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“If you let it get you down, they win”: Bike shop owner hails “amazing” staff and community as business reopens after £40,000 of stock stolen in ram raid

Burglars drive van into Hampshire bike shop, causing estimated £50,000 damage before stealing £40,000 worth of high-end bikes

Sun, Apr 05, 2026 11:33

C6 bikes ram raided in another burglary, October 2025 main

Bike shop burgled for third time in three years as thieves ram SUV into building, leaving behind “trail of destruction”

The latest attempt to break into C6 bikes, this time thwarted by the shop’s security fogging system, comes just two years after 90 per cent of the business’s stock was stolen in a “SAS-style raid”

Fri, Oct 17, 2025 16:13

Cyclists warn of burglaries targeting “high-end” bikes after four houses on same street hit in one night, with £7,000 custom bike among five stolen

Kendal-based riders "shaken up" and believe burglars carefully planned break-ins as all affected neighbours returned from separate cycling holidays within a few days of each other

Tue, Sep 23, 2025 16:13

Police Officer of the Year borrows bike to chase down burglar

Cop who borrowed passing cyclist’s bike to catch thief wins Police Officer of the Year award

Footage of pursuit went viral and was even featured on Gogglebox after PC Paddy Connell swapped his squad car for a drop bar

Tue, Jul 29, 2025 10:35

Damage to Uprise Bikes after ram raid on showroom

Bike shop ram raiders arrested and charged after “effectively destroying” shopfront and stealing two e-bikes in “aggressive” break-in

The two bikes, which were fitted with hidden GPS trackers, were quickly located by police, but Uprise Bikes’ co-founder says the van attack caused “severe structural” damage, with repairs expected to cost tens of thousands of pounds

Thu, May 29, 2025 10:59

Bike shop rammed by vehicle during burglary

“Scumbags” ram raid bike shop, but owner can’t claim insurance as excess soared 900% after another burglary last year

Police manage to recover one stolen bike but Skinnergate Cycles owner urges cyclists to be vigilant when buying "cheap nearly new bikes"

Mon, Apr 14, 2025 11:42

“We’ve lost everything”: Thieves disable CCTV and cut phone lines as “devastated” bike shop the latest cycling business targeted in organised overnight raid

Almost 30 high-value bikes, as well as parts and accessories, stolen from Pedal Power Cycles in Suffolk during "very well organised crime"

Tue, Mar 25, 2025 12:14

“Like they were tipped off that our address has expensive bikes”: Olympic cyclist’s home raided by burglars, with doorbell recording suggesting they “had very specific information”

Cannondale Synapse and Giant TT frame taken in burglary, a Ring doorbell capturing footage of the burglars looking for bikes in a way that suggests "it was premeditated"

Wed, Feb 05, 2025 09:59

Rare gold Aurum Magma among multiple bikes stolen in latest professional raid on bike shop, after four “Mission Impossible-style” burglary attempts last year left police questioning “inside job”

Multiple bikes stolen in latest break-in at shop that last year raised the alarm about burglars' brazen reconnaissance, cutting through ceilings and walls, and crawling across floors to avoid setting off alarms

Tue, Feb 04, 2025 18:13

Burglar sentenced for Lance Armstrong’s stolen bikes

Burglar avoids jail for stealing bikes worth $100,000 from Lance Armstrong

The six bikes stolen from a storage unit in Austin in Texas were collectively valued at $105,800 and included a 2010 Trek Madone raced by Armstrong

Mon, Nov 25, 2024 09:53