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

peneau

2016 Canyon Spectral Full Suspension Mountain Bike, Black Stealth colour. Stolen overnight from home in Sandymount, Dublin, distinctive looking bike not too many of them about if anyone sees it when moving about perhaps you might give a shout out here. Crestfallen young Son at home. Many Thanks

Type 17

An acquaintance of mine had this stolen from his home* in Donnybrook a few weeks ago, and has asked me to post this on here

The frame number is known, and has been reported to the Gardai.
Trek Rail 9.8 GX, size large, has an AXA front headlight and KLS pedals fitted.



Edit: *opportunistic theft - was left on a car-mounted bike rack for a short time, in view of the road (not a smart move).

MojoMaker

For the last two posters who mention "stolen from home" - can you be more specific? e.g. Stolen from inside a locked house, swiped from the garden shed, pinched from the side of the house etc.

Rotten luck both.

iwillhtfu

At around €7.5k I certainly hope that Trek was kept inside a house. That would be a very bitter pill to swallow and a beauty of a bike. On the upside I can't imagine there are many about.

peneau

MojoMaker wrote: »

For the last two posters who mention "stolen from home" - can you be more specific? e.g. Stolen from inside a locked house, swiped from the garden shed, pinched from the side of the house etc.

Rotten luck both.

In my case the bike was taken in the early hours of Friday morning last. The culprit climbed my bolted and locked side gate the bike was under a weather cover removed that from the bike and made off with the bike. I live in Sandymount. Circa 04:30 a neighbours security camera picked up a white transit type van heading up an adjacent road the "wrong" way (a one way street)

MojoMaker

Are you saying your bike was outside your house and unlocked?

Scummy knackers - any chance they could have seen you returning home some day with the bike and "marked" you?

peneau

In the back garden locked under a weather cover. I do indeed suspect they knew it was there my young Son who uses the bike more than me, may very well have been seen on it although he hadn't used it in about a week, the bike was purchased for mountain biking in Ticknock, Ballinastoe etc. My own banger of a racer 90's vintage Falcon was unlocked in the same area of the garden they left it, part of me feels highly insulted !

Seth Brundle

https://twitter.com/Caolanmcaree/status/1287327977257283584?s=19

iwillhtfu

Seth Brundle wrote: »

https://twitter.com/Caolanmcaree/status/1287327977257283584?s=19

Saw that this morning seems there's two camps fair play to him and now another guy is experiencing what the original owner felt.

Thargor

Saw that all over Reddit and a couple of other places, thought it was in the US.

LollipopJimmy

Seth Brundle wrote: »

https://twitter.com/Caolanmcaree/status/1287327977257283584?s=19

Mine was better, meeting the guy selling it on adverts and taking it from him. The look of fear in his face was priceless

bronkobilly

LollipopJimmy wrote: »

Mine was better, meeting the guy selling it on adverts and taking it from him. The look of fear in his face was priceless

who meets someone in the middle of a street selling a bike if u cant go to there house there s bells ringing straight away was selling my bike a month a go man came to see it and said that s my bike it was stolen on me wen i pulled out the receipt and showed to him with the shop name on it and frame numbers he just looked at me and walked out the door any one can say its there bike there.s not one of them bikes made there are hundreds even thousands of the same bike around

LollipopJimmy

bronkobilly wrote: »

who meets someone in the middle of a street selling a bike if u cant go to there house there s bells ringing straight away was selling my bike a month a go man came to see it and said that s my bike it was stolen on me wen i pulled out the receipt and showed to him with the shop name on it and frame numbers he just looked at me and walked out the door any one can say its there bike there.s not one of them bikes made there are hundreds even thousands of the same bike around

This bike was unique, the 'chap' i took it back from was an absolute scrote. I can cut an intimidating figure when I want. (Hey he doesnt know my MMA record reads 0-2)

TychoCaine

iwillhtfu wrote: »

Saw that this morning seems there's two camps fair play to him and now another guy is experiencing what the original owner felt.

The buyer may not have stolen the bike, but usually has a fair idea that everything isn’t legit. They’re usually priced suspiciously cheap and sold in a public place. it’s fairly obvious that the scrote in question wants to offload it quick and doesn’t want you to know where they live.

Effects

Years ago a mate of mine in London spotted a bike that was unlocked, and just took it. A few months later he came back to where he had it locked that day to find two guys standing over it. They asked him if it was his bike to which he replied yeah, and then one of the lads told him it wasn't, and when and where it had been stolen from. When he asked them if they wanted it back he almost got a punch! He felt like such an asshole, and rightly so.

iwillhtfu

TychoCaine wrote: »

The buyer may not have stolen the bike, but usually has a fair idea that everything isn’t legit. They’re usually priced suspiciously cheap and sold in a public place. it’s fairly obvious that the scrote in question wants to offload it quick and doesn’t want you to know where they live.

That would be an assumption, it could equally be a pile of ****e that he bought third hand from someone he worked with that bought it from the thief. I have bought/sold plenty of bikes/frames some off of folks on here and a public meeting wouldn't be uncommon.

LollipopJimmy

https://www.instagram.com/p/CDPLNCJp7u1/?igshid=4es61i92elqp


Coach Kav with a novel solution. Two bikes taken from outside SBG

LollipopJimmy

And it worked, bikes returned within 90minutes.

The post is gone now, John Kavanagh, Head coach in SBG gym posted up a pic of two lads stealing bikes from outside the gym. They were given 24hrs to return the bikes or the cctv (HD quality) would be given to the guards. He also offered 3 months membership to both lads as a positive outlet rather than what they are doing at the moment.

LollipopJimmy

Weepsie wrote: »

Now they can be trained to be fighting scrotes and therefore better bike thieves

That's a very short sighted way of looking at it. Training martial arts is an amazing outlet, especially for dragged up young teens

Chiparus

Great video,

Great to see the people with Irish accents being such bike collectors.:rolleyes: from 2:47 on.

MojoMaker

A fine n+1 fleet there alright :pac:

Chiparus

Lots of e bikes in their collection.

Thargor

All left to rot in the rain aswell, hope they called the cops down on that place afterwards.

turbodiesel

My son's bike got stolen from outside FlyeFit in Tallaght between 1-2pm Fri 24th July.

Please keep your eyes peeled as it's fairly distinctive. Also grateful if you'd share on any forums/groups help make it too hot to handle.

Make: Haro

Model: X6 DH (Downhill)

Colour: Silver/Grey frame with

Stand out because of Red Top Stem and headset, Gold wheel hub, and Brown leather seat.

This old for sale advert has the full details.


https://www.adverts.ie/mountain-bikes/custom-haro-x6-dh-full-suspension-bike/14215359?touch_off

turbodiesel

British Eagle Trail Breaker dumped.

https://m.fixmystreet.ie/report/48380

What Username Guidelines

Looks sketchy link removed

mod note - if you think a ad may show a stolen bike, do not post it here. you could be guilty of libel.

witty username

Vitus Razor VR 2018 stolen from shed in Balbriggan last night - black with fluorescent trim. Has dark brown Brooks B17 narrow saddle, cateye rear light and hope vision 2 front light, wheels are open pro rims with 105 hubs. Gardai have been notified.

witty username

witty username wrote: »

Vitus Razor VR 2018 stolen from shed in Balbriggan last night - black with fluorescent trim. Has dark brown Brooks B17 narrow saddle, cateye rear light and hope vision 2 front light, wheels are open pro rims with 105 hubs. Gardai have been notified.

Scratch that - found it stashed in a hedge up the road this evening. Also found someone's brand new mountain bike (girls, silver frame) and a set of disc-brake wheels. According to Gardai, a lot of sheds broken into last night. The new mountain bike and set of wheels are up in Balbriggan station if anyone finds theirs missing.

ILikeBoats

Lucky!

A similar thing happened when our bikes were stolen. They obviously didn't have room for my wife's bike or couldn't cycle it, so stashed it in a bush nearby to come back to and it was found.

witty username

witty username wrote: »

Scratch that - found it stashed in a hedge up the road this evening. Also found someone's brand new mountain bike (girls, silver frame) and a set of disc-brake wheels. According to Gardai, a lot of sheds broken into last night. The new mountain bike and set of wheels are up in Balbriggan station if anyone finds theirs missing.

Further update - suspect returned last night to retrieve the stolen bikes and was recorded on video entering several properties and attempting to open car doors. Their car reg details, insurance details (including their name) and tax details were all obtained and passed to Gardai.