I’m guessing most bike riders have experienced that gut-punch, sickening feeling of having their bike stolen. A truly awful moment, leaving you full of revengeful thoughts and questions of how you could have prevented it from happening in the first place.

This happened to a friend of mine recently after he’d spent months lovingly building up a dream bike. A Campag Record groupset, deep-section carbon wheels, the full works. It was by far the best bike he'd ever owned and he’d ridden it just a handful of times.

Then late one evening it was gone in the blink of an eye. The thieves got into his garage in seconds and were gone just as quickly. Ignoring all his power tools and leaving everything else untouched. We suspect they knew what they were looking for.

Like me, securing his bike prope

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