A brazen thief has managed to take a large number of bikes off the hands of a local Trek distributor/dealer in Canberra over the weekend. A total of 26 bikes, worth a cool $183,000 were stolen from a bike trailer outside their Fyshwick Office.
So what were 26 high end bikes doing in a bike trailer rather than locked up in a more secure location? According to the Canberra Times, the dealer were holding the bikes storage while the offices were being renovated.
The thief better hang on to the bikes for a couple of months before selling them on ebay or through the Canberra Times. All the bikes were 2013 models which have not even hit the shops yet.
So if you see a brand new 2013 Trek for a ridiculous low price on Ebay, or see someone in jeans riding up Northbourne Ave on a brand spanking new Trek Madone 7.9, it might be worth calling Crimestoppers.
A note to the thief, Bradley Wiggins won the Tour de France on a Pinarello. Trek are so last year's bike.
http://www.canberratimes.com.au/act-news/former-olympian-devastated-by-bike-theft-20120807-23qxr.html
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