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This group is for listing stolen bikes, helpful tips to secure your beloved bike or heads up on bike thefts or gangs operating around Victoria. If you have had a bike stolen please include: date, time, suburb, description, image, model no etc

Location: Melbourne & Victoria
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2x colourful distinctive Reid Harrier bikes stolen 9/4/13 Inkerman St, St Kilda

Started by Clare bennett Apr 10. 0 Replies 0 Likes

Hi AllWe have had 2 very distinctive bikes stolen from our storage cage in our underground parking for our apartment block.This happen on Inkerman Street, St Kilda (basically next door to Aldi.)It…Continue

Stolen - 2009 Cannondale F3 Medium Charcoal

Started by Phil Sale Mar 7. 0 Replies 0 Likes

Was locked up in our carport in Prahran. Locked to a pole with a Kryptonite U-lock which judging by the marks on the post has been sawn off. My wife's baby-blue Papillionaire was chained to my…Continue

Devinci Stockholm

Started by Therese F Mahoney Dec 2, 2012. 0 Replies 0 Likes

Our bike, Devinci Stockholm, got stolen outside our aparment block early Thursday morning the 29th of November 2012. We live in StKilda close to Fitzroy street. The person who did this took the whole…Continue

Stolen: Custom Chrome REID Harrier Bike

Started by Daniel Yong Hua Yi. Last reply by Daniel Yong Hua Yi Sep 21, 2012. 1 Reply 0 Likes

Details as follows:Make: REIDModel: HarrierFrame size: 20 inch = 51 cmManufacture year: 2012Color: ChromeSerial: Unfortunately didn't take note of itValue: 400Description: Chrome Small REID Harrier…Continue

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Comment by Treadly and Me on April 9, 2010 at 12:06am: I don't have any specific examples or data to hand, but Melbourne Uni is known as one of the bike theft hot spots of Melbourne.

Disabling the bike could have been a tactic to allow the original thief to come back later and strip it at their leisure. But it could just as easily have been opportunistic thieves--a bike without a front wheel that hasn't been removed for a few days might look abandoned, and abandoned bikes tend to get treated as public property (for example see Abandoned Bicycles of New York).

Comment by Anthony Kelly on April 8, 2010 at 11:10pm: This is from my housemate so its second hand info - she had her front wheel stolen at Melbourne Uni over the Easter weekend, left it there for a day, (as she didnt want to take the frame back on a tram) or so and found it stripped even more when she got back to pick it up. Any one know if this is regular occurance?

Comment by Velosure Bicycle Insurance on March 29, 2010 at 9:59am: Great group guys! We will be contributing frequently because we obviously deal with stolen bikes a lot!

Comment by Norm on March 29, 2010 at 9:59am: Having a Stolen Bike listing is a great idea and the early entries highlight the need to have a good recent photograph of your bike and another of its serial number. It's also a good idea to have it engraved with your Drivers Licence Number.