Marin Bikes suffers £30,000 theft from van in Rotherham

Gus T wrote:

Strange how we are anti victim blaming when a cyclist suffers but when it's a company we can't wait to blame them. OK they should have had better security but at the same time why should it be unreasonable for them to leave the bikes in a locked van?

It's not unreasonable, but it is risky. Most commercial vans have things like "no tools left in vehicle overnight" put on them due to how easy it is to break into a van.

Whenever I've stored bikes in a van, I've used very heavy chains to lock them together and then typically have the van reversed up against a wall/garage to make it more difficult. And that's with approx £2000 worth of bikes.

hawkinspeter wrote:

It's not unreasonable, but it is risky. Most commercial vans have things like "no tools left in vehicle overnight" put on them due to how easy it is to break into a van.

Whenever I've stored bikes in a van, I've used very heavy chains to lock them together and then typically have the van reversed up against a wall/garage to make it more difficult. And that's with approx £2000 worth of bikes.

albeit theres a photo that shows the thieves also drilled the starter key ignition barrel out, Im assuming in attempt to steal the van itself, since the time and effort to do it seems unnecessary if youve already access to the bikes, and then it wouldnt matter how the bikes were secured in the van if they could have just driven it away.

Awavey wrote:

hawkinspeter wrote:

It's not unreasonable, but it is risky. Most commercial vans have things like "no tools left in vehicle overnight" put on them due to how easy it is to break into a van.

Whenever I've stored bikes in a van, I've used very heavy chains to lock them together and then typically have the van reversed up against a wall/garage to make it more difficult. And that's with approx £2000 worth of bikes.

 

albeit theres a photo that shows the thieves also drilled the starter key ignition barrel out, Im assuming in attempt to steal the van itself, since the time and effort to do it seems unnecessary if youve already access to the bikes, and then it wouldnt matter how the bikes were secured in the van if they could have just driven it away.

There is a limit to what you can do to deter theft but at least you should try.

Awavey wrote:

hawkinspeter wrote:

It's not unreasonable, but it is risky. Most commercial vans have things like "no tools left in vehicle overnight" put on them due to how easy it is to break into a van.

Whenever I've stored bikes in a van, I've used very heavy chains to lock them together and then typically have the van reversed up against a wall/garage to make it more difficult. And that's with approx £2000 worth of bikes.

 

albeit theres a photo that shows the thieves also drilled the starter key ignition barrel out, Im assuming in attempt to steal the van itself, since the time and effort to do it seems unnecessary if youve already access to the bikes, and then it wouldnt matter how the bikes were secured in the van if they could have just driven it away.

Thanks to immobilisers vehicles are more difficult to steal than they used to be when anyone with a large screw driver could start an engine and drive away.

DrG82 wrote:

I'm quite amazed that a van with massive cycling logos emblazoned all over it, making it a major theft target, hasn't got extra security fitted.

Every plumber and builder knows that the locks on vans are inadequate.

And clearly so do the thieves.