€72,000 Worth of Bikes Stolen From Propain Event Truck
PRESS RELEASE: Propain Bicycles
Bikes wanted!
We came back from the Riva Bike festival unscathed, that’s the good news. Unfortunately, there is also some bad news to report:
Between Tuesday afternoon and Wednesday evening (07-08.05.19), our event truck was burgled in Vogt, Germany and most of our demo bikes were stolen. Fortunately, our two E-Bike prototypes were unloaded the evening before for a setup test and are safe and sound.
In total, 17 bikes with a value of around €72,000 were stolen.
Bike theft is becoming more and more common. We need to keep our eyes and ears open to make it difficult for those who target other's possessions Please be careful with secondhand bikes, check the background including frame number (see list below) to make sure it’s not one of our stolen bikes.
List of bikes with frame numbers:
Tyee CF SMALL Moongrey MD1809026
Tyee CF MEDIUM Moongrey MD18117138
Tyee CF MEDIUM RAW MD18117106
Tyee CF LARGE RAW LG18127159
Tyee CF LARGE Moongrey LG18117146
Tyee CF X Large Moongrey XL 18117044
Tyee CF X Large Badmint XL 18097034
Tyee Large Badmint LG18127186
Spindrift Medium Lime MD19012035
Spindrift LARGE Black Matt LG 19012058
Spindrift X Large Lime XL18112005
Hugene Medium Silver MD18054027
Hugene Medium Lime MD19014082
Hugene LARGE Silver LG19014119
Hugene Large Silver LG19014102
Huegen X LARGE Lime XL18054002
Hugene LARGE Lime LG19014090
We would like to ask the mountain biking community to contact us (www.propain-bikes.com / info@propain-bikes.com / +49 751201802 22) or the police in Vogt +49 7529 971560 if anyone notices something.
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I suppose with the rise in prices of bikes these days, comes a rise in risk of theft of them from unguarded areas, such as a big ol van full of tasty MTB's parked up.
Might be time for company's to invest in better ways of keeping the bikes safer, like full time security maybe. looks like the scum that took these sat back, waited and watched for there moment of least risk and then struck.
An equally big ol hardnut sat with the bikes, (..poss with said propane torch..) ready to welcome any and all dickheads, willing to take him on for them, may up there risk-o-meter enough for them to think better of the idea.
If its 3% of your stock value in security every event its not an easy decision.
Not sure how this theft happened but to me alarmed horse box style event vans would be the best option - garage out back and living quarters in the front but this also presents a huge capital cost.
If used bike sale platforms had a better (mandatory) way of checking frame numbers, high-end bike theft might be less attractive.
three guards, 12 legs, three sets of teeth, three tails.......
I hope that the bastards are caught, I hope they find all the bikes. Living in Germany it scares me a little that this is happening, but it's the world we live in. I'll keep my eyes peeled for any used Propain bikes I see for sale, making sure I do what I can!
Sorry for David and his boys, but they can also feel honored as their bikes seem to draw a lot of attention now. NOT WHAT THEY WANTED