Just got home to find shed door open… both bikes gone. 👿
2015 YT Capra AL1 (black and green)
2015 Dartmoor Primal Hardtail (Black and red)
Photos to follow – on phone with police now.

Please keep an eye out those of you in Calderdale.

Supposed to be in morzine next week… grrrrrrrrrrr

Photos To follow

Sorry to hear that, which part of HX are you in?

Barkisland…Looks like neighbours both sides were had a go at too. Nothing stolen from them though.

Capra…..now with easton grips (lime green) and oval chainring…otherwise standard

Datmoor Primal frame with Sektor DPC coil,
Superstar AMX wheelset,
XTR shifters,
XT derailleurs,
SLX cranks,
Reverb,
Renthal Fatbar

Twunts! I’m in Stainland and will keep an eye out.

Put it on Calderdale MTB Facebook page it might help.

Balls. Will keep a look out Hebden way.

Thanks guys….looks like im uninsured too 😥

That’s really shit. There are some real scrotes out there. I don’t live nearby but will keep my eye on Gumtree, Pinkbike etc. Can you borrow a friends bike for the trip?

Can you borrow a friends bike for the trip?

Been offered my Nephews 5 29er… either that or hiring one at great expense.
Or take my rucksack and walking boots 😉

Agree about getting it on Facebook. I had a couple stolen and someone found my Orange Clockwork for sale on Dewsbury Market. I’m in Lightcliffe and will keep a look out.

Posted it on pink bike and Facebook already. Will keep an eye on gumtree etc.

Good luck being reunited OP 🙂

I’ve got a DH bike that could be cobbled together if you’re not too hard on equipment and could pick up/collect somehow from Cheltenham.

It’s a bit old (2004) and small wheels but it’s pretty much bulletproof and lighter than you’d imagine.

Looks a bit like this but I may have swapped a few parts. You might have to find a seat as that one’s on my hardtail at the moment.

Thanks for the offer speeder…very kind! Think I may be sorted….

No worries – offer is there if it fall through – it’s just ornamenting the garage wall and has been for a couple of years.

Forgot the pic –

🙁

Keep an eye on findabike as you can pull ads from Gumtree, eBay and Preloved into one place.

Keep an eye on findabike

Thanks… will do

It seems they arrived on our estate by taxi at around 12:30, checked every car door/shed door/ garage door before getting to mine and taking the bikes. Theres CCTV footage (albeit from a long way off) of them making their escape on my f***ing bikes! 👿

Not trying to be a detective – but is there anything to say which taxi company they use? Might be worth a follow up to see if they logged the start address?

(Feeling a little apprehensive – this happened a bit to close to Hipperholme where I am!)

Best of luck finding them!

I’m just the other side of queensbury and work near ainley top so will also keep a look out.

Brighouse here, will keep an eye open. Shared your FB post in my local MTB group too. Not exactly run of the mill bikes so hopefully easier to track down, fingers crossed you find them!

will keep an eye out huddersfield area, dont see too many capras.

if you use strava, definately worth hiding your address/place of work/friends addresses etc

on settings/privacy/
Hide your house/office on your activity maps.
bang in your postcode and set the radius

bang in your postcode and set the radius

Don’t do this. Create a few overlapping privacy zones that cover the area around your house/office. Makes it a little harder to tell where you might live.

Thanks for the advice and shares… Strava already has overlapping zones. Maybe need to set the radius larger. Couldnt pick out the taxi firm from CCTV footage. I would think thieves must be local if they rode home.

I have wondered about this. The radius thing works fairly well in very urban areas, but the lower the number of surrounding houses the worse it gets. Never starting GPS at home would fix it, but I know I gather data on commutes for personal training so I understand why that doesn’t work. I’ve gone for defaulting all rides to ‘private’ and publishing anything I want to share later (which won’t start anywhere near home). Live Segments pretty much kills this idea too, but my Tour doesn’t support them.

Will be up around Barkisland/Krumlin this weekend thinking about it, will have a look around whilst I’m there.

will have a look around whilst I’m there.

Thanks… you never know 😉

thanks mark90 good point, less built up areas definately setup a privacy zone based on a few local postcodes.

a ground anchor and chains/cables will hopefully stop the opportunist.
reminds me i must move my hacksaw indoors.

Another pair of eyes on the lookout for you here in Hebden. Hope you get them back. Unless you’re hitting jumps on DH courses, your nephew’s Orange could be good if it has decent kit and strong wheels. If it’s the new Stage 5, it’ll be awesome (no consolation for bikes nicked though, I know).

hitting jumps on DH courses

Try and avoid jumping if I can! I’m sure the 5 (old 29er) will be fine for my requirements. will take a bit of getting used to after the capra….

@BFITH – ygm

We’ve got a ground anchor and a good lock and chain from Pragmasis.
Clicky

Elshalimo – ygm

If I were you I’d be driving around sowerby and sowerby bridge a bit with a keen eye out. They’ve ridden home from yours, and got a taxi there – I’d make them 5 mies away tops. Draw a radius around your house and go visit any council estate in it. I’d say any in the valley would be more likely, lazy **** are less likely to ride them uphill, they’ll have rolled straight home and straight indoors

Sorry to hear that mate. I experienced the “I’m sure I left it here…” thing for the first time last Saturday. 👿

“I’m sure I left it here…”

I know what you mean… horrible feeling. What you lost?

lazy **** are less likely to ride them uphill, they’ll have rolled straight home and straight indoors

I tend to agree… although i was thinking that they may have come from afar, parked their own car up somewhere, and got a taxi Barkisland to avoid getting caught on CCTV.