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[simongt]

Apparently, one of the British Women's cycling teams recently had fourteen of their bikes worth about £55,000 stolen from their mechanic's workshop van overnight.
Did they not think about active guarding for such a valuable cargo - ? Would have been a lot cheaper than the cost of the stolen bikes.

 

[Slick]

I didn't realise they were competing in Liverpool.

 

[wiggydiggy]

Check to see who they beat in the last race?

 

[screenman]

It is a shame that we have to lock things up at all, also that it may well be cyclist that are involved somewhere down the line.

 

[biggs682]

It was good that other teams were able to provide replacement bikes for the team to carry on .

 

[scragend]

It was after Stage 1 of the Tour of Britain. Other teams lent them bikes so that they could start Stage 2 and they got some replacement bikes there in time for Stage 3.

I was surprised that they just leave bikes in a van overnight. Do all teams do that?

 

[cougie uk]

Apparently, one of the British Women's cycling teams recently had fourteen of their bikes worth about £55,000 stolen from their mechanic's workshop van overnight.
Did they not think about active guarding for such a valuable cargo - ? Would have been a lot cheaper than the cost of the stolen bikes.

Have you seriously not heard of this happening before?

It's happened to plenty of men's teams too.

 

[scragend]

Have you seriously not heard of this happening before?

It's happened to plenty of men's teams too.

All the more reason why it's surprising that they still just leave them in a van overnight.

 

[Drago]

Where else will they put them?

 

[scragend]

It's not about where else they put them - the original question posed was do they not have security guarding them?

 

[Moodyman]

It's not about where else they put them - the original question posed was do they not have security guarding them?

They could hire @Drago as a night watchman. I hear he’s a burly bloke with a receding hairline. That’ll put the fear of God in them.

 

[mjr]

It's not about where else they put them - the original question posed was do they not have security guarding them?

How much pay would persuade you to spend nights watching bikes with a near certainty of boredom most nights and a small risk of some night being outnumbered by a gang of thieves, possibly armed?

 

[Slick]

I reckon a tenner an hour would do it.

 

[scragend]

How much pay would persuade you to spend nights watching bikes with a near certainty of boredom most nights and a small risk of some night being outnumbered by a gang of thieves, possibly armed?

Professional security companies exist, so I'd hire one of them instead.

 

[DCLane]

These teams run on a much lower budget than you might realise; the cost of security wouldn't be possible. Most times they put the bikes into someone's shared room where there's space. There may not have been in this case.