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

Beasty

Posting this for someone who has been unable to sign up completely but PM'd me the info:

Brand new, not used yet Cube Attain Race Disc 2017 (picture below) stolen last night in Belmont Stepaside next to Aikens Village. Bike was locked up in a pad-locked shed. Also Carrera Zelos bike stolen. Please keep an eye out online or if anyone sees it - easily spotted! Thanks


Hopefully they will be along to follow-up here if I can work out what they still need to do to register

TallGlass

Anyone missing this?

https://www.adverts.ie/road-bikes/is-this-yours-giant-defy-4-2016/14539631

Giant Defy 4 2016



Came across it last night.

Thargor

Is that guy you accepted the offer from genuinely the owner?

TallGlass

Thargor wrote: »

Is that guy you accepted the offer from genuinely the owner?

Isn't my ad Thargor, just putting it here so it gets better coverage.

weevixx

Last night our garage was broken into and our two bikes were stolen. Ladies Scott Speedster and Men's Giant FCR Hybrid. Walkinstown area.

This is the Speedster.... It's an XS frame.
https://ibb.co/fV7N6m

This is what the Giant looks like (not a picture of the actual bike)...
https://ibb.co/dQ8qsR

If you could keep an eye out online I'd be really grateful. I've checked Donedeal, Adverts, Facebook Marketplace. Any other ideas of where I could look?

dragratchet

Woman got in contact with me via my club fb page re a cube agree that was found by her ballyogan area. any one lose one.. pm me and ill put you in touch with her.

manafana

weevixx wrote: »

Last night our garage was broken into and our two bikes were stolen. Ladies Scott Speedster and Men's Giant FCR Hybrid. Walkinstown area.

This is the Speedster.... It's an XS frame.
https://ibb.co/fV7N6m

This is what the Giant looks like (not a picture of the actual bike)...
https://ibb.co/dQ8qsR

If you could keep an eye out online I'd be really grateful. I've checked Donedeal, Adverts, Facebook Marketplace. Any other ideas of where I could look?

out of interest what kind of garage, how did they manage break in, i feel its always good to educate on how these gangs get access to our bikes.

KOR101

weevixx wrote: »

Any other ideas of where I could look?

Check out any local places where kids could have sold them. I found one of mine in a place which converts gold to cash amongst other things. They got €10 euros for it.......worth over €600.

air

There's a fishy looking PlanetX Codeine on adverts for €2k. Could well just be a terrible ad but definitely looks suspicious. Description is just a full suspension mountain bike.

JamieIRL

Hi everyone,

My bike was stolen from a pole on Suffolk Street on Thursday night. It’s a silver State Bicycle Company - Contender. There’s not very common, I’ve never a seen another in Dublin. It was locked with a

Please, if anybody sees it on an ad, or for sale somewhere could you message me.

Many thanks,
Jamie

BrianHenryIE

JamieIRL wrote: »

It was locked with a

If everyone posted what locks were broken, people would be more informed as to how sophisticated the typical Irish bike thief is. I'm not sure what happened the rest of your sentence! (obv every lock can be beaten, but it seems an orange Kryptonite is adequate the typical for Dublin commuter)

AndrewJRenko

Be careful how you react if you find someone riding your stolen bike;

https://www.independent.ie/irish-news/courts/man-38-escapes-jail-after-he-slammed-teenager-to-the-ground-36518362.html

Borderfox

AndrewJRenko wrote: »

Be careful how you react if you find someone riding your stolen bike;

https://www.independent.ie/irish-news/courts/man-38-escapes-jail-after-he-slammed-teenager-to-the-ground-36518362.html

Probably better off hitting him with his car

Obviously I wouldn't condone any action of that sort

Mellor

AndrewJRenko wrote: »

Be careful how you react if you find someone riding your stolen bike;

https://www.independent.ie/irish-news/courts/man-38-escapes-jail-after-he-slammed-teenager-to-the-ground-36518362.html

I can understand the frustration. But he's very lucky.
He basically attacked a minor in an unprovoked assault.

Borderfox wrote: »

Probably better off hitting him with his car

Obviously I wouldn't condone any action of that sort

Eh?
That would have been a jail sentence for sure.

CramCycle

Mellor wrote: »

Eh?
That would have been a jail sentence for sure.

Regrettably, sentences imposed by Judges in Ireland would imply that no, it probably wouldn't. In fact should he throw in another few factors while driving that show he wasn't fit to drive, he would probably keep his license and have the judge pass comment on how it could happen to anyone.

air

No charges for the 16 year old for being in posession of stolen goods then?

Canis Lupus

Mr Healy, cycling the bike on the day it was stolen was unaware of that fact.... Yeah, sure.

Mellor

air wrote: »

No charges for the 16 year old for being in posession of stolen goods then?

Wouldn't apply if article is true.
It only applies if you are in possession "knowing that the property was stolen or being reckless as to whether it was stolen".

Canis Lupus wrote: »

Mr Healy, cycling the bike on the day it was stolen was unaware of that fact.... Yeah, sure.

Its quite possible tbh.
Thieves steal bikes to mainly sell them. I'd imagine a quick sale is preferred when there's drugs to be had and more bikes to steal.

This was a circuit court case. I'm sure they considered the possibility that the kid stole it and was simply lying.

rubadub

Have there many cases of people done for possesion of stolen bikes? i.e. those who bought them. I wonder what it takes to prove they were reckless, is there any precedent. I would imagine the vast majority of purchases of stolen bikes, sold the same day would be reckless (esp. the same day as I guess it was sold very cheaply). Wonder if they the lad in this case had a receipt, or how much he paid vs market value.

You hear of €1000 bikes being sold for pittance.

It would be good if they officially gave some sort of expected info you need to get while buying a bike, and if you do not have it then it would be considered a reckless buy.

I remember reading some people asking for the sale of bikes to be simply illegal, or maybe to have to register them or something, but to treat it differently somehow since so many being sold are stolen. I wonder if any other items are close to it, i.e. % of phones which are stolen and then sold on.

manafana

to add their was judge who said it woudnt be right to put someone in jail who had knocked someone in a coma while driving dangerously, they took his licence for grand total of 12 months

MB Lacey

Heads up: Friend from work had his Specialized hybrid stolen from the bike stands behind Central bank in Temple Bar last night. He had forgotten his ulock so only locked it with his chain lock. He left his bike for 5 minutes to pop in somewhere, came back, the bike was stolen with his chain lock on the pavement - it had been cut open.
He feels guys must have been watching the stands to have been so quick.
He used the bike everyday to commute to and from work - gutted for him.

Effects

MB Lacey wrote: »

He feels guys must have been watching the stands to have been so quick.
He used the bike everyday to commute to and from work - gutted for him.

Any CCTV that would have caught them either taking bike or passing nearby with it?

ED E

This might as well be here too.

@stolenbikesdub Hi. Two bikes stolen from my house in Castleknock this afternoon. Planet X road bike and a Cervelo P3 time trial bike. I managed to see the thieves and caught the registration - 12D8844 white caddy van. Please retweet.

https://twitter.com/pmurtagh10/status/957383640857612288

Eamonnator

12D8844 is not a Caddy.

AndrewJRenko

Eamonnator wrote: »

12D8844 is not a Caddy.

https://twitter.com/pmurtagh10/status/957633618389716993

125m

Hope y’all don’t mind
Please read n share

https://www.facebook.com/peter.murtagh1/posts/10159928971915346

125m

Apologies
Thanks

MB Lacey

MB Lacey wrote: »

Heads up: Friend from work had his Specialized hybrid stolen from the bike stands behind Central bank in Temple Bar last night. He had forgotten his ulock so only locked it with his chain lock. He left his bike for 5 minutes to pop in somewhere, came back, the bike was stolen with his chain lock on the pavement - it had been cut open.
He feels guys must have been watching the stands to have been so quick.
He used the bike everyday to commute to and from work - gutted for him.

Delighted to say he got his bike back, not so delighted to say how - he bought it back from the guys who stole it in the first place (allegedly!)
Not a scenario I've heard before so here you go:

After his bike was stolen, he put some photos up on Facebook Market place explaining how his bike had been stolen and asks that if anyone sees it to let him know.
A message pops up from a guy saying he's just bought a bike and lo and behold it's the same one my friend has just had stolen.
Of course the person messaging 'didn't realise it was stolen and bought it in good faith', and my friend could buy it back from him if he wanted if he could meet up immediately.
My friend guesses this is the guy who stole his bike, he needs his bike back to get to work etc so they agree a price. He meets up with 3 teenagers, gives them some money and he gets his bike back.
He is going to the gardai to let them know everything that happened to help this from happening to anyone else. He realises there were several alternative ways he could have played this out but this is the way he went about it.
I had never heard of FB marketplace, I can't believe that the people who stole his bike saw his message and then messaged him back - what are the chances - also the brazen neck.
Not sure what the gardai will do.

josip

MB Lacey wrote: »

Delighted to say he got his bike back, not so delighted to say how - he bought it back from the guys who stole it in the first place (allegedly!)
Not a scenario I've heard before so here you go:

After his bike was stolen, he put some photos up on Facebook Market place explaining how his bike had been stolen and asks that if anyone sees it to let him know.
A message pops up from a guy saying he's just bought a bike and lo and behold it's the same one my friend has just had stolen.
Of course the person messaging 'didn't realise it was stolen and bought it in good faith', and my friend could buy it back from him if he wanted if he could meet up immediately.
My friend guesses this is the guy who stole his bike, he needs his bike back to get to work etc so they agree a price. He meets up with 3 teenagers, gives them some money and he gets his bike back.
He is going to the gardai to let them know everything that happened to help this from happening to anyone else. He realises there were several alternative ways he could have played this out but this is the way he went about it.
I had never heard of FB marketplace, I can't believe that the people who stole his bike saw his message and then messaged him back - what are the chances - also the brazen neck.
Not sure what the gardai will do.

Nothing now.
The time to call the gardai was after he'd arranged to meet them and before they met.
They'd have gone along.

loyatemu

josip wrote: »

Nothing now.
The time to call the gardai was after he'd arranged to meet them and before they met.
They'd have gone along.

or turn up with a few mates and just take the bike back.