Bike theft surge: Angle grinders, muggings and break-ins Despite lockdowns, bicycles are being stolen at greater rate as more people take to cycling
Sat, Apr 3, 2021, 04:54
Some bike theft victims suspect their cases were never really investigated despite making reports to the Garda. A number of Garda sources accepted many cases were low priority because of other workloads. Photograph: Nick Bradshaw
When a thief moved in to steal an expensive Scott carbon fibre racing bike from Gary Cardiff, a human resources executive and mixed martial arts (MMA) fighter, it didn’t end well for him.
Cardiff (37) was cycling from his home in Dublin’s Inchicore out to Howth Head one day when he realised en route he had forgotten his pump and so he ventured into an East Wall supermarket to buy one.