Ryan St. Lawrence was on a trip across Canada this week when his custom Santa Cruz V10, with special adaptations to help him ride, was stolen outside of a Hilton Garden Inn near the Calgary, AB airport. The heavily modified V10, along with a Specialized Enduro EVO, were locked to a van but the locks were cut overnight. Both bikes are nowhere to be found. Ryan and his friends are asking fellow mountain bikers to be on the lookout.
Ryan's modified V-10 and his riding partner's Specialized Enduro EVO were both stolen.
Just this past week, Ryan did a heli-drop at Retallack...a huge accomplishment.
In 2016, St. Lawrence was paralyzed from the waist down
following an accident at Highland Mountain Bike Park.
The New Hampshire resident, determined to get out in the mountains doing what he loved, built a custom Santa Cruz V10 that allowed him to ride the trails he wanted to. According to posts on social media, he had launched a quest from New England to Calgary to ride the Canadian mountains...a dream of many and a tremendous accomplishment for Ryan. Just this week, he did a heli-drop at Retallack Lodge on an adaptive bike. A first, and a remarkable feat in and of itself.
Ryan's wife shared on social media, "This is so much more than a bike to him, so much more than a replaceable piece of equipment. This is freedom, redemption, recovery therapy. This is the thing that has brought him happiness again. Ryan has had so much taken from him already, so if humanity could conspire to get these bikes back to him, we would be so grateful."
If anyone has any information on the whereabouts of Ryan or his partner's bikes, please reach out.
www.pinkbike.com/news/Back-on-Bike-after-Spinal-Cord-Injury.html
www.pinkbike.com/u/projectnortheast/blog/team-granite-taking-adaptive-biking-to-an-11.html
I mean I love bikes just as much as you do, but at the end it's still only a bike.
guess you missed that part
Edit: Looks like it was locked to the hitch rack...
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There are simply NO locks good enough to protect these bikes - anyone can put on a yellow vest, grab an angle grinder/cutter and leave with the bike in 5 minutes without anyone approaching him...
And on that note, let's keep this thread on topic, which is not the how it happened or how it could be prevented (also very relevant to Ryan's injury), but rather how can you be a positive influence going forward and share this story to show your compassion for someone that loves our great sport the same as you.
I'm not dissing the guy in any way and nor should others, but clearly the security of this bike could have been
better planned, and by highlighting issues off bike security is better than the likes of
what I would do too the culprits that will never happen nonsence. At the end off the day this is gutting for the guy
and he will be feeling it, so please others learn from this.
As extra protection lockon grips with the bolts replaced by ones which require a special tool to remove.
If my bike is so much as touched a alarm goes to my phone ..and I don't call the cops.
I currently do as you do, dedicate my living room in my apartment to the bike cave. I guess that’s never changing, lol.
I am fortunate to have a sunroom on the roof of the garage that has now become my bike garage. But the bikes still have to be pretty clean for the trek through the building and through our halls.
*suka blyat*
PinkBike, can you start a crowd-funding company to help Ryan to replace bike?
There's a special place in hell for scum like this.
Sorry for your loss
I have an idea
What if Pink bike raised money for him and give him A New v10
bikeindex.org
Calgary
www.facebook.com/groups/312174922457398
Edmonton
www.facebook.com/groups/576708895843716
On the other hand it is a bit random, I have left bikes locked on my van at hotels and campgrounds all over BC, Alberta and the Yukon and been lucky enough to not lose any (off my rack on those trips). Most hotels do not allow bikes in rooms and you won't sneak in with 4-5 bikes (my old favourite in canmore had ski and bike rooms to store them) I just try to park where I can see them and if I can right outside my room. Twice recently I have come home from a ride and got distracted (kids) by some minor emergency and left my bikes unlocked on the rack in my driveway in Campbell River and been shocked to see them there the next morning (pure luck).
The sad thing is while some bikes are stolen by people who part them out or are involved in networks to resell them, most people stealing them to support addictions are just going to flip them for next to nothing and if they steal something they can't flip they sell it for scrap.
Too soon?
Hope you get your custom bike bike Ryan!!
Calgary is hoping Ryan's bike gets back to it's rightful owner, pronto.
It has been mentioned that most of Calgary's stolen high end bikes go west to the Coast.
Is there security footage from the hotel? If so, lets see it....