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

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  • #152
    declanrob
    Registered Users Posts: 4 ✭declanrob


    Unregistered. wrote: »
    Let us know when you find out! Glad to heat you got your bike back.


    So i seen further the CCTV, regrettably I locked the bike to what i thought was the bar outside fresh but i didnt loop it under my mistake.

    The lads came around noticed this, picked up the bike and threw it on the ground - I would assume to create attention to see if the owner was around. minutes later they pick it up and put it back not in its original place. 15 mins later they come back pick it up and run off.

    They are all known in the area.


  • #153
    Lawrence1895
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 7,627 ✭✭✭Lawrence1895


    nerraw1111 wrote: »
    Hey Lars,

    Sorry to hear about the bike. Whereabouts did you lock in the gasworks? I keep my bike there the odd time.

    It's the bicycle stand opposite the Poolbeg apartments, how is it called again? The Camden, I think.


    Btw...Trek, 3rd series, model number 3700


  • #154
    bogmanfan
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,701 ✭✭✭bogmanfan


    My mate's Trek 1400 road bike was stolen from the underground carpark in his apartment building in Clontarf. He kept the front wheel in the apt, so it was taken without a front wheel :eek:
    If anyone's offered a road bike that's missing a wheel, let me know...


  • #155
    galwaybaba
    Closed Accounts Posts: 4 ✭galwaybaba


    Dear Fellow Cyclist,

    I am deserate, can you help me? On the 27th July my securely locked bicycle was stolen from Wellpark retail centre. I only owned this bike for 6 weeks and it is now my 4th bike in 6 years that has been stolen in Galway City! Bad form, I know! mad.gifIt was a black Ammaco ladies bike with a basket at the front, 3 gears, a new set of pedals and a new seat.

    If you would happen to come across it, I would be the most grateful if you could contact me on <snip>. Thank you very much indeed.


  • #156
    Spear
    Moderators, Computer Games Moderators, Technology & Internet Moderators, Help & Feedback Category Moderators Posts: 25,504 CMod ✭✭✭✭Spear


    Moved from N&F.


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  • #157
    Unregistered.
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,532 ✭✭✭Unregistered.


    galwaybaba wrote: »
    I only owned this bike for 6 weeks and it is now my 4th bike in 6 years that has been stolen in Galway City!
    What sort of locks have you been using?


  • #158
    galwaybaba
    Closed Accounts Posts: 4 ✭galwaybaba


    Not a secure enough I am afraid!


  • #159
    Haleakala
    Registered Users Posts: 49 ✭Haleakala


    bogmanfan wrote: »
    My mate's Trek 1400 road bike was stolen from the underground carpark in his apartment building in Clontarf. He kept the front wheel in the apt, so it was taken without a front wheel :eek:
    If anyone's offered a road bike that's missing a wheel, let me know...


    Do you mind me asking if the apt building was Ashbrook by any chance?


  • #160
    Blue File
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1 ✭Blue File


    My Blue Merida Race 880 road bike was stolen from outside Fairview Church on Saturday 30 July. 55cm frame, Look pedals, black bar tape and bottle cages. Not worth a whole lot but would love to get it back although i'd say it's long gone at this stage!


  • #161
    moon2
    Registered Users Posts: 724 ✭✭✭moon2


    Just on the offchance any of you nice cyclists out there come across someone selling a 5-6 month old Cube Aerial in the next week or two, could you let me know as it's probably mine ;)

    My bike was stolen yesterday (Sunday) from outside of Stephens Green shopping centre at 7pm in plain few of dozens (hundreds?) of indifferent people. It was a group of 3 or 4 lads which just worked on the lock until it gave way having a great aul shout and laugh about it while they were at it. I know because when I came back to cycle home someone who had seen the robbery saw/heard me on my phone looking all depressed and filled me in on the details.

    I can provide a bunch of identifying details which should make it easy to spot it even if they take off all the extras. While I doubt they read boards, I'm not sure if I should put all the ways to identify it up here just in case.


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  • #162
    sy
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,653 ✭✭✭sy


    Sorry to hear that moon2. Doubt if those scumbags would know about Boards so might be no harm to post details just in case it pops up on the usual sites.


  • #163
    Unregistered.
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,532 ✭✭✭Unregistered.


    moon2 wrote: »
    ...It was a group of 3 or 4 lads which just worked on the lock until it gave way having a great aul shout and laugh about it while they were at it...
    What type of lock was it?


  • #164
    bogmanfan
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,701 ✭✭✭bogmanfan


    Haleakala wrote: »
    Do you mind me asking if the apt building was Ashbrook by any chance?

    Sorry mate, only saw this now. Wasn't Ashbrook. (nice username by the way)


  • #165
    part time punk
    Registered Users Posts: 462 ✭✭part time punk


    So I cyled into work this morning to find my old bike gone. Admittedly it's been sitting there for ages unlocked (but off street past a security gate so should be secure) and I would occasionally look at thinking I must give it to Rothar or try to do a bike repair course and do it up as a fixie etc. It's a 10 year old British blue eagle city bike but very rusty, tyres/brakes banjaxed and don't think it could have been cycled anywhere. Part of me's annoyed but part of me thinks well that saves me having to figure out what to do with it. Is that very wrong?


  • #166
    Unregistered.
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,532 ✭✭✭Unregistered.


    part time punk wrote: »
    So I cyled into work this morning to find my old bike gone. Admittedly it's been sitting there for ages unlocked (but off street past a security gate so should be secure) and I would occasionally look at thinking I must give it to Rothar or try to do a bike repair course and do it up as a fixie etc. It's a 10 year old British blue eagle city bike but very rusty, tyres/brakes banjaxed and don't think it could have been cycled anywhere. Part of me's annoyed but part of me thinks well that saves me having to figure out what to do with it. Is that very wrong?
    You should have been fined for illegal dumping.


  • #167
    part time punk
    Registered Users Posts: 462 ✭✭part time punk


    Unregistered. wrote: »
    You should have been fined for illegal dumping.

    Seriously? I mean it was left in a bike rack/bike storage area that's never full. It's not like I dumped it in the canal or the Liffey


  • #168
    CramCycle
    Moderators, Sports Moderators Posts: 25,160 Mod ✭✭✭✭CramCycle


    My Spidey "off-topic" sense is tingling, please let me be wrong.


  • #169
    ThisRegard
    Closed Accounts Posts: 27,833 ✭✭✭✭ThisRegard


    Would it have been removed by the building management, bikes that appear to be abandoned are often removed, even if they're locked.


  • #170
    camroc76
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 130 ✭✭camroc76


    So finally I broke my duck !...My two bikes were taken from a locked designated bike shed in my apartment block between the dates noted in the title. They were a Giant Yukon FX (2008 Model) with mavic crossrail rims, carbon easton seatpost and the rear shifter was upgraded also. The bike is similiar to this:http://www.giant-bicycles.com/en-us/bikes/mountain/1382/29355/

    The other was my first proper racer, a Giant Scr 4, bog standard except with pedals being clips on both sides, alot of bumps and scratches on the paint work but she never let me down !! The bike is similiar to this: http://www.giant-bicycles.com/en-GB/bikes/road/1399/29642/

    I havent reported then stolen to the Garda yet as, I need to talk to the Managment Company first and get their view on it (They supply the keys to the designated bike shed).

    The apartment blocks are situated in Milltown, adjacent to the Dodder river.

    Still in shock to be honest...i just walked down to get one of the machines and go for cycle out to Dalkey and nothing, gone.:(


  • #171
    CramCycle
    Moderators, Sports Moderators Posts: 25,160 Mod ✭✭✭✭CramCycle


    camroc76 wrote: »
    I havent reported then stolen to the Garda yet as, I need to talk to the Managment Company first and get their view on it (They supply the keys to the designated bike shed).

    Don't waste time, if there were a few bikes taken the gardai will need to know ASAP, if they are recovered you'll want your name down. Hopefully the management company can help but it is still a matter for the Gardai.


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  • #172
    Unregistered.
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,532 ✭✭✭Unregistered.


    camroc76 wrote: »
    I havent reported then stolen to the Garda yet as, I need to talk to the Managment Company first and get their view on it (They supply the keys to the designated bike shed).

    Were they locked to anything inside the shed?


  • #173
    mcmoustache
    Registered Users Posts: 7,237 ✭✭✭mcmoustache


    It would help others if people who have lost bikes could describe what kind of lock was used, how it was tied, and how it was circumvented.

    It may not help retrieve an already stolen bike but it would help others to avoid making the same mistake.


  • #174
    camroc76
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 130 ✭✭camroc76


    A key was used to enter the storage area, only the MTB was locked again inside the shed.

    It was a cable tied thru the frame, one of the lesser Kryptonite Kryptoflex Key Cables. This was cut.

    CCTV is being reviewed as i type by the Mangt. Company. No clues so far.


  • #175
    doc1976
    Registered Users Posts: 164 ✭✭doc1976


    Does Unregistered have a thing about locks??


  • #176
    CramCycle
    Moderators, Sports Moderators Posts: 25,160 Mod ✭✭✭✭CramCycle


    mcmoustache wrote: »
    It would help others if people who have lost bikes could describe what kind of lock was used, how it was tied, and how it was circumvented.

    It may not help retrieve an already stolen bike but it would help others to avoid making the same mistake.

    I think there are plenty of threads dealing with locking techniques dos/don'ts and the wiki has a good bit on it when it returns to us, might not be worth loading up a thread with it when the info is already there.


  • #177
    levi
    Registered Users Posts: 366 ✭✭levi


    doc1976 wrote: »
    Does Unregistered have a thing about locks??

    I reckon it's a case of whether or not he/she wants to have sympathy for the person. If the bike's were well locked and everything possible was done to prevent the theft, then sympathy is warranted.

    If the bikes were not locked properly, locked with a bad lock or not locked at all... less sympathy.

    That's the impression I get anyway.

    Doesn't make the theft of your beloved bike any easier... just makes one feel worse :(


  • #178
    Unregistered.
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,532 ✭✭✭Unregistered.


    doc1976 wrote: »
    Does Unregistered have a thing about locks??

    See mcmoustache's post, above.


  • #179
    Beasty
    Administrators, Social & Fun Moderators, Sports Moderators Posts: 77,497 Admin ✭✭✭✭✭Beasty


    From the Opening Post;):
    Beasty wrote: »
    3. This thread should be used for notifying any available details of the theft – ideally include location, time, details of locks used, and any information on how the thief managed to get round any security measures adopted can be included.
    ...


  • #180
    Unregistered.
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,532 ✭✭✭Unregistered.


    Beasty wrote: »
    From the Opening Post;):
    In addition to helping people avoid making the same mistakes, it would be interesting to see if and how various locks / techniques (such as those featured in the wiki) were circumvented.


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  • #181
    Lemag
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,508 ✭✭✭Lemag


    Unregistered. wrote: »
    In addition to helping people avoid making the same mistakes, it would be interesting to see if and how various locks / techniques (such as those featured in the wiki) were circumvented.
    So that we can go out and rob us some bikes :confused:


  • #182
    Beasty
    Administrators, Social & Fun Moderators, Sports Moderators Posts: 77,497 Admin ✭✭✭✭✭Beasty


    Lemag wrote: »
    So that we can go out and rob us some bikes :confused:
    It's a fine balance - we don't want posters to explain how to get round security systems, but it is helpful to understand where the weaknesses are to help avoid others falling into the same trap


  • #183
    crossle
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1 ✭crossle


    2 of our bikes were stolen from our garage last night, between 8.30pm and 11.30pm (Thursday 11st August). We were in the house and the garage adjoins the house. It is possible our son didn't latch the garage door and someone noticed the door ajar, came in the gate and into the garage and took both bikes:

    BIKE NO 1: Fuji Team - Carbon Racer - White handlebar tape, blue San Marco saddle. Only had it a year. See photo of the FUJI attached and I have serial numbers.

    couGC.jpg

    BIKE NO 2: Giant hybrid - grey with a child seat on the back

    I am so angry about it, this is the second bike that has stolen, the last locked in Ranaleagh. After that I wouldn't leave a bike on the street. I really want to do something about this and although I know the chances of recovery are very low, I want to do my best to find it.

    I will be monitoring all the websites, Garda auctions, talking to local bike shops, etc. I am also tempted to put signs around the locality as it was likely to be an opportunistic scumbag. Any other advice of where to trace bikes would be great.

    It makes me think there must be a better way to use everybody how has had a bike stolen to try and trace where the bikes are going. Surely the volume of bikes being stolen can't just disappear and must have to end up somewhere.

    Any help or info would be much appreciated.


  • #184
    camroc76
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 130 ✭✭camroc76


    Sorry to hear it Crossle, I am only down the road in Milltown, me thinks there is a pattern appearing here !


  • #185
    cyco
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 336 ✭✭cyco


    is there anywhere else with a stolen bikes thread like this to check out bikes for sale online before buying?


  • #186
    Whitehawk
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 749 ✭✭✭Whitehawk


    cyco wrote: »
    is there anywhere else with a stolen bikes thread like this to check out bikes for sale online before buying?
    if your looking at getting a bike from someone, but take the frame number down and check with garda, they will be able to cheack it agenst there list and tell you if they have it on record or not!


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  • #187
    dubmess
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 282 ✭✭dubmess


    It may have been mentioned here before, sorry if so, but there is another forum for keeping an eye out for stolen bikes:
    http://www.bikeshepherd.org/

    You can register your bike with it's serial number,upload a picture of it and details of where it was stolen, and it appears on a map of Dublin so other users can keep an eye out.

    They've also teamed up with Kryptonite to offer a tagging system you can buy; a tamper-proof (whatever that means) sticker with a qr code on it that people can scan to check out the status of the bike.

    Sounds interesting but probably will only be effective if a hell of a lot of people are using it.


  • #188
    Tayto2000
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 597 ✭✭✭Tayto2000


    The bikeshepherd scheme has a lot of potential if people will sign up for it. At the very least it's a good place to post info on your stolen bike so people can keep an eye out. I've registered my three bikes on it, hopefully I'll never have to report them stolen!

    I pass through milltown, rathgar and the surrounds every day, I'll keep an eyeout for that Fuji.


  • #189
    Side Show Bob
    Closed Accounts Posts: 981 ✭✭✭Side Show Bob


    Stolen last night August 14th 2011 from thr back of our house at Grangerath Drogheda, near the Southgate Shopping Centre.
    Giant Acid 2 kids Mountain bike, belonging to my 10 year old son
    The bike is black and has all stock parts fitted,
    I understand there were only a very small number of these bikes sold in Ireland,
    Any information that would help with the recovery of the bike would be greatly appreciated.


  • #190
    Glasscrank
    Closed Accounts Posts: 5 ✭Glasscrank


    While I was racing at the National Track Champs on Sundrive Road on Saturday my van was broken into and my road bike was stolen. It a Wilier Cento 1, Campag Record Throughout, Campag Shamal Wheels. It's Red / Black and size S. One year old. It has a Selle SMP Carbon Saddle on it. Bike is worth €5,500. One of a Kind in Ireland. If you see it drop me a line. Here's hoping.


  • #191
    alfalad
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,104 ✭✭✭alfalad


    Glasscrank wrote: »
    While I was racing at the National Track Champs on Sundrive Road on Saturday my van was broken into and my road bike was stolen. It a Wilier Cento 1, Campag Record Throughout, Campag Shamal Wheels. It's Red / Black and size S. One year old. It has a Selle SMP Carbon Saddle on it. Bike is worth €5,500. One of a Kind in Ireland. If you see it drop me a line. Here's hoping.
    Ouch, really hope you get it back.


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  • #192
    CramCycle
    Moderators, Sports Moderators Posts: 25,160 Mod ✭✭✭✭CramCycle


    Glasscrank wrote: »
    While I was racing at the National Track Champs on Sundrive Road on Saturday my van was broken into and my road bike was stolen. It a Wilier Cento 1, Campag Record Throughout, Campag Shamal Wheels. It's Red / Black and size S. One year old. It has a Selle SMP Carbon Saddle on it. Bike is worth €5,500. One of a Kind in Ireland. If you see it drop me a line. Here's hoping.

    Any pictures?


  • #193
    roarlad
    Registered Users Posts: 123 ✭✭roarlad


    My bike was stolen from inside my house yesterday, someone broke in and nicked a laptop and my bike.
    The rear tyre is flat, there was a seat pack fitted, and the grip was black.

    cannondale_caad9_4_race_red.jpg

    Haven't seen many of these around town ever, especially in this colour.
    Anybody sees it, I'd really appreciate a shout.

    Thanks
    Ruairi


  • #194
    miketv
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 835 ✭✭✭miketv


    Glasscrank wrote: »
    While I was racing at the National Track Champs on Sundrive Road on Saturday my van was broken into and my road bike was stolen. It a Wilier Cento 1, Campag Record Throughout, Campag Shamal Wheels. It's Red / Black and size S. One year old. It has a Selle SMP Carbon Saddle on it. Bike is worth €5,500. One of a Kind in Ireland. If you see it drop me a line. Here's hoping.

    Well done, your on the radio! hope you get it back.


  • #195
    Beasty
    Administrators, Social & Fun Moderators, Sports Moderators Posts: 77,497 Admin ✭✭✭✭✭Beasty


    Glasscrank wrote: »
    While I was racing at the National Track Champs on Sundrive Road on Saturday my van was broken into and my road bike was stolen. It a Wilier Cento 1, Campag Record Throughout, Campag Shamal Wheels. It's Red / Black and size S. One year old. It has a Selle SMP Carbon Saddle on it. Bike is worth €5,500. One of a Kind in Ireland. If you see it drop me a line. Here's hoping.
    I know it's already been asked, but if you could put up a photo of either the actual bike, or a stock picture it, it would help posters keep an eye out for it, either in the flesh or in FS ads on the net. It's probably the sort of bike that will catch the eye more than most that are reported here


  • #196
    furry
    Registered Users Posts: 111 ✭✭furry


    Looking for a little help here...my other half had his bike stolen from outside of work on friday, three weeks after buying it :( Its fairly distinctive so if it pops up on any site it should be easy to recognize...

    its a scott addict r3 (blank and white), dura-ace crank set, ritchey stem (white), Deda handle bars, Sram rival shifters, selle italia slr saddle and american classic wheels.... if anyone see's it for sale on any site can they respond to this thread...thanks


  • #197
    michael196
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,222 ✭✭✭michael196


    just to clarify it it a 2011 model ? Scott change colors every year almost. Will keep an eye out. Not that many Scotts in the south east , so trying to sell it on, in the southeast, it should stand out. I own a scott myself. and have just been through getting my stolen mountain bike back, by the gardai in Crumlin.


    mine turned up on done deal about 5 days after been stolen, but the picture was not of my bike but the description and the brand and model were correct. I think the thieves dont use the actual picture just to put u off, u think ''thats not my bike'' and move on in ur search. my advice is therefore search by make and model and not necessarily the picture.

    I verified that it was mine by texting and asking where in dublin was the bike for sale an the thief answered with the area it was taken from. We set up to meet the thief to recover the bike but at that point handed the whole thing over to the garada who went in , in plain clothes and arrested the lads. 1 x 18 and 2 x 15 year olds.


    watch the sites alright......probably a few days before they move to seel it on, dont give up hope and report it to the gardai. If the gaurds think its the latest in a string of robberies by the individual, they will be anxious to have something to arrest the thief redhanded with.


  • #198
    furry
    Registered Users Posts: 111 ✭✭furry


    Yea i should have included the year, its the 2010 model....i see the 2011
    model is also black and white... delighted to hear you got yours back,
    hoping for the same outcome.


  • #199
    Whippersnapper
    Registered Users Posts: 598 ✭✭✭Whippersnapper


    Putting this up for my mate:

    Two near-identical bikes stolen from Lucan over the weekend from a garden shed.

    They bashed the side-gate lock, shed lock and cut a kryptonite lock on the bikes.

    Bikes are only 6 months old.

    One is slightly larger and with bull bars.

    There is a reward offered for the recovery of the bikes.


  • #200
    bikerAngel
    Closed Accounts Posts: 3 ✭bikerAngel


    I had my bike stolen yesterday (22/08/2011) from right outside cineworld on Parnell street. I had just gotten it under the bike to work scheme friday. I had it for a whole weekend. Haven't even made one payment on it and now I have to pay for the rest of the year and buy a new bike. :mad:

    My bike is a ladies hybrid, grey carrera with a distinctive pink bottle holder. The bike tubes have been replaced with Slime Schrader Bike Inner Tube and have bright green nozzle caps, it also has a spring loaded pannier on the back for holding bags etc. Link to halfords as I dont have it long enough to have pictures of my bike. :( If anyone has any details or have seen this please let me know.

    Does anyone have any ideas on where these bikes go?


  • #201
    Unregistered.
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,532 ✭✭✭Unregistered.


    bikerAngel wrote: »
    I had my bike stolen yesterday (22/08/2011) from right outside cineworld on Parnell street. I had just gotten it under the bike to work scheme friday. I had it for a whole weekend. Haven't even made one payment on it and now I have to pay for the rest of the year and buy a new bike. :mad:

    My bike is a ladies hybrid, grey carrera with a distinctive pink bottle holder. The bike tubes have been replaced with Slime Schrader Bike Inner Tube and have bright green nozzle caps, it also has a spring loaded pannier on the back for holding bags etc. I've attached a picture of the bike from halfords as I dont have it long enough to have picutres of my bike. :( If anyone has any details or have seen this please let me know.

    Does anyone have any ideas on where these bikes go?

    sorry to hear that. Any details on what sort of lock you were using?


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