This is how easy it happens; spot the fixtures still in the floor. They mark the spot where the bike rack – and the bikes locked to it – once stood. All that’s needed for this robbery is a spanner and a van to take the whole thing away. And once moved away from the scene the bike locks could be broken to free the bikes from the rack.
Crime scene photo after €5,000 bike stolen in Dublin
We brought you a story last week about a €5,000 road bike stolen from an underground car park in an apartment block despite being well secured.
And now here’s the picture of the crime scene showing how the theft was carried out.
You’ll notice the bolts sticking out of the floor. That’s where the rail/rack the bike was locked to had been fixed into the concrete floor.
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However, those behind the theft simply unscrewed the rail from the floor and made off with it and two bikes locked to it.
One of the stolen bikes is an Aeroad CF SLX 8.0. The bike, with all the kit on it when it was stolen, would retail at around €5,000.
To make matters worse it was only a few weeks old. It was stolen from an apartment block in Drumcondra, Dublin, last month.
The robbery occurred in the underground car park of the apartment block where the owner lives.
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From the outside, entrance to the gated block can only be gained by inputting an access code into a keypad.
And once on the grounds of the apartment complex, entry to the basement car park can only be gained by punching another code into another keypad.
The owner of the bike was not only keeping it in a car park she felt was secure; she had also locked it three times.
Furthermore, the presence of CCTV in the car park did little to deter the thieves. The bike was equipped with an Ultegra 11 speed groupset, was size S and is black in colour.
It was fitted with Reynolds Strike deep section carbon wheels. It also had tribars and a silver saddle with a ‘Test’ logo.
The victim is asking that members of the cycling and triathlon community remain vigilant.
And if the bike is spotted for sale a reward is on offer for information that would lead to its recovery.
Any information on the bike’s whereabouts can be sent to [email protected].
A Canyon Aeroad CF SLX 8.0 like the one that was stolen in Dublin.
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