Bikes stolen in Croydon

[Bo-Gilly]

A garage in Croydon was broken into last weekend and 6 very nice bikes were stolen. They were locked up but the cables were cut and some were locked up together with D locks.

Please keep an eye out for them (details in the link below) and if you see anything please email ferrariby40 (at) hotmaildotcom.

http://whereourarebikes.blogspot.com/

[tazmania_1981]

this is crazy
i can really not understand how they manage to do this break in to garage cut the locks and steal all 6 bikes without being noticed.
as far as i know they were all locked to eachother somebody should have spent few good minutes in there.

[Bo-Gilly]

Well I'm guessing it wasn't an opportunistic crime - they were very likely aware of what they would find and came equipped with both tools and transport.

It's worth remembering to be careful not to leave garage doors wide open so that passerbyers can note the contents. Or to give too much information on the internet concerning what you own - you might be surprised how easy it can be for someone to track down where someone lives with very little information and the power of google. Which is one of the reasons why some people are reluctant to give their real names on internet forums.

[RachelB]

[quote="tazmania_1981"]this is crazy
i can really not understand how they manage to do this break in to garage cut the locks and steal all 6 bikes without being noticed.
as far as i know they were all locked to eachother somebody should have spent few good minutes in there.

[Bo-Gilly]

[quote]has anyone ever recovered a stolen bike?

[Dombo]

Ebay, Craigslist and Gumtree are good, if obvious, places to check. Particularly look under frames as they could be stripped down and sold in bits. Tell him also to post in the stolen bikes section of bikeradar dot com. Don't post in the regular section - i did that for a mate, figuring it would get more traffic, and the mods deleted it. Not being au fait with moderating forums, or the work that goes into keeping them working etc, i'll keep my opinions of that little bit of editing to myself.

[quote="Bo-Gilly"][quote]has anyone ever recovered a stolen bike?

[Bo-Gilly]

And greed ?

[John G]

[quote="Bo-Gilly"]And greed ?

[Iliya]

[quote="RachelB"]has anyone ever recovered a stolen bike?

[Bo-Gilly]

It's Phil, as in Ana's brother (of Ana Nichoola Cyclewear) and their mother, who's name irritantly escapes me. All of whom have ridden with Addiscombe at some time.

[Andrew G]

Geraldine, hope Phil has some luck.

[Amy]

Good luck, Geraldine, Marek and Philip in getting them back!

[quote="Iliya"][quote="RachelB"]has anyone ever recovered a stolen bike?