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Thieves targeted Corley Cycles of Milton Keynes at the weekend and stole approximately £70,000-worth of bikes. The raid also caused substantial damage to the store. There were also raids on JC Cook Cycles in Grimsby and 18 Bikes in Sheffield.
In a Facebook posting Corley Cycles said: “We’ve had better Monday mornings … we were broken into last night.
“An awful lot of damage has been caused to the shop and circa £70k worth of stock has gone.
“We are open and need all of your support more than ever.”
The bikes stolen from Corley Cycles include:
TREK
Domane SLR 8 Disc 56cm Blk/Silver
Domane SL 6 Disc 56cm Blk/Blk
Domane SL 6 Disc 52cm Blk/Blk
Emonda SLR 8 H2 54cm Rd/WH
Emonda SLR 8 Disc 60cm Blk – Sil
Emonda SLR 8 Disc 56cm Blk – Sil
Emonda SL 6 Pro 58 Sil
Emonda SL6 Pro 56 Sil
Emonda SL 6 Disc 56 Sil
Emonda SL 6 Disc 52 Sil
Emonda SL 5 52 Blue
SPECIALIZED
Diverge Sport 61cm Black/Red
Diverge Sport 54cm Black/Red
Diverge Comp 54cm Grey/Red
Diverge Comp 56cm Graphite/Black
Roubaix Sport 58cm Matt Black/White
Roubaix Sport 52cm Matt Black/White
Roubaix Expert 54cm Red/Black
Roubaix Elite 56cm Red/Black
Roubaix Elite 56cm Black/Black
Roubaix Comp 58cm Purple/Red
3T
Strada Pro Aqua Blue Large
JC Cook Cycles of Grimsby was raided last Thursday night, and the bikes stolen were:
ORANGE
5 pro in fizzy orange large
6 E E-bike in charcoal grey (our demo)
Stage 5 in tropical blue large
WHYTE
S150-s in blue medium
KROSS
Level one boost E-bike 18" 29er
BERGAMONT
Revox 5.0 E-bike in yellow small
TREK
Powerfly FS 4 E-bike in black 21.5
The shop is offering a £2,000 bike given as a "reward for information that leads to the conviction of the people in question and return of the bikes.”
An attempted break-in at 18 Bikes in Sheffield resulted in damage, but nothing was stolen. The JE James store in Rotherham was raided in late July, with damage done to the shopfront and three Orange MTBs stolen.
