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Police tape (CC licensed by freefotouk on Flickr)Bikes worth £51,000 stolen in raid on bike shop in Cornwall
Thieves have stolen more than £50,000 worth of bicycles from a bike shop in Cornwall.
Family-owned Clive Mitchell Cycles in Summercourt, five miles south-east of Newquay, broke the news of the raid in a post on Facebook.
“We’ve had better Saturday mornings,” the post read. “We were broken into during the early hours of this morning.
“Unfortunately the store will be closed until further notice though we will do our best to open at some point later today, we’ll update you here as soon as we can.
“The thieves have taken a lot of high value mountain bikes.”
The business, which also has a branch in Truro, provided details of the bikes that had been taken:
Specialized Stumpjumper Expert Carbon, Large. 2019 model.
Specialized Stumpjumper Comp Carbon, Large. 2019 model.
Specialized Stumpjumper Comp alloy, Medium, Black 2019 model.
Specialized Enduro Comp 650b, Medium Black. 2018 model.
Specialized Camber Expert Carbon 29er Large Black. 2018 model.
Specialized Turbo Levo HT 29er Gents. Large Blue/Red. 2019 model.
Specialized Turbo Levo HT 6Fattie, Medium Grey 2018 model.
Specialized Turbo Levo FSR 6Fattie, Large Black/Blue 2018 model.
Specialized Turbo Levo FSR 6Fattie Comp, Medium Silver/Black 2018 model.
Specialized Turbo Levo FSR 6Fattie Comp Carbon, Medium Black/Blue 2018 model.
Specialized Kenevo FSR Comp 6Fattie. Medium Blue/Grey 2019 model.
CUBE Reaction Hybrid Pro 400, 18” Black, 2018 model.
CUBE Reaction Hybrid SL500, 18” Blue 2018 model.
CUBE Stereo Pro 120 Hybrid, 18” Red/Black 2018 model.
CUBE Stereo Pro 140 Hybrid 20” Blue 2018 model.
In a subsequent post on Facebook, it said: “Well ... it’s been quite a long day here at CMC Summercourt.
“We’d just like to say a massive thank you to the local community in Summercourt, the wider cycling community and our customers for all of the support shown today.
“Please share and let us or the police know if you see any of these bikes going for a ‘too good to be true price’. Somebody somewhere knows who these guys are.
“Just to be clear and to reassure our customers, no sold/ordered bikes or customers own bikes have been taken.”
Devon & Cornwall Police are investigating and can be contacted on 101.
Last week, we reported how a number of bike shops across the country have been targeted by criminals in recent weeks, with high-value thefts taking place following break-ins at Corley Cycles in Milton Keynes, JE James in Rotherham and JC Cook Cycles in Grimsby.
> Several bike shops targeted by thieves - 22 bikes stolen from Corley Cycles
Simon joined road.cc as news editor in 2009 and is now the site’s community editor, acting as a link between the team producing the content and our readers. A law and languages graduate, published translator and former retail analyst, he has reported on issues as diverse as cycling-related court cases, anti-doping investigations, the latest developments in the bike industry and the sport’s biggest races. Now back in London full-time after 15 years living in Oxford and Cambridge, he loves cycling along the Thames but misses having his former riding buddy, Elodie the miniature schnauzer, in the basket in front of him.
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I thought the way its been described previously for these kind of thefts, was the people stealing the bikes were just the middlemen who get them chucked in the back of a shipping container as quickly as possible,and they are half way round Europe...where they then can get broken down into components or sold as a whole...before they've even been noticed gone
It's a common problem all over Europe.
Two bike shops in Luz Saint Sauver (start of the Tourmalet)had a load of expensive bikes stolen
They turned up in the back of a truck in Spain
You lot would obviously make better criminals than me!
Some bikes fitting these descriptions are on Gumtree now.
Who is buying this gear?
Has there not been a single "honey trap" GPS-broadcasting bike nicked from any of this recent spate across the country?
Would seem like a sensible precaution for any bike shop at the moment. With the proliferation of e-bikes, it's not like the shop would need to worry about the gps running out of battery any time soon either.
If I was the robbing type I'd break the bikes down and get rid that way. Loads of stuff on ebay is legitimately of the 'removed from new bike due to upgrade' and the thieves probably blend right in. These clearly aren't the typical steal a bike for a back of smack types.
Loads of hassle and each transaction increases the chance of being caught. Theives rarely part out bikes, the aim is to move them on asap.
Too slow. You don’t want the fuzz knocking on your shed door asking you to explain why you’ve got 20 bikes in various states of disassembly. You want them off your hands ASAP.
I hope his insurance will cover the cost of the stolen goods. It would be such a shame if they had to close their doors and sell up to cover the loss.
Wonder if the thieving scrotes employed the latest in Kiwi ramraiding techniques?
Seriously though, hope the cops catch them and the shop recovers it's stock.