Free bolt crops and a crap bike is all I've got now.....

    Anything similar happen?I know roughly were it is.but I can't go there like a bull.
    So ****ing frustrating.
    Arrrgh!!!!!!


  • #2574
    ThisRegard
    Closed Accounts Posts: 27,833 ✭✭✭✭ThisRegard


    Swiss Cottage in Santry? Some people wouldn't leave a car there. Not being smart but maybe pick better spots to leave a bike?


  • #2575
    ted1
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 23,650 ✭✭✭✭ted1


    What type of lock are you using?


  • #2576
    shansey
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 388 ✭✭shansey


    Had my bike robbed from the IFSC on Monday, wasn't a great bike but will run me €300 to get one of similar standard now. Lock cut. They did it in broad daylight in front of loads of people..


  • #2577
    Weepsie
    Site Banned Posts: 20,686 ✭✭✭✭Weepsie


    Hold thread dedicated to it here

    http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=2056226324


  • #2578
    magicbastarder
    Moderators, Category Moderators, Arts Moderators, Sports Moderators Posts: 50,167 CMod ✭✭✭✭magicbastarder


    ThisRegard wrote: »
    Swiss Cottage in Santry? Some people wouldn't leave a car there. Not being smart but maybe pick better spots to leave a bike?
    classic victim blaming.


  • #2579
    CramCycle
    Moderators, Sports Moderators Posts: 25,161 Mod ✭✭✭✭CramCycle


    emigrate2012 wrote: »
    So...I left my bike outside the coachman's inn since Thursday last.no, bother wasn't touched.
    Merged with main thread
    shansey wrote: »
    Had my bike robbed from the IFSC on Monday, wasn't a great bike but will run me €300 to get one of similar standard now. Lock cut. They did it in broad daylight in front of loads of people..

    Had mine destroyed there when they couldn't break the lock, the IFSC is notorious for this, which is surprising considering they have an additional security crowd on top of the gardai who seem to do regular enough spins around.

    Have a walk around the houses behind the apartment blocks, around Sheriff St. Lower and Guild St. and the adjoining roads.You might get lucky.


  • #2580
    ThisRegard
    Closed Accounts Posts: 27,833 ✭✭✭✭ThisRegard


    magicbastarder wrote: »
    classic victim blaming.

    You read what you want into it but it's simple common sense.


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  • #2581
    RainyDay
    Closed Accounts Posts: 6,925 ✭✭✭RainyDay


    Courtesy of Waterford Whispers

    acid_picdump_54.jpg


  • #2582
    shansey
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 388 ✭✭shansey


    Not sure what to do now.. do I buy a ****ty old bike for €150 and a lock for €60?

    On bike to work I could prob get a new bike for near that money..

    What a ****ty world we live in where I can't have a half decent bike locked outside work


  • #2583
    nc19
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 1,395 ✭✭✭nc19


    emigrate2012 wrote:
    . Disgusted, 3 bikes in 18 months.

    Maybe it's your own fault so???????

    No victim blaming just pointing out the blatantly obvious to avoid it being 4 bikes in 20 months. ......


  • #2584
    shansey
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 388 ✭✭shansey


    nc19 wrote: »
    Maybe it's your own fault so???????

    No victim blaming just pointing out the blatantly obvious to avoid it being 4 bikes in 20 months. ......

    How do you avoid? Kryptonite locks as good as they say?


  • #2585
    Johnnio13
    Registered Users Posts: 796 ✭✭✭Johnnio13


    http://www.stickybottle.com/latest-news/ras-yellow-jerseys-bike-and-team-bikes-kit-stolen-overnight/

    Don't know if its on here. But KTM out there somewhere that needs returning also.


  • #2586
    endacl
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 22,353 ✭✭✭✭endacl


    Johnnio13 wrote: »
    http://www.stickybottle.com/latest-news/ras-yellow-jerseys-bike-and-team-bikes-kit-stolen-overnight/

    Don't know if its on here. But KTM out there somewhere that needs returning also.

    FFS.

    :mad:


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  • #2587
    shansey
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 388 ✭✭shansey


    Where are all these bikes going? I checked a few second hand places and they had nothing but scrap!

    I can't imagine they're selling them to fellow scumbags who want to shave a few seconds off their PB..


  • #2588
    listermint
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 34,104 ✭✭✭✭listermint


    shansey wrote: »
    Where are all these bikes going? I checked a few second hand places and they had nothing but scrap!

    I can't imagine they're selling them to fellow scumbags who want to shave a few seconds off their PB..

    Containers. - UK market or continental.


  • #2589
    surball
    Registered Users Posts: 158 ✭✭surball


    surball wrote: »
    Two bikes stolen overnight from the glasnevin area. one a black specialized langster with 105 brake calipers and the other a ridgeback genesis satin grey colour. I have no picture of the ridgeback but its similar to this one, except mine had a rear rack. A picture of the Langster is attached.

    s640ridgebackgenesisday01grey.jpg
    surball wrote: »
    Two bikes stolen overnight from the glasnevin area. one a black specialized langster with 105 brake calipers and the other a ridgeback genesis satin grey colour. I have no picture of the ridgeback but its similar to this one, except mine had a rear rack. A picture of the Langster is attached.

    s640ridgebackgenesisday01grey.jpg

    Found my langster battered and bruised bike locked up at Stephens green Luas stop a couple of weeks ago.

    Gardai were kind enough to facilitate a bolt cutters to allow me steal it back.

    Coincidentally I was due to give evidence against one the guys who stole it the day before. He didn't show up. Other guy got 6 weeks prison last year for it


  • #2590
    LugsB
    Registered Users Posts: 36 ✭LugsB


    shansey wrote: »
    Where are all these bikes going? I checked a few second hand places and they had nothing but scrap!

    I can't imagine they're selling them to fellow scumbags who want to shave a few seconds off their PB..

    Apparently, they get shipped out of the country in containers to be sold in various European countries.


  • #2591
    Mercian Pro
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,299 ✭✭✭Mercian Pro


    LugsB wrote: »
    Apparently, they get shipped out of the country in containers to be sold in various European countries.

    Is there any real evidence of this or is it just speculation? I do note the word "apparently" at the start :)


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  • #2592
    LugsB
    Registered Users Posts: 36 ✭LugsB


    Mercian Pro wrote: »
    Is there any real evidence of this or is it just speculation? I do note the word "apparently" at the start :)

    Yes I said apparently because I'm not aware of anyone being convicted but I was informed of this practice being common by two separate bicycle shop owners. Come to think of it, I did read something about this recently too. I'll see if I can dig it up again.


  • #2593
    Greenmachine
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,063 ✭✭✭Greenmachine


    I think some of these thieves do it to be miserable pr!cks. Some of the markets etc, apparently have people flogging, specialist bikes for silly money. Anyone who knew anything about bikes would something was right, with an €800 bike selling for €50.
    Saw a brazen example last week at the parnell street entrance to the ilac centre in Dublin. They were three of them pulling on a bike clearly trying to snap the flimsy wire lock. Chance are they would do the exact same thing tomorrow or next week even after they are caught for the nth time.


  • #2594
    darconio
    Registered Users Posts: 935 ✭✭✭darconio


    Mercian Pro wrote: »
    Is there any real evidence of this or is it just speculation? I do note the word "apparently" at the start :)

    Here
    darconio wrote: »
    I've recently seen a documentary about several shops that were victims of a break-in and had their bikes stolen. Apparently these bikes were recognized by the owners as advertised and sold for less than half price in a well known Ukranian website.

    Have a look and judge for yourself

    The local police couldn't care less, I wouldn't be surprised if our beloved bikes ended up in a similar way


  • #2595
    Thargor
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 17,964 ✭✭✭✭Thargor


    darconio wrote: »
    I've recently seen a documentary about several shops that were victims of a break-in and had their bikes stolen. Apparently these bikes were recognized by the owners as advertised and sold for less than half price in a well known Ukranian website.

    Have a look and judge for yourself

    The local police couldn't care less, I wouldn't be surprised if our beloved bikes ended up in a similar way
    Are those US dollars or does the Ukrainian currency use the $ symbol? If the latter all those bikes are going for less than 50 Euro!

    https://www.google.ie/search?q=870+ukranian+dollars&gws_rd=cr&ei=QTFmVbL_FaKv7AaKyoCoCA#q=870+ukrainian+hryvnia+in+euro&spell=1


  • #2596
    darconio
    Registered Users Posts: 935 ✭✭✭darconio


    Thargor wrote: »
    Are those US dollars or does the Ukrainian currency use the $ symbol? If the latter all those bikes are going for less than 50 Euro!

    https://www.google.ie/search?q=870+ukranian+dollars&gws_rd=cr&ei=QTFmVbL_FaKv7AaKyoCoCA#q=870+ukrainian+hryvnia+in+euro&spell=1

    They are us dollars.
    Pick any of them and do a search in any website for their effective average price :eek:

    I must admit that these are brand new high end bikes, not sure if the standard bike stolen from the street will end up in the same way


  • #2597
    shansey
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 388 ✭✭shansey


    there needs to be a deterrent.

    Those scumbags laugh at an adult caution and they never end up before the District Court.

    Cops don't want the hassle a lot of the time.. easier to fob you off.

    They balked when I told them I didn't know the precise hour my bike was stolen and as much as said we won't be watching through 6 hours of cctv.


  • #2598
    Greenmachine
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,063 ✭✭✭Greenmachine


    shansey wrote: »
    there needs to be a deterrent.

    Those scumbags laugh at an adult caution and they never end up before the District Court.

    Cops don't want the hassle a lot of the time.. easier to fob you off.

    They balked when I told them I didn't know the precise hour my bike was stolen and as much as said we won't be watching through 6 hours of cctv.

    I expect, they assumed cyclist sit watching their bikes all day waiting for them to be stolen; you so they know exactly when it happens.


  • #2599
    check_six
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,245 ✭✭✭check_six


    Greenmachine wrote: »
    I expect, they assumed cyclist sit watching their bikes all day waiting for them to be stolen; you so they know exactly when it happens.

    Sure if the cyclist can't even be bothered to provide the perp's description, name, known aliases, blood/hair/urine sample, home address, the current location of the bike, half a dozen witnesses (including at least one member of the clergy of a major world religion), and a high definition video of the crime taking place, why even bother reporting it?

    It's not like it's the same few lads doing most of the thieving over and over again, is it???


  • #2600
    Greenmachine
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,063 ✭✭✭Greenmachine


    check_six wrote: »
    Sure if the cyclist can't even be bothered to provide the perp's description, name, known aliases, blood/hair/urine sample, home address, the current location of the bike, half a dozen witnesses (including at least one member of the clergy of a major world religion), and a high definition video of the crime taking place, why even bother reporting it?

    It's not like it's the same few lads doing most of the thieving over and over again, is it???

    Not exactly the same, but when I had a motorbike stolen, the only communication I ever heard from the garda was a phone call asking if I had found my bike. Why yes officer I have an army of bike hunter who I keep under my bed for just such an occasion.


  • #2601
    splasc
    Registered Users Posts: 2 ✭splasc


    Hi guys. I know its a long shot but I went to the garden shed this morning to find it broken into and my fairly new Canyon Al 7.0 (grey with green text) stolen..

    Its only a few months old so in great condition. If you happen t see it on the trails or elsewhere, please let me or Black Rock Garda station know (they have the serial #).

    Gutted!


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