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Bike Theft

  • 10-12-2013 10:15pm
    #1
    Leopardi
    Closed Accounts Posts: 352 ✭✭


    I was in Xtra-vision on the Dunmore Road at roughly 17:30; I left my bike (a black 23 inch Trek hybrid) outside. When I came out - no more than a minute later- it was gone. The incident has been reported and the CCTV footage is being analysed.

    If you hear/read of a bike fitting the above description being offered for sale, please let me know.


Comments

  • #2
    thomasm
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,503 ✭✭✭thomasm


    Leopardi wrote: »
    I was in Xtra-vision on the Dunmore Road at roughly 17:30; I left my bike (a black 23 inch Trek hybrid) outside. When I came out - no more than a minute later- it was gone. The incident has been reported and the CCTV footage is being analysed.

    If you hear/read of a bike fitting the above description being offered for sale, please let me know.

    Scumbags, hope you get it back


  • #3
    old gregg
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,245 ✭✭✭old gregg


    That sucks mate, hoping all works out for you


  • #4
    Leopardi
    Closed Accounts Posts: 352 ✭✭Leopardi


    Cheers for the supportive replies, lads.


  • #5
    PremierDeise
    Closed Accounts Posts: 259 ✭✭PremierDeise


    Keep an eye on DoneDeal - thats where they usually go with these kind of things.


  • #6
    Leopardi
    Closed Accounts Posts: 352 ✭✭Leopardi


    PremierDeise wrote: »
    Keep an eye on DoneDeal - thats where they usually go with these kind of things.



    Thanks for the advice. I'll be checking such sites obsessively.


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  • #7
    PremierDeise
    Closed Accounts Posts: 259 ✭✭PremierDeise


    Il keep an eye out there for you. Wouldn't be any harm in posting a picture of it if you have it.
    It happened a mate of mine and he seen them on DoneDeal - Set up a little sting operation :D


  • #8
    Leopardi
    Closed Accounts Posts: 352 ✭✭Leopardi


    PremierDeise wrote: »
    Il keep an eye out there for you. Wouldn't be any harm in posting a picture of it if you have it.
    It happened a mate of mine and he seen them on DoneDeal - Set up a little sting operation :D


    I'll upload a photo as soon as possible. Excellent - I assume he managed to get it back . . .


  • #9
    deisemum
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,682 ✭✭✭deisemum


    I hope you get it back.

    Unfortunately most bikes that are stolen are taken out of the county within a matter of hours.


  • #10
    PremierDeise
    Closed Accounts Posts: 259 ✭✭PremierDeise


    Leopardi wrote: »
    I'll upload a photo as soon as possible. Excellent - I assume he managed to get it back . . .

    I know a few people that managed to get stolen property back this way - keep the faith :D


  • #11
    Leopardi
    Closed Accounts Posts: 352 ✭✭Leopardi


    deisemum wrote: »
    I hope you get it back.

    Unfortunately most bikes that are stolen are taken out of the county within a matter of hours.



    I know. Sadly, I'm genuinely fearing the worst.


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  • #12
    kryogen
    Closed Accounts Posts: 25,953 ✭✭✭✭kryogen


    Dodgy area, hope you get it back


  • #13
    Leopardi
    Closed Accounts Posts: 352 ✭✭Leopardi


    kryogen wrote: »
    Dodgy area, hope you get it back



    Cheers for that.


  • #14
    Cabaal
    Moderators, Technology & Internet Moderators, Regional South East Moderators Posts: 28,536 Mod ✭✭✭✭Cabaal


    Invest in and remember to use a good lock in future and always remember to lock the frame and back wheel (front if you can manage it too) to something secure, also get rid of all quick releases from the bike,


  • #15
    Speak Now
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 8,729 ✭✭✭Speak Now


    Such a busy area at that time as well between traffic backed up from roundabout and Tuesday special in Humdingers.
    Someone would have seen it happen for sure, it might twig with someone as the likelyhood is that the person would be local and opportunistic. Unlikey to have helmet or reflective gear on either so might have drawn attention to him/herself!


  • #16
    Leopardi
    Closed Accounts Posts: 352 ✭✭Leopardi


    Thanks for the latest replies, lads. Yes, the volume of traffic was as high as ever. There was plenty of people around.


  • #17
    kuang1
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,466 ✭✭✭kuang1


    kryogen wrote: »
    Dodgy area, hope you get it back
    Seriously? Not a dodgy area in the slightest. Real bad luck this is. Look forward to the post that says the bike was re attained!


  • #18
    Jason Todd
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,326 ✭✭✭Jason Todd


    kuang1 wrote: »
    Seriously? Not a dodgy area in the slightest. Real bad luck this is. Look forward to the post that says the bike was re attained!

    I think he meant trying to track your bike back on DoneDeal etc was a dodgy area... I think :pac:


  • #19
    kryogen
    Closed Accounts Posts: 25,953 ✭✭✭✭kryogen


    kuang1 wrote: »
    Seriously? Not a dodgy area in the slightest. Real bad luck this is. Look forward to the post that says the bike was re attained!

    It is tbf, there is a serious scummy element out that way these days, and the younger generation coming along is going to be worse. Deal with them a lot.

    Most of the people out that way are grand of course, its not the kind of area you can leave your bike outside a shop without it being securely locked up though!


  • #20
    baronflyguy
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 533 ✭✭✭baronflyguy


    FYI

    http://www.dublincycling.com/AvoidTheThief

    http://youtu.be/VVd9-0HhsfA


  • #21
    Leopardi
    Closed Accounts Posts: 352 ✭✭Leopardi


    baronflyguy wrote: »
    FYI

    http://www.dublincycling.com/AvoidTheThief

    http://youtu.be/VVd9-0HhsfA





    Cheers for the links. Ordinarily I was very careful with the bike. A moment of reckless stupidity, coupled with assumptions about rush hour on one of the busiest roads in Waterford and a fleeting visit to Xtra-vision, has led to this.


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  • #22
    beazee
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,343 ✭✭✭beazee


    Sorry for your loss. Have you a photo available?


  • #23
    Leopardi
    Closed Accounts Posts: 352 ✭✭Leopardi


    trekky.png


  • #24
    Leopardi
    Closed Accounts Posts: 352 ✭✭Leopardi


    beazee wrote: »
    Sorry for your loss. Have you a photo available?





    Thanks for that. Given that I'm 6-foot-5, the frame is quite large, so that is another relatively distinctive feature.


  • #25
    backtobass
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 93 ✭✭backtobass


    Do you have the serial no from the frame? you'll need that to prove you own it if you find it. If their was a dispute over ownership etc....Check the cop station too, might show up there. I hope you get it back.


  • #26
    Leopardi
    Closed Accounts Posts: 352 ✭✭Leopardi


    backtobass wrote: »
    Do you have the serial no from the frame? you'll need that to prove you own it if you find it. If their was a dispute over ownership etc....Check the cop station too, might show up there. I hope you get it back.



    Yes, I have the serial number and all original documentation. Staff at local bike shops are convinced that the size of the frame makes the bike very distinctive.


  • #27
    backtobass
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 93 ✭✭backtobass


    very good, if I were you, I would do regular drives around the area, who ever took it may keep it locked away for awhile before resurfacing with it. I had a bike robbed few years ago outside WSC and I got it back this way, as well as all the other advice you got.


  • #28
    Leopardi
    Closed Accounts Posts: 352 ✭✭Leopardi


    backtobass wrote: »
    very good, if I were you, I would do regular drives around the area, who ever took it may keep it locked away for awhile before resurfacing with it. I had a bike robbed few years ago outside WSC and I got it back this way, as well as all the other advice you got.



    Cheers for the advice. Yes, I'll be monitoring the area closely.


  • #29
    Deisedayo
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 35 ✭Deisedayo


    Leopardi wrote: »
    I was in Xtra-vision on the Dunmore Road at roughly 17:30; I left my bike (a black 23 inch Trek hybrid) outside. When I came out - no more than a minute later- it was gone. The incident has been reported and the CCTV footage is being analysed.

    If you hear/read of a bike fitting the above description being offered for sale, please let me know.

    Had mine stolen recently. Lot of pricks about


  • #30
    Digital Society
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 972 ✭✭✭Digital Society


    deisemum wrote: »
    I hope you get it back.

    Unfortunately most bikes that are stolen are taken out of the county within a matter of hours.

    Pushbikes?


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