[Closed] 2 bikes stolen last night burton on trent, trek remedy,cotic bfe, please keep an

the cotic is now sporting the blue wheels as in the second pics

if you could have a quick look through local free adds etc it would be much appreciated

Im Derby way so will keep a look out

Gutted for you, the bastards were obviously keeping an eye on you waiting for the replacements to turn up.

bazzardz

The classic thieves return visit, post insurance claim. You have my sympathy.

thanks guys, think somebody up there is telling me to give up riding.

Sorry to hear, will keep an eye cannock chase for that bike.

Pinoy-

thanks pinoy, was hoping to ride there myself this week,lol

What sizes are these bikes mate?

Remedy is 18.5/ 17.5
Bfe is 18"

Cheers

ok checked gumtree,ebay, free ads etc, any other suggestions for where stolen bikes might turn up?

Let LBS know, give them the frame numbers etc.. you never know someone might pop in for a repair a few months down the line.

Bad news. Down the A38 in the field of Lich, but will keep an eye open...

good idea LMT thanks for that.

thanks takisawa

Down near Lichfield too so will keep a eye on Cannock and Hopwas

Scumbags Paul - I'm keeping that Whyte frame for you.
Mike

thanks guys, think somebody up there is telling me to give up riding.

Or give up keeping bikes in the shed, houses are for bikes, sheds are for spades and lawnmowers

Cheers Mike, think I'll be needing that frame quicker than expected.

Lol bland, I wish my Mrs would see it that way.

The frustrating thing is, that my shed doors were fixed with coach bolts, expensive padlock on the door, bikes were d locked together,d locks through the shed wall, kryptonite cables, 1.5 inch solid chain from the d locks and around the bikes, around 300 quid worth of cables padlock s and locks and they have gone through it like it wasn't there.

My window is 15 feet from the shed, it amazes me that they have got through all this without dogs barking, or me or the Mrs hearing anything.

Just goes to show.

Wow.

Sobering.

Sorry, I mean, I'm sorry for your loss (been there) but really WTF, what else do you have to do? Bastards.

Cheers cougar I'm now thinking of hiring one of the steel shipping crates that you see around,but I'm starting to think that once these scrum bags know that your a rider and are likely to have bikes, are you ever safe ? Maybe they would wait until we go out and come round with blow torches and cutting gear lol.

While we are on the subject, what do you guys use to secure your bikes is there a really secure method to keep your bike safe?

How far do you really need to go?

Sounds like you had alot of locks. A piercing hidden alarm?

Although in the house from now on?

Will keep a lookout

I am moving back to a busy area in a few weeks and trying to decide the best security, as mine will be in a shed unfortunately. Admittedly it won't be easy to get to but as can be seen they'll do anything. Any good and cheap alarms? A security light is also a good idea I think

Recommendations welcome

Sorry to hear of your theft. It maybe worth contacting your local crime prevention to see what they can suggest which may help.

Really sorry to hear this. There are few things more infuriating than that sinking feeling of seeing your bikes gone.

As well as ebay/gumtree its worth doing a tour of any local Cash Convertor type shops, particularly the ones in less salubrious areas.

Good calls,hadn't given much thought to a shed alarm, I'll look into this for the future,although I won't be keeping my prized possession in the shed from now on

frecking scumbags, wouldn't you just love to catch them at it, wonder what you could get away with claiming self defense.

Was going to suggest an alarm, or better still, keep them in the house.

I am only in Tamworth, so will keep an eye out also. Hope they find their way back to you....

Derby here. Sorry to hear this. Will keep an eye out.

I live in Briz Valley so will keep my eye out this side of the Trent but being distinctive bikes and a professional job by the sounds of it, I guess they will be stripped down to parts.

I keep mine in the shed locked with an abus chain and ground ancor also have a shed alarm with a speaker in the house. Baby monitors are also a cheap solution.

If you put them in the house there's a good chance they'll just break into there when your not in. The fu****s have no shame and seem fearless .

I feel for you , would make me feel sick knowing that I'm been watched/targeted.

I feel for you mate. I have had 10k worth of bikes stolen in 8 months in two different robberies. I was obviously being watched as well and they came armed with an angle grinder on the second attempt and destroyed my garage door and cut the locks off the ground anchor.

Im sorry to say i dont think there is much you can do against theives hell bent on getting your bikes in garages, sheds or out houses. What ever security you have they just come tooled up for it and that coupled with the lack of police intrest makes it open season on bikes.

We moved as a result of this (my GF didnt feel safe there anymore) and my bikes are now under my house.

I will keep an eye on the forums and ebay etc

sorry to hear Paul, especially after the trouble you had taken to secure them.

surrey hills here, will keep any eye out.

Scumbags. Sorry to hear mate. I'm in Stafford and ride Cannock regularly so will keep an eye out.

I'm seriously thinking about beefing my shed security up with extra heavy duty motorcycle chain and some sort of alarm.

That sucks!! sorry to hear that, i'll keep an eye out pretty local to you

Any good and cheap alarms?

Why cheap? I'm assuming that you're wanting to keep expensive bikes safe so why do locks/alarms/less glamourous things have to be cheap?

Sorry about your loss OP - sounds like they were well secured but equally sounds like the theives were tooled up with the level of security you had expected. Could they have scoped the level of security out previously - looking through windows etc?

I'm soo glad my bikes live in a bombproof (literally!) cellar...

Thanks for the responses guys,I'm unsure to be honest Davey boy how they knew they were in there, makes you feel slightly paranoid!!!

Someone above mentioned that thieves sometimes return so I'm thinking it's something along those lines.

No Windows in shed so they couldn't have known what level of locks and security I had.

Worrying to think that there's scum bags wandering about my place of residence with crow bars and cutting gear.

With today's tech you'd of thought that someone would have come up with something like a GPS you could attach inside of the frame and you could find it wherever . My phones got it .

Your phone also has a power source, and probably still needs charging every evening. Which is where the whole thing falls down, unfortunately.

I suspect that when somebody finally solves that problem, it'll make them very very rich indeed

Lapierre are doing eletronic suspension aren't they ? That'll need charging up so the tech can't be that far away .

I think once you are a marked target they will always have their eye on you unfortunately and hence my most favoured method "is out of sight out of mind!". So dont carry bikes on a rack, roof etc but in the car instead.

Id worry about the wife not feeling safe once it had happened and all of the consequences which come with that.

Sorry for your lost.This isnt very comforting but have a police lady that lives next to me.They raided a house in Cheltenham couple of years back and the thieves had a map on the wall with all the houses they have done and when they had returned or were going too.GET AN AlARM works a treat.Hope you get them back.

gbm1 there is a device that fits inside your headtube with gps tracker. They do a back light too. When armed it texts you if bike moves and i think you can track it whenever its moving.

Here: http://www.integratedtrackers.com/GPSTrack/

I emailed them about doing maybe a group buy for folks on here but never got a reply.

I'll keep an eye out in Notts but by the sound of it they were pro's so don't hold your breath mate but those wheels stick out like a sore thumb so there is hope (no pun intended) black pro2's on mavics are everywhere. I'll tell the local sustrans/ridewise instructors etc and the Dr Bikes to keep em peeled.

Why cheap? I'm assuming that you're wanting to keep expensive bikes safe so why do locks/alarms/less glamourous things have to be cheap?

Because I spent all my money on my bike

 

OP maybe even an alarm isnt a good idea. If it goes off at 4 in the morning will you wade out and into the unknown?

Will Police prioritise the call 'shed theft in process'.

House from now on. Its a huge leap from shed to house/confrontation.

Pro's like they are will keep low key.

cant help wondering what happens to all the bikes that are pinched?

i know they are probably stripped and sold that way but next to none of our stolen bikes or parts are ever recovered.

is there a shed somewhere with 1000's of stolen frames in? or are they somehow sold abroad?

im sure no one really has the answers to these questions but would sure like to know.

Canals, crude resprays etc

ok canal dredger on order, 😀

makes you feek sick that hundreds of pounds worth of frames could be rusting in the cut.

When I was a kid I was really in road riding. I had a spin on an amazing paint-gloss painted roadbike. Much better than my bike. It looked like shit. The lad who had it also used to collect car stereo's 🙁

With reference to shed alarms, etc, what about those that use a shotgun blank cartridge?

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Might be an idea to put a national search notification jobby on eBay for your individual components.

already on it jekkyl, although did the same thing when my ariel got stolen last year all my self builds are pretty colour co-ordinated (or completely garish) depending on your opinion lol, some pretty decent kit that im sure i would have recognised if i had come across it but to this day i never have.

gary-c that is the post of the day, that is a definate, although id probably forget about it and scare the mrs to death while shes putting the washing out 😆

Sorry to hear about another loss bud, will keep a look out on the various classifieds! I use an hidden security camera with motion sensors & a well trained couple of bike guarding American akitas ! If they fail the shotgun won't, god forbid it 😉

Lol cheers ripper

Sorry to hear of your loss, I am in Coventry so will keep an eye out for you. Gumtree and flebay are the usual places and most likely to be advertised. Also worth striking a wanted at on gumtree, here and pinkbike as you never know.
I once had a wanted ad on pinkbike and was offered a 2012 orange frame, which was cheap and the chap sounded dodgy. So looked up on the stolen section on bikeradar and guess what the bike has been stolen 3 weeks earlier. Luckily the chap manged to get his bike back and scumbag nicked.

I had 2 bikes stolen back 95-97 both shed, both just after the insurance paid up. Never seen again until recently one of mine was a distictive raleigh max oversized in red, never saw another like it, until 2 weeks ago spotted some mid 20 year old riding round on it. I was shocked and suprised as in the same day i saw an old saracen in mint condition, convinced it was mine i grabbed a local pcso, grabbed the bike, quick check the bike is still stamped underneath with my old postcode and initials. Police took the bike, still awaiting its return.

They must store them somewhere for years then flog them, couldn't believe i saw both bikes in the same day.

lmt, thats a bizzare story, fingers x you will finally get your bike back, hope it not quite so long untill i see mine.

Just wanted to say thanks for all the posts some very helpful
Still no sign if my bikes as you would probably expect.
Not all bad news though my insurance company have replaced my bikes with no fuss at all, so while I'm still angry that it happened, I have shiny new bikes.

The insurers were sainsburys who have been brilliant(just incase anyone wants good no hassle bike cover).

Anyway thanks again.

P.s they are now kept in the house to the Mrs dispair.