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

site_owner · 15-05-2020 10:23AM

It would be an elaborate scam to get serial numbers and register them to then report a bike stolen to try get the gardai to seize it.

I give serial numbers if people ask, and I would assume something was up if a seller wouldn't provide it.

A serial number alone is not proof of ownership and anyone could look at your serial number while your bike is locked up outside anyway.

iwillhtfu · 15-05-2020 11:21AM

DeepBlue wrote: »

I wouldn't provide a serial.
What's to stop them going to a garda station and registering "their bike" as stolen and providing the serial number.

Highly unlike;y that would happen and even if it did they would need some form of proof receipt,picture etc. Even then you would need to find an eager garda who would be arsed to chase it up.

magicbastarder · 15-05-2020 11:33AM

iwillhtfu wrote: »

Similarly. Why would someone sell a brand new bike? Bike shops get raided all the time. Why not ask the potential buyer why they want it?

if it's new, i guess the poster still has the receipt from the bike shop?
maybe offering to take a photo of the receipt (signed) might give them pause for thought.

Qwerty27 · 18-05-2020 02:44PM

Highly unlikely to be any leads but my Thompson Hybrid was stolen from garden shed last night in Carpenterstown/Castlknock.

Its black with some green trim, straight handlebars, Belgian flag under the handlebar stem. Have reported to Gardaí but its just another bike to add to the several I've had taken down through the years

Thargor · 20-05-2020 10:07PM

Fecks sake havent been in the DART station in Bray since the lockdown and I went down today to find my junk bike had been stolen, might as well post a pic in case someone sees it, it was a good workhorse over the years, I did the Grand Canal on it once, actually it was the first bike I ever did a century on because of that

Seth Brundle · 24-05-2020 02:29PM

This could get interesting as I doubt the thieves are on Twitter...

https://twitter.com/BikesInThePark/status/1264300896726507520?s=19

silverharp · 24-05-2020 02:37PM

If anyone has had a straight handled Lapierre bike nicked recently, details on recovery should be with Irishtown garda station

KOR101 · 25-05-2020 10:16AM

Thargor wrote: »

Fecks sake havent been in the DART station in Bray since the lockdown and I went down today to find my junk bike had been stolen, might as well post a pic in case someone sees it, it was a good workhorse over the years, I did the Grand Canal on it once, actually it was the first bike I ever did a century on because of that

At the stations, combination of junk bike and expensive Kryptonite is your only chance. What lock did you have?

Thargor · 25-05-2020 02:01PM

An old thick motorbike cable lock that had done the job down there for years, the bikes sheer ugliness and weight was its main defense but I suppose the extra demand for bikes during lockdown made it acceptable to someone, should have thought of that, still pissed off.

MojoMaker · 25-05-2020 05:52PM

Did you leave it locked there for the whole lockdown period?

Unfortunately cable locks are f-all use in reality.

Thargor · 25-05-2020 10:27PM

Yeah, Ive done that a million times though, its stayed there cable locked while Ive been off travelling for long periods or down home over Christmas, the whole point is that it wasnt worth stealing and that has held true for the last 8 years, even more annoying I have a massive brick of an Onguard Bullguard U-lock that lives in the DART station aswell that I combine with a Kryptonite Evolution that I carry mounted on the roadbike at all times on the rare occasion that I leave my good bike locked there (never overnight). I just didnt bother because its a generic 30 year old Raleigh that nobody has bothered with for nearly a decade on the cable lock (this was a massive motorbike cable lock aswell not an Aldi job).

rubadub · 26-05-2020 12:16AM

Burglars might be looking out for other stuff to rob these days.

I also noticed a few unlocked bikes outside shops, more than usual, its like people have become more trustworthy during this time, or maybe they are out & about on bikes they bought for exercise years back and do not even have locks.

MojoMaker · 26-05-2020 12:00PM

Bad luck anyway Thargor, horrible feeling.

Will you replace it? Several old beaters have changed hands here in the last couple of weeks.

iwillhtfu · 31-05-2020 09:10AM

Recovered by AGS in kilkenny if anyone recognises it.

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Effects · 06-06-2020 09:24AM

I found a woman's bike on the road outside my house this morning, in Clontarf.
If anyone is missing a bike in that area then send me a message to describe it.

magicbastarder · 06-06-2020 09:48AM

might be an idea to just leave it inside the gates of the garda station?

Effects · 06-06-2020 11:22AM

I'm slightly mistrusting of the cops. Found an expensive bike years ago and left it in with them. The owner responded to information I'd posted about it, and I told them I'd left it down to the Garda station. Then they couldn't find it at the Garda station when he tried to get it back.

I'm not trying to generalise about the Gardaí. I'm just going on my one experience with leaving a stolen bike into my local Garda station.

iwillhtfu · 06-06-2020 01:10PM

Effects wrote: »

I found a woman's bike on the road outside my house this morning, in Clontarf.
If anyone is missing a bike in that area then send me a message to describe it.

It would help to post a picture and you can always ask them to confirm the serial number on it.

Effects · 06-06-2020 05:48PM

iwillhtfu wrote: »

It would help to post a picture and you can always ask them to confirm the serial number on it.

Didn’t want to post a picture, as then someone who doesn’t own it knows what it looks like, and not that many people know their serial number.

Haven’t had any luck on the local area Facebook groups so I’m just going to drop it down to the Garda station.

Galway K9 · 07-06-2020 02:12PM

RobAMerc wrote: »

Some little pr*ck stole my bike from outside my house last night.

I cant for the life of me find the serial number ( and I am annoyed at myself for that )

For what its worth its a LaPierre Trek 200 as the picture says

Ah feck. Nice bike too. Keep an eye on FB groups selling stuff, done deal, and AGS FB for bikes recovered.

MojoMaker · 07-06-2020 02:13PM

Facebook Marketplace is a favourite haunt of bike thieves selling on stuff. Totally unregulated environment. Set up an alert maybe?

LollipopJimmy · 07-06-2020 07:19PM

Adverts too

neris · 15-06-2020 07:10PM

https://twitter.com/Kelfogarty/status/1272460802600112128?s=19

15-06-2020 07:53PM

No shortage of offers to help her get sorted with another one which is nice to see.

Seth Brundle · 29-06-2020 12:14PM

https://twitter.com/gardainfo/status/1277539396649136128

rubadub · 04-07-2020 03:18PM

https://twitter.com/conor_smith_dev/status/1279352460608446466

onlineweb · 04-07-2020 06:49PM

rubadub wrote: »

https://twitter.com/conor_smith_dev/status/1279352460608446466

That's terrible, I hope he gets it back.

Out of interest, it’s unusual that the bike was stolen so soon after he purchased it.

Did he share it on social media, Strava, Facebook, Twitter, etc.?

magicbastarder · 04-07-2020 07:30PM

should be easy enough to spot if the tyres aren't changes, it looks a bit odd in that configuration.

iwillhtfu · 04-07-2020 07:52PM

magicbastarder wrote: »

should be easy enough to spot if the tyres aren't changes, it looks a bit odd in that configuration.

Looks like one of those aftermarket battery kits, hub motor so different wheels. Probably the same setup as the one that caught fire in Dublin last week.

04-07-2020 07:56PM

Yeah it's a Carrera Kraken from Halfords. Definitely an aftermarket job. I've seen a few around, oddly all the same bike.

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