The lovely Focus Culebro (top).
And the ‘virtually impregnable’ lock (see comments) that kept it ‘safe’.
Ross writes:
This is my lovely Focus Culebro. It was stolen from Drury Street car park [Temple Bar, Dublin] on Friday December 10 in the evening. If you see it for sale please let me know, I have the frame number so can verify it. I just got this bike 6 months ago and have been delighted with it and using it everyday. As you can imagine I’m feeling a bit cheated….
Anyone?
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Sick of these posts, gonna set up someonestolemychinstrokersbike.com
How is that a chin strokers bike? It’s just a road bike.
Is everything that doesn’t suit you hipster?
Whats the second photo?
Is that the lock snapped?
what type of lock was it?
Yeah looks strange.
It’s his defunct lock. Google “Abus Locks uGrip Bordo 5700” to see the full picture.
U-Locks (kryptonite) are the go-to lock guys, there are handier options, but none as safe as that.
The lock appears to be an ABUS bar lock (U-Grip 5700) – rated 7/15 for security… and obviously no match for a large pair of boltcutters.
https://www.bike-components.de/en/ABUS/Faltschloss-uGrip-Bordo-5700-p37628/
Seems a bit light weight for an expensive bike.
Its a shame it goes on, but don’t give them an opportunity.
I hope that’s not the lock that was used. It looks ridiculously flimsy.
I can never understand these threads. The people that have their bikes stolen obviously ask Broadsheet for help because they’ve seen all the other threads about bikes being stolen. Surely they know from reading those threads that you need a decent lock, especially if it’s an expensive bike.
Drury St car park isn’t in Temple Bar lads.
Agreed
suck it up and don’t park a bike in Temple Bar on a Friday evening, take it home
troll
I don’t understand what the second picture is, is that they pedal or the lock? I hope it is not the lock because it looks rubbish.
Need to increase the punishment for bike thieves. They’re a scourge on us.
“Victimless” crime. Tolerated by the nGyardauí as the alternative assaults/muggings as a skobie revenue raiser look bad in end of year stats.
You insurance should cover it, right?
Drury St car park has CCTV cameras or so they claim. Anything show up on them? I’ve stopped using my bike, which defeats the purpose of having one :(
Always thought drury st car park was safe. Have often left a bike in there over night. They have CCTV camera’s so check them out. Those new type of locks are supposed to be very good!
Always a gamble leaving your bike anywhere in Dublin City for less than 20mins. Bike thieves regularly visit these hot spots, drury st, fade st, george st for easy pickings. Have two locks, the one above is an Abus U Grip, which is handy enough to break with right tools. In fact, all bike locks are breakable with right equipment. The only one I can think would be difficult, but not impossible, for your average bike thieve is heavy duty chain and u-lock. Here’s one brand: http://www.kryptonitelock.com/content/kryt-us/en/products/product-information/current-key/999522.html
But generally dont leave your bike anywhere if you really want to keep it. Oh yeah, and bike thieves should be dealt with by public guillotine. Another way to deal with these scumbags is to remove the black market in bike sales (which is massive) – Dont buy cheap bikes off ‘yer man’ – it’s stolen.
Bike gets stolen on Drury St, is sold on Drury St less than 10 minutes later. I worked there for years and saw it happen on a daily basis. Called the guards a few times but the only answer was ‘we’ll turn the cameras round and have a look’ (there were no cameras at the time). It all stopped for about a week when we threatened a couple of scumbags with a hammer when they tried to take my bike.
Use at least two locks and remove your saddle if possible. If its harder to take, they won’t take it. Also, Drury St is most definitely not in temple bar.
No serial number recorded then? Pointless and useless post.
> I have the frame number so can verify it.
I think you missed this bit. (Otherwise you’re correct – if people don’t take 30 seconds to take a photo of their own damn serial number, then they give up all chance of ever getting it back)
I suppose it’s too much to ask the politicians to work with Gardaí to set up a dedicated unit, plant bikes, catch offenders, and making sure bike thieves spend say 6-9 months in prison.
Because that’s what other countries would do.
Bikes and Dublin City Centre are a TOTAL oxy-moron – Is that the phrase ?
The number of bikes that are stolen every day, would appear to huge, without much of a sucessful Garda response.
If a lot of other suggestions do not appear to be working, the only only one that I can make is that, people do NOT ride “fancy” (expensive?) bikes, into Dublin city centre. If there’s no “supply, then maybe, the “demand” may diminish !
Otherwise, I dunno…
F.
A few points about the bike:
– I have left the bike there a million times and it was fine. I had it right under the camera and the fella came in all covered up!
– the lock came highly recommended from the bike shop and was not cheap!
I typically use this as my everyday day bike and also long distance bike.
– yes I have the frame number and Obv won’t post it online for OBVIOUS reasons
Thanks for the comments and keeping an eye out :)
Any backers for a docu-film sting operation, called Operation Rothair, where we leave a few snazzy bikes around town and get a few lads to kick the shit outta the scum bags that try to steal them? TV3 would snap it up.
Are you all blind ? don’t you see all the bike thiefs are perpurtrated by the Dublin Bike Scheme workers so everyone will switch to using them !
You’re gas
the 10th of December was a Wednesday.
Your quite right it was 12th of December, and it was the car park up by the Hairy Lemon.
A documentary sting operation would be the job alright…