Specialized's storage depot in Mitcham, South London, has been breached and 200 bikes stolen. 100 are Stumpjumper FSR Experts, all of them red, and none of them yet available in the UK. This was Specialized UK's first batch of the £1799 machines.

Thieves steal £250k-worth of not-yet-available Stumpies

Police believe the thieves transported their haul in a Conran shop lorry, registration number R608 NJB.

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