Bike Thieves in Kamloops ruin one teams weekend!

May 18, 2008
by Tyler Maine  
Well the BC Cup race series officially kicked off this past weekend in Kamloops with Race the Ranch. It brought racers from all over Alberta, British Columbia and even racers from Washington State came out to rip up the new course at the Kamloops Bike Ranch. Unfortunately the race seems to have attracted some low lifes too in the sense of BIKE THIEVES!

Fellow riders do what you can to ward off the bad people and keep your bike yours, but even the best preparedness is no match for criminal thieves. Our good friends at Dunbar Cycles were attending the race this weekend and had their team trailer broke into and this is the note I just got from them: ($2500 Reward for the return of the bikes)Six bikes were stolen from the Dunbar team trailer in Kamloops in the early hours of Saturday 17th of May 2008.

The bikes that have been stolen are:

1-2008 trailer park. gunmetal grey, with lime green components. argyle fork, white rims, juicy rear brake only. 1 day old.

2-2007 black giant reign x 1 - fox 36 fork, e-13 lite guide with broken idler pulley. rear cable/brake line routed through chainstays. Easton bar and stem, fox rear shock.

3-2008 Transition Bottle rocket, silver with red caps on pivots, fox 36 fork, sunline bar and stem, sixty magnesium pedals.

4-2007 DeVinci frantic, light blue, brand new wheelset, mavic black ust tubeless rims on blue hope hubs. Marzocchi 66 fork, black.

5-2007 Morewood Izumi DH, white. Hadley, mavic ex721 wheelset, chromag stem, easton EA 50 bar, saint brakes, shimano hone cranks, black mrp chain device, atomlab trailking pedals, fox dhx 5 rear shock, rockshox boxxer team grey fork.

6-2004 Last Raffnix hartail, beige, 07 silver pike, hope bulb/mavix ex 721 wheelset, truvativ hozfeller cranks, e-13 bashguard, single speed. Raceface diabolus stem, ns bar, avid juicy rear brake only.

Any information please call the shop

604 224 2116

cheers,

The Dunbar Team.

$2500 Reward for the return of the bikes

I'm sure this wasn't an isolated incident this weekend, so please be extra careful folks and keep your bikes close as it's a long season ahead.

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70 Comments
  • 30 2
 i wish i could find these bitches for you but im alittle far away, but kill em if u see them
  • 52 2
 bike theifs=curb stomp
  • 13 0
 amen to curb stomping robbers
  • 9 0
 It's a Transition Trail-or-Park, right?
  • 1 0
 Cut their hands off!!! I wish i could help....
  • 23 0
 i think its just disgusting that people would steal a bike its much more than money its a part of you if ur bike gets stolen its like they have stolen a part of life hopefully these people can be brought to justice
  • 11 0
 My mates went gokarting and left there bikes out the front locked, just as some 25ish year old was taking off on one of them, they were alerted, my mate chased him down on the other bike tackled him down, dragged him back to the track and we all lined up and gave it to him.. my mate whos bike it was gave him the best fly kick.. haha. BRING BIKE THIEVES DOWN!!!
  • 2 0
 NICE !
  • 26 0
 KILL THEM, KIL THEM, KILL THEM......
  • 14 0
 thy're organized here, my friends neighbour had his stolen. There was a witness to it that said there were 2 guys both with walkie talkies and clipboards. Apparently (probably a false rumour) is that there's this guy that you ask for a bike, any bike, and he'll get it, for low costs.
  • 8 0
 it doesn't have to be a rumour, there are guys who do this with cars, so why not with bikes. some people do it as a 'job' (?!$&@!?) so they are professionals (?!$&@!?) really hard to stop.
  • 1 0
 it is true, when my house was broken into they knew right where i kept it locked. they went in and stole all my gear but fortunatly i was lazy the night before and left the bike in the garden shed. my neighbour said she saw two men out in the alley with radios.
  • 1 0
 Heres a solution that comes to mind. If a town is in heat for stolen bikes, do you think you can cooperate with the police and setup traps for thieves? Leave a nice bike somewhere and spy on it. Someone is bound to steal it, by then we'll be ready. The more thieves caught, they more we take those kind of people off the streets and into jail. Not to mention, other thieves will be wary of stealing a bike.
  • 7 0
 Yeah I know, I got a little spooked myslef with bike thieves, I live on an acreage in northern Alberta, in the miuddle of a hamlet, and one day I left the garage door open. My bro and mom where stil in the house, and I was only gone for like half an hour, but when I got back my new 2008 Cowan had been parked backwards with dog crap smeared on the seat. Nobody in my house did it, and we can only guess some little prick stole it for a quick joyride, but now I'm paranoid, because if they where brave enough to do that, they could have taken it. Get your bike registered with the RCMP, and keep a laminated photo of the bike with the serial number, model information and contact info so you have something to give to the cops if you're bike is stolen. Remember, the police are your friend when your bikes stolen. And always keep a good cable lock with you, they take the longest to cut through, as you can;t use bolt cutters on them.
  • 9 0
 Sucks but be smart:::Wait till we see how many go from whistler this year:
NEVER LET THEM LEAVE YOUR EYE::::::::::
:::::::::::KEEP THEM IN YOUR SLEEP ROOM!!
  • 8 1
 This is why you bring your biike into your hotel room, you may have to pay an extra fee for doing it, but fuck it you have your bike right beside when you go to bed...
  • 6 1
 Sorry to hear. True story. Once there was a bike thief targeting our town, he had proven himself quick and ballsy with numerous high end grabs. One day we set him up with what looked like gravy grab but we had placed razor blades on the bars and seat. He didn't get too far! We never had a problem after that. No Mercy for bike thieves Keep your eyes on them and lock them up in your house even.
  • 8 1
 its the timelaine and the respect of some1 elses property fuck the insurance kick some ass
  • 5 0
 Yeah its sooooo dishearting having your bike stolen. Mine and my friends was last week, and its such a shit shit feeling. You genuinely want the bike thieves to die, or be seriously fucked up!!!!!!
  • 4 0
 That really sucks, I had my bike stolen out of my pick-up when i went threw the drive-thru or McDonalds. Some prick grabbed it out of the back when i was getting food and took off, i caught him though and gave him a beat down.
Just out of curiosity is it a 2500 reward for each bike or the whole lot, because if someone broke in to steal all of them I'm guessing they knew how much their worth.....since stealing it off a rack or on the ground is much easier :2cents:
  • 7 0
 shit like this just makes me mad
  • 3 0
 I know that feeling to, my bike never was in my hand becouse i bought it by pinkbike but the seller after cash deal by credit card never spoke to me again and still have his auction on pinkbike ;/ I hope yurs bikes will be found!
  • 3 0
 god man im so sorry to hear of youre loss man ii wish i could help but im in scotland :-[ buut man if i ever did find the f=-kers that stole them i would put there teeth down there throat with a crutch (broken ankle at the moment lol) then i would tie him to the ground at the finnish line of the fort william wc track .Sorry for rambling on but i hate to hear of fellow bikers losing loved ones (bikes :-]) anyways man i hope to god you get your bikes back and that those f=-king c-=ts get theiir heads kicked in .cya
  • 3 0
 so sorry to hear that guys.... hope u come back to kamloops net year for the raqces and hope this dont happen to any 1 else... i saw u guys at the race the ranch and u looked pretty down!!! Frown Frown so sorry to hear it
  • 6 0
 Yeah thats retarted keep a watch on craigslist and buyandsell goodluck
  • 27 0
 actually you should also look at the pink bike classifieds thats where I found my bike last year, When I e-mailed pink bike about the situation I was told they couldn't help me. Lucky for me I was able to contact the seller and set up a fake buy where I busted the mothers. It is the very definition of satisfaction to see the person who stole your bike being arrested, The sob was crying when they put him in the squad car. I hope you get your bikes back sorry to hear of your loss.
  • 1 0
 should have done a little street justice! then you would have seen some tears
  • 4 0
 i just don't believe it!!

i don't have words to say.. just.. I feel sorry :S

I hope you can find those scumbags, if you do, then spanking him/them 'til the death
  • 2 0
 Brutal news to hear, good vibes to you guys from down under to get em back. I hope you get a chance to bust some heads and catch the bastards. Harsh to think that people in the bike community are actually able to do that to one another. -don-
  • 6 0
 That sucks, what can I say
  • 3 0
 haha Creech wud up that shit is f*cken gay man if only they could of cought them can u say break there bodys by throughing them off a 25 foot drop Big Grin that would be so sweet to see !
  • 1 0
 I hope they read this and see what people think of them, not to mention the grievous bodily harm people feel they should get. So, if your reading this theives, when the time comes, it's gonna be unpleasant for you, and you totally deserve whatever people do to you. Remember, you asked for it in the end..................
  • 1 0
 sometimes you can tell if a bikes stolen, if you see rider with a nice bike and they suck and cant ride worth shit they're most likely riding a stolen bike. my bike was stolen once but the cops found it ditched with a flat tire by some graffiti.
  • 1 0
 dude i fucking hate thieves! i got my hand built bmx stolen a cupple months ago and i was walking around with a piece of concrete in my hand willing to kill the person if i found them. so i know how it feels guys im sry. If i could help i totally would. so if i see them in Cali ill break there necks haha
  • 3 0
 just terrible thats crazy nobody should be so low to steal bikes from an event.
  • 1 0
 my friend has just got his bike stolen but why wud they steal them i dont see how they get pleasure out of it except selling them p.s hope the dunbar team get their bikes back
  • 4 0
 i shit in the morning cereal of bike theives...
  • 2 0
 my brother got my bike stolen. he went into a store and left it outside. fuckers took it and rode of in plain light. they need to be taked to cuba and get castrated
  • 0 0
 thats pretty disgusting. maybe karma will do its job, until then sleep with your bike. =P
my bro got his bike stolen, the bad thing was our dog couldnt get them, cause that was the one day we locked the gate. (she opens it herself)
  • 0 0
 the thing is though, the theithes probably wont go to jail for stealing a bike, although they should do. they will end up getting some kind of fine or community work at the most, thats how it would work over here, but thats why they keep doing it again and again cos they know a slap on the wrist is all they will get. i dont know how it works over in canada or america etc etc, but if they do go to jail, catch those mother truckers and send em down
  • 3 0
 they will have a hard time finding a market to get rid of them you'd think. hope they get caught
  • 3 0
 Can you guys post some pics of your rides?
  • 3 0
 So horrible that someone would steal from the good folks at Dunbar cycles.
  • 3 0
 damn it!
=[

kill them mtf!
  • 2 0
 Shitty, if I see anything online I'll...tell someone, there it is, ill call them at 604 224 2116
  • 4 1
 fucken gay ass mother fuckers thats why my bike lives in my room
  • 3 0
 What the fuck is wrong with people these days
  • 0 0
 its just unbelievable thata people can simply take what other people put hours and hours and tonnes of cash and effort into soo easily.......i bet....no......i know they have no conscience!!!!!!!
  • 0 0
 oh yeah....and i hope you guys pull a CAM MCCAUL on those cheesy bastards!!
  • 2 0
 wow if i ever caught someone doing that i would probably kill them
  • 0 0
 Get my uncle Eric to find these.He was the toughest boxer in Grade 7-12.LOL all the people he knows probably does this so he can find and get 2500$ for them..
  • 1 0
 my bike is my life if that shit get stolen im gona shoot u in the fuckin face and ur mom
  • 4 1
 horrible!
  • 2 0
 i know, those sick bastards.
  • 2 1
 This is why you have insurance, then you pay a $500 deductable then get a new bike.
  • 3 0
 then landing on them Razz
  • 1 0
 talk about a soft landing. bike theft sucks. i had mine stolen right out of my backyard as i went in to grab a drink before i went out riding..caught the bastards though.
  • 3 0
 ...assholes should die
  • 1 0
 get a lowjack...and u will find ur bike and these MF...
  • 2 0
 Bet they were Chav's.
  • 0 0
 I WILL HUNT THESE COCK SUCKERS DOWN i no what its like and i no who to talk to to find those bikes
  • 1 0
 just another growing problem
  • 1 0
 it happens every where here I know two Riders that got theirs bike stolen
  • 1 0
 those motherfuuckers are the lowest of the low.
  • 0 0
 make sure you keep a constant eye on ebay and other auction websites and hopefully bring justice to these twats...
  • 0 0
 FUCKING gay assholes and what happens is that they get away with a ticket or put in jail for a couple of months
  • 0 0
 then there right back at it
  • 0 0
 thats just gay that pep are steeling guys bikes
  • 0 0
 good stuff
  • 0 0
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