Stolen! Frameworks Racing’s Van Full of Gear and Bikes

Poor bastards…….

Doubt they’ll see them again.

absolute scumbags

im in MK so will keep an eye out , but i doubt they’re still around

Doubt they’ll see them again.

If they try to sell them somewhere it’ll be very obvious. Unless they sell them to the local estate scally for £50, they’ll probably appear for sale somewhere, and I doubt they’re smart enough to know they have 3 completely one of a kind bikes that aren’t for sale anywhere else

Enve have stepped up and are sending loads of wheels out..! hope the other suppliers do the same and they get frames….

I’m doing my little bit by buying a T’Shirt… Every little helps…

Softgoods – Frameworks Bicycles (rideframeworks.com)

Everyone always assumes criminals are completely braindead dumbasses who never know what they’re actually stealing.

It was a bog standard white van. No team branding on it. Unless someone’s been tailing them from Fort William or maybe saw them with bikes in the car park then it was likely random

That’s really harsh as it’s not just a case of replacing it with an off the shelf frame.  Hopefully they can produce them fast enough they’re not out of racing

then they may be scouring eBay for cheap DH bikes

I can’t see that happening here, given the company owner/rider position.

I was being darkly humorous about eBay.

Other teams will offer to lend them frames as a stopgap.

Everyone always assumes criminals are completely braindead dumbasses who never know what they’re actually stealing.

Spoken like a true tea leaf.

And while this is obviously shit and they’d never have wanted it to happen, they are getting more publicity as a result – which is particularly valuable for a startup brand with no real advertising budget.

Should post that in the suggest your own conspiracy theory thread

Should post that in the suggest your own conspiracy theory thread

A proper low stakes conspiracy.

Like headset cable routing being a ploy to sell more bearings due to the increased water ingress.

My middle lad had his company pickup raided recently in a hotel car park, no one saw anything nor any CCTV.

Cost £8k to replace the tools. they also took the (very) specialist part he was due to fit to a machine the next day, best part of £10k – and absolutely zero value to anyone, bet it ended up dumped.

😉

Unfortunately I’ve had similar experiences.

A few years ago the basement was broken into. They took the GF’s £1000 Boardman and had to move my tricked out DB Alpine (Deemax wheels, Lyrik, XTR drivetrain and brakes….) out of the way to get to it. The components alone on my bike cost more than the Boardman!

Those merchants obviously had little clue what they were talking, especially given Boardman bikes weren’t even a thing in Germany.

What I meant was that every time something gets knicked everyone on here assumes it’s a smash n grab by some opportunistic crack head.

These thieves who target hotels and swipe vans aren’t just opportunists, it’s their job. They’re out there every night doing it. They’re motivated, fearless and have years of experience.

I agree that they’re shit eating scumbags who specialise in making people’s lives miserable but they’re clearly not as daft as people like to imagine.

sharkattack – You’re 100% right and if anyone cares to listen to Neko on the Kickstand podcast he would confirm it.

Neko told the MK Police that through the Airtags in the van they knew exactly where the bikes had been taken. The Police refused to do anything about it. I believe the Police knew who had stolen them and were too scared to do anything about it.

Neko followed the Airtags and ended up on a ‘ahem’ campsite. Neko said there were caravans everywhere and a professional looking operation stripping down stolen cars, vans and bikes. Neko was told in no uncertain terms to leave if he valued his life.

Neko followed the Airtags and ended up on a ‘ahem’ campsite. Neko said there were caravans everywhere and a professional looking operation stripping down stolen cars, vans and bikes. Neko was told in no uncertain terms to leave if he valued his life.

Thieving travellers doing what they do best. Scum.

Thieving travellers doing what they do best. Scum.

How dare you denigrate this marginalised community?

They are a minority with a rich and varied history of half inching and ripping people off….. It’s part of their culture.

On another related topic, Canyon Enduro team had their bikes stolen from their van in Vienna. Bikes seen a few hours later in neighbouring Bratislava.