Register of Stolen Bikes ?

Redjeep!

Hi,

I'm looking to buy a second hand bike through the usual channels, and was wondering if there was any way to check if it had been registered as stolen before I buy it.

Does anybody know if the garda or anybody keep a record of stolen bikes ?

Cheers.

311

I wouldn't buy a good bike off someone who knows nothing about them.

Frank_Leach

Granted 311, some burberry cap spliff smoking jar head trying to sell a kona dawg might arouse suspicions..but what of ordinary joe's buying and selling on boards? is there a way to check if it is stolen or not?

i am haing that same dilemma at the moment; i found the wreckage of a carrera subway, and i want to see if it is stolen or not.

Anyone got any tips/suggestions?

Is it just a case of go to the gardai?

Saxobank

alot of bikes that are found/recovered are handed to Gardai and are never reclaimed. Some districts hold auctions depending where you are, ring your local station about this and see how it goes.

Frank_Leach

I wonder would it just be a case of going in and telling them the name and model and serial number of the bike, them checking in their files and saying, yes this is stolen we'll take it from here...or no, it hasn't been reported, off you go?

Now this sounds alot like common sense...sometimes common sense and civil service don't match up? Surely this is the way to go?

cdaly_

Way back in the mists of time when I was a kid, we found a (presumably stolen) bike and turned it into the Gardai. We were told if nobody claimed in in a year and a day, we could have it back. Turned up the year and a day later and duly took the bike home.