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

LollipopJimmy · 07-06-2020 7:19pm

Adverts too

neris · 15-06-2020 7:10pm

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

15-06-2020 7:53pm

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 3:18pm

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

onlineweb · 04-07-2020 6:49pm

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 7:30pm

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

iwillhtfu · 04-07-2020 7:52pm

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 7:56pm

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

peneau · 24-07-2020 6:50pm

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 · 25-07-2020 2:52pm

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 · 25-07-2020 4:12pm

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 · 25-07-2020 4:17pm

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 · 26-07-2020 10:35am

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 · 26-07-2020 8:50pm

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 · 26-07-2020 9:15pm

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 · 27-07-2020 12:11pm

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

iwillhtfu · 27-07-2020 12:27pm

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 · 27-07-2020 12:36pm

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

LollipopJimmy · 27-07-2020 12:56pm

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 · 27-07-2020 5:15pm

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 · 27-07-2020 7:56pm

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 · 28-07-2020 11:21am

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 · 28-07-2020 11:29am

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 · 28-07-2020 11:29am

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 · 29-07-2020 9:45pm

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

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

LollipopJimmy · 30-07-2020 11:49am

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.

Weepsie · 30-07-2020 12:59pm

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

LollipopJimmy · 30-07-2020 1:40pm

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 · 01-08-2020 10:37am

Great video,

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

MojoMaker · 01-08-2020 12:12pm

A fine n+1 fleet there alright :pac:

Chiparus · 01-08-2020 12:30pm

Lots of e bikes in their collection.

Thargor · 01-08-2020 3:12pm

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

turbodiesel · 01-08-2020 4:33pm

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 · 05-08-2020 8:47am

British Eagle Trail Breaker dumped.

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

What Username Guidelines · 10-08-2020 2:04pm

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.

Weepsie · 23-08-2020 9:34pm

Ballymun Garda station recovered a few bikes from a house in the area past few days. Mostly mountain bikes, and one decent Specialized road bike. If in the surrounding area and had something nicked lately, might be worth checking out.

witty username · 31-08-2020 12:37pm

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 · 31-08-2020 8:10pm

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 · 01-09-2020 8:11am

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 · 01-09-2020 1:46pm

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.

Weepsie · 01-09-2020 2:48pm

Someone I know had their Focus ebike stolen from outside donnybrook stadium the other day. No pics to hand, but on the off chance ye see one at a good good to be true price and also missing it's battery

Caquas · 19-09-2020 2:39pm

Rechuchote wrote: »

That poor kid who was buried on Friday was stabbed after going to a house and reclaiming his stolen bike:

https://www.thesun.ie/news/4105617/knife-used-stab-azzam-raguragui-found/

The truth was carefully veiled before the jury, who decided not to convict the killer of murder.

It was alleged that someone in the accused’s group had stolen a bike and some of the accused’s friends said that Azzam threatened one of them.

The killer's pal admitted to the Gardai that he had carried a knife to the fight for the killer but swore blind in the witness box that he lied to the cops.
So the killer stole the victim's bike and the victim stood up for himself, but the thief/killer was acting in "self defence".

The killer is awaiting sentence but he will be a free man in his mid-20s with his whole life ahead of him and a big reputation.

The grieving mother will never come to terms with this parody of justice.

https://www.irishtimes.com/news/crime-and-law/courts/criminal-court/teenager-who-stabbed-18-year-old-in-a-dublin-park-found-guilty-of-manslaughter-1.4358475

KOR101 · 19-09-2020 9:23pm

It’s the buzz he gets from reuniting the cyclists of Cambridge with their stolen bikes that has turned Omar Terywall into a self-proclaimed “vigilante”. He said: “You get really hooked on it when you start seeing major progress – and, well, it’s just nice helping people really, isn’t it?”

https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2020/sep/19/vigilantes-on-a-mission-to-reunite-owners-with-their-stolen-bikes

ED E · 20-09-2020 8:06pm

I am NOT victim blaming but when the police are so useless at preventing bike theft can employers not dedicate 20m^2 for a secure bike lockup? Im very fortunate in that my workplace has very secure parking but if a workplace is big enough (A hospital in Birmingham in this case) then it should be able to provide a fob access room with a camera on the door.

rubadub · 20-09-2020 8:32pm

ED E wrote: »

I am NOT victim blaming but when the police are so useless at preventing bike theft can employers not dedicate 20m^2 for a secure bike lockup? Im very fortunate in that my workplace has very secure parking but if a workplace is big enough (A hospital in Birmingham in this case) then it should be able to provide a fob access room with a camera on the door.

sorry I just deleted my post after copping on it was in the UK, so people might wonder what your post is about.

You can see they had to make 4 cuts to rob it. These were decent locks, they had to do 2 cuts at the base as it must have had an anti rotation design meaning the ulock had to have 2 cuts
.
https://twitter.com/a_ewer/status/1307576125162487810

Eamonnator · 23-09-2020 8:21pm

Stolen from Skerries.
Very distinctive Felt.
Any information to Gardai at Skerries or Garda confidential line 1800666111

magicbastarder · 23-09-2020 8:44pm

will be hard to shift that one without taking it out of the jurisdiction, i'd say.

eeeee · 23-09-2020 9:23pm

I'd say it'll be broken down and sold in parts. If they know what they have.

Eamonnator · 23-09-2020 9:29pm

eeeee wrote: »

I'd say it'll be broken down and sold in parts. If they know what they have.

Unfortunately, I think you're right.

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