From Nelson Mail 20/7/2009

Burglars stole three mountainbikes valued at more than $15,000 from the front window of Richmond's Village Cycles this morning after using a rock to smash the glass. Village Cycles owner Jim Matthews said the bicycles were stolen about 4am. Mr Matthews said the burglars had chosen three "pretty good bikes". "It's the window we put our special bikes in."

The bikes had been in the window for a couple of months, but he did not know whether the thieves had targeted the bikes or simply taken the bikes closest to the window. The bikes taken were a charcoal Giant Reign 1 valued at $5199, a $6299 blue and silver Giant Trance X1 and a $5500 Trek EX8. All the bikes had dual suspension.

He was cleaning up the mess this morning. "It's just the inconvenience of it. We've got to get all the windows replaced," he said. "You try and do a good job and do what you can do around the place and you think, `is it really worth it?' at times." He had been in business 21 years and this was the fourth or fifth time he had been burgled, though it was only the second time someone had actually stolen anything.

Mr Matthews said he would be contacting Trade Me and second-hand shops in the region, but was not counting on being able to recover the bikes. "If someone offers to sell you a real nice sparkling mountainbike, let me know."

They're always having bikes nicked, that sucks

A new Fuel EX8 was stolen from the BikeHQ warehouse in chch as well... along with a ih 7point.

Has any sports body considered a bike registry, where a bike can be traced from the time it enters the country? Could make it manditory for entrants to bike events to have proof history to try and discourage this

All you would need to check is a web page that you entered the serial number, and the web page listed the bikes that match the serial number and showed a theft status and contact number if its marked as stolen

Hell, I could probably even host it with my contacts in the internet hosting industry!

porschenut wrote:A new Fuel EX8 was stolen from the BikeHQ warehouse in chch as well... along with a ih 7point.

IH 7pt - it was an '08 too. Very easy to spot out on the trails

Check it out,

http://www.stuff.co.nz/national/crime/2 ... olen-goods

proves the dumb ones always get caught!

OAP wrote:Check it out,

http://www.stuff.co.nz/national/crime/2 ... olen-goods

proves the dumb ones always get caught!

They may even get to serve out their community sentences digging bike tracks here. That would be justice. Probably get let off though and the hot property will get crushed. That would be NZ.

onyabike wrote:

OAP wrote:Check it out,

http://www.stuff.co.nz/national/crime/2 ... olen-goods

proves the dumb ones always get caught!

They may even get to serve out their community sentences digging bike tracks here. That would be justice. Probably get let off though and the hot property will get crushed. That would be NZ.

Nah make them into a bike track the tards!

I know of one of the guys that was in the robbery, he was also part of the powerstore break in. He is a total jerk and only got put away for a few months.