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Six bicycles stolen from KirkLee last night

I got a call from my fellow frame builder Brad Cason at KirkLee this morning with some bad news. Someone broke in and has made off with six of his bikes. A couple of them were from his booth at NAHBS this year and one was featured in Bicycling Magazine. Please read below and keep [...]

Stolen Bike Report: 3 high end mountain bikes go missing last week

This comes in from Cameron Lindsay, a local racer and one of the guys behind the Dirt Derby. These bikes were stolen in San Antonio late last week, but often bikes stolen in one city end up in another in the Austin-San Antonio corridor. If you see these bikes or have any info, please contact [...]

APD wants more info on bikes stolen recently in Central Austin

If you had a bicycle stolen recently in Central Austin, the Austin Police Department wants to hear from you. Has your bike been stolen? Austin Police North Bureau detectives are currently investigating a series of bicycle thefts that occurred during the middle of February, in the area north of downtown and south of Koenig Lane. [...]

Another local bike theft and the Copenhagen Wheel making theft a thing of the past

Earlier this week, we reported on the theft of We Robinson’s black Santa Cruz Tallboy. Unfortunately, we have to report another theft this time from City of Austin Bicycle Program staffer Nadia Barrera. I got my bicycle stolen some time between 10:30 PM last [Monday] nightand 8:30 AM this morning. It has a black GT [...]

Did James Clayton make bail and fly to Italy?

So after all the hubbup over Austin’s most notorious bike thief, I see that Velonews is reporting Team Barloworld had 21 bikes stolen overnight at their training camp in Tuscany. A press release from the team says the bikes were taken from the training camp storage shed. Most of the team is S.O.L for training and racing [...]

Is your bike up a tree?

I’m currently working on a post to go over best practices in locking your bike. I happen to come across bikesnobnyc’s post about preparing yourself for the inevitable moment when you realize your bike has been stolen. I especially like the four tips at the end. Also linked in this post was YouTube video about [...]