Rocky Mountain Has 160 Bikes Stolen From Container

Oct 5, 2018
by Pinkbike Staff  
Thomas new Altitude


A shocking number of 2019 bikes were stolen from Rocky Mountain's warehouse in Vancouver on Monday night. They were mainly full-suspension, which leads us to believe this is at least a quarter of a million dollars worth of bikes. Keep your eyes peeled for bikes with the serial numbers on the list below, or serial numbers that have been removed, to help Rocky Mountain and the Vancouver Police Department catch these thieves.


PRESS RELEASE: Rocky Mountain Bicycles

During the night of Monday, September 24th, a container full of 160 Rocky Mountain bicycles was broken into, and every single bike was stolen. The container was on the grounds of our warehouse in BC. The 160 bikes were all 2019 models, brand new, and would have been received into the warehouse and then sent out to our network of dealers in Canada based on their orders.

bigquotesWe are very disappointed with this situation, and the impact that it has on our IBD network. We have dealers across Canada that were expecting to receive their order from us in the coming weeks.—Raymond Dutil, CEO of Rocky Mountain

The full list of 160 bikes, complete with individual serial numbers, is available at the link below. We are urging any dealers that come across any of these bikes with matching serial numbers (or serial numbers removed), to contact us at info@bikes.com so that we can transmit the information to the Vancouver Police Department, who are handling the investigation. 

Please see the complete list of serial numbers: HERE



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367 Comments
  • 360 6
 May the thieves get every STD known to man, and may their bikes creak until the day they die.
  • 44 133
flag endurocat (Oct 5, 2018 at 15:34) (Below Threshold)
 They are probably been sold in Mexico as we read this.
  • 30 1
 I'm not sure what would be worse...
  • 8 19
flag chillrider199 (Oct 5, 2018 at 15:40) (Below Threshold)
 Amen
  • 28 11
 @endurocat: how does that make any sense?
  • 16 5
 yes I hope they get GonoHerpaSyphilaids !
  • 19 4
 @rockchomper: my first thought was, they are probably in an shipping container somewhere in the pacific as we speak. Selling a handful in north America is very possible, but a hundred and sixty, brand new enthusiast level bikes? I don't think they could move that many without someone blowing the whistle. Rest of the world where the local interpretation of the law is different, probably more likely.
  • 12 3
 @tylernicol: better to ride dirty than be creaky clean
  • 8 2
 No video surveillance footage? It may help the public to identify vehicles used in the heist.
  • 13 18
flag ShempHoward (Oct 5, 2018 at 18:05) (Below Threshold)
 Honestly these bikes rival car prices. You can buy a sheet of dynotags for $15usd. I have one on my TV, stereo, car, bikes-6 . It is very low cost low tech but almost indetectable. Protect your assests, then find mofos and !!!!???? I know what I would do.
  • 9 1
 @jaame: sadly they will probably be stripped for parts and the frames tossed
Gonna be weary of any Rockies that show up on the net .
  • 17 0
 @ShempHoward: how exactly would a dynotag help you locate a bike.
  • 13 3
 Vancouver - highest property crime rate in North America.
  • 38 8
 @ShempHoward: Uhm, a barcode is not a homing beacon. You are not James Bond, and law enforcement professionals have no clue where $5million+ worth of bikes went.
Welcome to the real world, where childish revenge fantasies don't play out in a montage w/ thrilling orchestral score.
  • 3 0
 @ShempHoward: those tags could be removed easily too
  • 1 3
 Human trafficking? @tylernicol:
  • 5 3
 @endurocat: China have nicked them back !
  • 5 27
flag ShempHoward (Oct 6, 2018 at 8:39) (Below Threshold)
 @sino428: Google dynotag
  • 2 33
flag ShempHoward (Oct 6, 2018 at 8:40) (Below Threshold)
 @Lee-Gee: if you have a brain and know about bikes, you know what forget I even mentioned it hahahaha. Where is the Rocky mountain fire sale?
  • 4 37
flag ShempHoward (Oct 6, 2018 at 8:42) (Below Threshold)
 @Veloscente: it's like I'm dealing with special edition, dynotags is a passive GPS accurate 10-150 feet depending on cell signal. I would find your ass and buyaka shot put it that way
  • 2 1
 @powderturns: yup
  • 14 1
 @ShempHoward: am I missing something? Website seems to suggest geolocation only if the tag is scanned by someone’s mobile phone. Does that happen automatically? What thief is going to use their phone to scan a tag on a bike they just stole?
  • 2 53
flag ShempHoward (Oct 6, 2018 at 18:09) (Below Threshold)
 @shortcuttomoncton: Have fun and don't be a shithead with your bike stollen. Just trying to help but you can lead a dumbass to water than take his bike right. Don't be a victim dumbass, nobody ever gets their hands on my ride for multiple reasons. Try me out
  • 15 1
 @ShempHoward: “I award you no points, and may god have mercy on your soul.”

m.youtube.com/watch?v=0MRmxfLuNto

(Also: I use a huge-ass chain. But if they are determined enough a good thief will get through anything.)
  • 3 0
 @ShempHoward: these look interesting but how r u supposed to locate the tags? Doesn’t someone habe to sign in by scanning the tag’s QR code?
  • 3 40
flag ShempHoward (Oct 6, 2018 at 22:40) (Below Threshold)
 Wow , welcome to 2005. So here is how the story goes sports fans. People with tractors, artillery, expensive shit have been using dynotags for a minute. If you can't figure out where to put one then sell your bike basically. They are passive GPS locators, meaning water proof, no battery etc. Not Extremely accurate but give about 150 yards minumum location based off your cellular signal. Give me 150 yards and I'll show you 50 new assholes, comprende. That's only one of many ways but the cheapest easiest way to track via phone app. Class is over , go find your bike.
  • 2 36
flag ShempHoward (Oct 6, 2018 at 22:49) (Below Threshold)
 @shortcuttomoncton: May God have mercy on the dumb ass with a chain lock. You're either on your bike or ???? Welcome to the world little guy.
  • 23 2
 ShempHoward: Dear friend, you seem to be mistaken. Dynotags are luggage and pet location tags, their qr code needs to be scanned by someone so they can be located. A passive GPS is a type of recording device that uses a GPS module, a battery and memory. A dynotag is not one and the company never claimed such things. Please do some more reading and please stop insulting people.
  • 3 52
flag ShempHoward (Oct 7, 2018 at 3:22) (Below Threshold)
 @Konyp: Honestly this is right off their website, Proper usage of Dynotags; Fisrt bend over , Second insert tag up your sorry ass, then geo locate your dead ass all over the globe, it's that simple. I hope this has been useful as I care soooooooo much that your stuff doesn't get stolen,,, specially your butthole.
  • 47 0
 @ShempHoward:
can someone just remove this guys account
  • 2 43
flag ShempHoward (Oct 7, 2018 at 9:54) (Below Threshold)
 @Jolinwood: Can someone remove this jollywood trolls account.
  • 21 1
 @ShempHoward: have you really been stinking these dumb barcodes all over all your shit thinking this is how they actually work?
  • 2 0
 @powderturns: highest crime rate in Northern Free Canadia...
  • 7 0
 @ShempHoward: www.pinkbike.com/photo/16434261

Straight from their website, read the part where someone has to find your property and then scan it before it works. Then grow up (you, not them.)
  • 3 36
flag ShempHoward (Oct 7, 2018 at 12:22) (Below Threshold)
 @stumpymidget: kiss the back of your boyfriend's balls then put a dynotag on it wankers silly nanny
  • 10 0
 @ShempHoward: Whats the matter? Don't like being proved wrong by solid proof from the manufacturers website? Chump.
  • 10 0
 @ShempHoward: from the website of the company.
Geolocation/GPS Support
Most tag views performed in the field are done by smart phones that have precise location information. The smart phones employ a variety of location determination technologies, such as GPS, Cell Towers and WiFi service hotspots. If location querying is enabled for a dynotag (on by default) the Dynotag service asks the reading device for a precise location. The viewer device at that point may ask the user for permission to send location information. Once accepted, Dynotag service logs the precise coordinates in the access log.

If such information is not sent from the viewing device, Dynotag attempts to estimate the location from the IP address. The precision of the latter method can be poor for mobile devices but fixed locations (home computer, etc.) may yield location information within a few city blocks, useful for many applications.

Meaning:
1. Someone has to scan it
2. When they do, the device used to scan it is what sends the location, not the piece of paper you glued to your bike
  • 1 39
flag ShempHoward (Oct 7, 2018 at 15:13) (Below Threshold)
 Awee the poor little internet riders got played like a fiddle and don't like it. It must be that time of the month, because the bitch level is rising by the minute.
  • 12 0
 @ShempHoward : How did they get played? That would imply that you somehow tricked people into believing something you said, and I can’t see any evidence of that in the comments above.
  • 17 0
 @ShempHoward: are you a flat earther or just a windup ?
  • 12 0
 @ShempHoward: ive nver seen somone that stupid on Pinkbike. Sorry but you are completely off the track. Your comments and arguments are a show, its very funny to read! Keep it up!
  • 1 29
flag ShempHoward (Oct 7, 2018 at 21:35) (Below Threshold)
 @rizz121: I've never seen a Canadian that can't read English. Also have seen enough big job Jack's to know anything is better than nothing which is where RM is sitting on right now. Like I said lead a dumbass to water, start drinking fool .
  • 3 31
flag ShempHoward (Oct 7, 2018 at 21:37) (Below Threshold)
 @Matt115lamb: I flat eathered your mother ,, besides that have no idea what your attempting to say bitch.
  • 1 29
flag ShempHoward (Oct 7, 2018 at 21:40) (Below Threshold)
 @speedfreek: I don't know have you lost 160 bikes lately Sherlock. That's grand theft X 160 any you stunad fagioles are worried about a dynotag suggestion. Get your head out of your boyfriend's ass for 2 seconds.
  • 25 0
 @ShempHoward: on behalf of #shemphoward “I am wrong and have got mysillyself into a corner were I cannot get out of , so I’m just going abuse everybody . Me reputation is tatters however I will try my best to redeem myself “ ! Lol
  • 8 0
 @Matt115lamb: Don't mind Cletus, he gets a bit prickly when he realises he's wrong. As per the old adage "ya can't teach stupid"
  • 2 25
flag ShempHoward (Oct 8, 2018 at 4:59) (Below Threshold)
 Get a room you batti boys and watch Dr Phil until you feel ready to see the scary world.
  • 17 0
 @sino428: That makes me smile, thinkin about this guy slapping a sticker on everything he owns, then confidently siting back and telling everyone who asks that he can GPS track it anywhere within 150 feet. He’d solved the stolen bike/car/TV problem and it only cost $15! Amazing.
  • 11 0
 @shortcuttomoncton: I don't know how he could find time! what with owning a TV, stereo and 6 bikes!!! I bet he gets his butler to do it
  • 2 26
flag ShempHoward (Oct 8, 2018 at 6:11) (Below Threshold)
 The funny part is I don't own one dynotag, nobody is stupid enough to try stealing my shit. The fact you girls are wetting your panties is priceless.
  • 12 0
 And the troll of the month award goes to.............@ShempHoward: (exhuberant applause)
  • 23 0
 @ShempHoward now: “I don’t own one dynotag”

@ShempHoward three days ago: “Honestly these bikes rival car prices. You can buy a sheet of dynotags for $15usd. I have one on my TV, stereo, car, bikes-6 . It is very low cost low tech but almost indetectable. ”
  • 6 1
 @shortcuttomoncton: lol


www.pinkbike.com/photo/16436541
  • 2 21
flag ShempHoward (Oct 8, 2018 at 7:14) (Below Threshold)
 @sewer-rat: It's so refreshing to find such easily soiled rodents trolling a website pretending to be bike riders. Thank you hahaha yes jokes on you and at you.
  • 5 3
 @ShempHoward: What was the joke?
  • 3 15
flag ShempHoward (Oct 8, 2018 at 7:36) (Below Threshold)
 @speedfreek: It continues hahahha
  • 10 1
 @ShempHoward: Aw C'mon Cletus! take it like it a man, you got it wrong now just admit it, your wife / sister won't think any worse of you
  • 6 1
 @speedfreek: he and his aggrieved teenager attitude are the only real joke here.
  • 1 7
flag Matt115lamb (Oct 8, 2018 at 9:28) (Below Threshold)
 @ShempHoward: quit will your winning ! Hehee
  • 6 7
 @stumpymidget: y’all got it wrong!! I just ordered a datatag and I can locate exactly where it is, at the moment it’s in the post with real time tracking, worth every penny
  • 5 5
 @sewer-rat: Ha ha ha, awesome! That's just about as trackable as those things are.
  • 1 7
flag fecalmaster (Oct 8, 2018 at 20:17) (Below Threshold)
 Imagine if trolls like sewer bitch and his other aliases actually rode a bike, that would be funny.
  • 5 2
 @fecalmaster: well we don’t all have 6 bikes and narcissistic sytmptoms that means we can ride when we want as the world will literally spin around our wheels, I honestly think your wife and one of her boyfriends should support you through this
  • 2 6
flag fecalmaster (Oct 8, 2018 at 22:51) (Below Threshold)
 My fiddle is not playing for you ironically. Who has what in the where. Your assumptions are generous, thank you. Intense psychotherapy may be more productive than riding for you unfortunately or fortunately.
  • 3 7
flag sewer-rat FL (Oct 8, 2018 at 23:13) (Below Threshold)
 @fecalmaster: yet still there is zero evidence you even own a bike, very, very interesting. Enjoy riding it with Trump Coward and the unicorns
  • 1 5
flag fecalmaster (Oct 8, 2018 at 23:48) (Below Threshold)
 @sewer-rat: Listen I understand your envy but that is not a good quality. Be happy and try riding instead of typing. Maybe you will find out what is wrong with yourself.
  • 8 0
 the feeling when @ShempHoward learns how dynotags work and realizes he was wrong, but doesn't want to admit it, so he makes up a bunch of random nonsense.
  • 1 0
 @ShempHoward: so this kid really has no life trolls pb and then deletes his account lol it must be fun not having a real life eh.
  • 1 0
 @mhoshal: he got banned I think
  • 2 0
 @sewer-rat: @fecalmaster got banned too by the looks of it. The worst part is, you can't send either of them a message saying "you got banned, I wonder why?"
  • 2 0
 @stumpymidget: lol I’m sure they’ll be back at some point Salute
  • 137 5
 Maybe this is a PR stunt, and the next video will be some lowlifes in an abandoned building somewhere with the bikes, and Wade Simmonds drops in off the roof on his pipedream and tailwhips the badguys in the face. Then a cop says a corny joke and everyone laughs.
  • 16 2
 *Curb your enthusiasm theme plays*
  • 34 0
 @glynnondale: if it can be thematically like "threat level midnight" by michael scott, I would watch.
  • 10 0
 Damn... Best bike flick ever right there. Wade is wearing a tuxedo BTW in it.
  • 21 0
 Outro... Also my 1997 rocky mountain spice that got stolen 20 years ago is there somehow, he autographs it for me and wheelies off into the sunset...
  • 2 2
 Some low life scum shocked me with this news ..
  • 9 1
 I have no f-Ing idea what IBD means, and the link requires a Microsoft account. As a UX Designer, this to me is a fail. Dead end. Good luck to you.
  • 17 0
 @blackthorne: IBD stands for Inflammatory Bowel Disease, i don't know what that's got to do with bikes but it's still shit...
  • 3 0
 @glynnondale: Seinfeld theme plays.
  • 2 0
 @blackthorne: independent bike dealer
Needing to login into Microsoft for the list is indeed inconvenient...
  • 2 0
 @blackthorne:

Independent
Bike
Dealer
  • 3 22
flag ShempHoward (Oct 7, 2018 at 3:57) (Below Threshold)
 Where is the dumbass rocky mountain bike sale?
  • 1 1
 Right,, it's always an inside job. Check your staff then check euro trading markets.
  • 110 11
 $250k/160~ $1500/bike...... but in the store hey are ~ $5000-$6000. That sounds like robbery too!
  • 17 25
flag HARv379 (Oct 5, 2018 at 19:43) (Below Threshold)
 Gotta love the ridiculous margin game in the MTB industry
  • 22 2
 @HARv379: Gotta pay for them to develop all the new standards.
  • 57 10
 You clearly have no clue what the actual margin on bikes are.
  • 18 4
 It's actually a lot less, far less. Calculate in shipping/customs,duties...it's way less than you think.
  • 2 3
 @scottzg: they develop “nee standards” so they can get paid.
  • 10 4
 29-35% margins on bikes. but nice try bro.
  • 26 3
 @cb7 Rocky Mountain sells a lot of less expensive bikes alongside their high end models. The quarter-million figure was speculated by us, not from them, and could in reality be much higher.
  • 3 1
 @ledude: plus calculatie in a race team that is insured, feed, paided, transported and supplied and that huge!
  • 6 1
 After working in a bike shop I found that the average price for a bike is between $1500-$2000 USD so that’s a more than likely accurate figure.
  • 2 8
flag dandriller (Oct 6, 2018 at 13:54) (Below Threshold)
 Yeah.... No to that. You're off by miles. A bike @ $1500 wholesale may retail at $2200 but sell for $2000.

Check yourself before you wreck yourself.
  • 4 1
 @dandriller: i’m talking retail pricing. i actually did the math one day. we had around 55 bike built, 35 were from $750-$2000 and the rest were $2001-$8900. the average retail cost was around $2100 for a bicycle. i even consulted my boss and he said the average price of bike we sold was $1792 in the year of 2017. average markup is around 40% if i remember correct.
  • 2 1
 @jameswb: And you do? Where are you getting your insider information from?
  • 2 1
 @NWuntilirest: that was for the original poster.

But I do agree with you... Those margins sound close. Bikes usually sell for less than suggested retail.

f*cking bike thieves.
  • 9 1
 The profit margin on bikes once you take out all the costs is absolutely nothing. A bike shop barely makes anything once you take it all out, definitely don't go into the bike industry for money. You will be very disappointed lol
  • 7 0
 You believe media reports regarding values??? Remember...a pound of weed is worth , like, $100,000 on the street. L,o, L
  • 2 0
 @charlie079: Exactly.. That is exactly why I went through dental school instead.
  • 15 1
 @NWuntilirest: What brands of bikes do you sell? If your average markup is around 40% that is a brand I need to have in a store! Been doing this for years, and to crack much past 35% is rare. 30% is more like it. THEN we subtract shipping, cost for building the bike, rent, utilities, insurance, 2-3% fees when the customer pays with a credit card, free maintenance offered post-sale, etc... Being in a high-rent area, when we sold a $6K bike, my partner and I felt pretty fortunate taking $250 or so each out of that sale. 40% margin would let us take maybe $400 each out of the sale. That's a big raise!
  • 3 1
 This^^
  • 2 0
 @ATBScott: Yep, exactly this. And to hit 35% you are typically needing to commit to a sizable pre-season order with a specific brand. Otherwise it's in that 25-30% range. Rent, utilities, payroll, etc and you're thankful that your good customers bring ya a 6 pack every now and then, because some months it's verrrry tight. Yeah, 6k mountain bikes seem pretty absurd, but people have to remember those aren't going out the door 52 weeks a year.. some days you've only made $120 on that $500 city bike, but you keep at it for the love of cycling.
I got out of bike shops about a year ago, but still support the hell out of the good ones. Best of luck to ya man, and thanks for keeping the doors open for us!
  • 2 0
 @ATBScott: it was a while i worked at a shop. your numbers are likely more correct. we sold pivot rocky giant kona and Transition
  • 3 0
 @mkul7r4: I work in a bike shop...
  • 2 0
 @charlie079: definitely don't *open a bike shop* for money

FTFY
  • 44 0
 Not really related but register your bikes on project529.com. My son had his Rocky Mountain Altitude stolen out of our garage in North Van two weeks ago. West Van cops just returned the bike today because it was registered.
  • 51 5
 For sale: 160 2019 rocky mountains NIB!
  • 17 0
 Seems legit...
  • 49 0
 I’ll give you twenty bucks, a Sony discman, and a DVD copy of pootietang.
  • 5 0
 @Dont-hit-trees: psshh....unless you have pootietang II with the bonus scenes, are you even trying to make a deal at all? Big Grin
  • 3 0
 :THIS IS NOT A SCAM:
  • 6 31
flag speed10 (Oct 6, 2018 at 8:45) (Below Threshold)
 With the way bike prices are anymore, the black market may be the best option for some of us to afford new bikes. Seemingly a nonviolent victimless crime as well. What you want for 2019 slayer?
  • 14 5
 @speed10: Hoping you are are being sacrastic. Yes high end bikes are $$. However, if you are serious in calling it a "victimless" crime you can piss off
  • 10 29
flag speed10 (Oct 6, 2018 at 9:19) (Below Threshold)
 @bman33: nah, I think I’ll piss on. As countless others have stated, the bikes are insured. And it is important to step back and know we are talking about toys for old boys, not medical equipment, not nukes. Of course it’s a bummer as a set back in delivery to dealers, but delays are not uncommon and really a small inconvenience if anything. Are you personally invested in that shipment? Why so passionate about some plastic parts that equate to some bicycles? Maybe chill?
  • 20 4
 @speed10: I find your lack of empathy for anybody having their stuff stolen pretty pathetic. Am I personally invested with those particular shipments? No I'm not. However, as a previous co-owner of bike shop having to pay my insurance, I completely understand that a claim like this would cost the company being insured. Raised premiums, reduced coverage are just two things a quarter million dollar insurance claim could cause. That could affect Rocky Mountain's bottom line, maybe they can't hand out a bonus or hire that new warehouse worker next year. They are some massive corp to absorb that hit easily. If the person you are can easily dismiss someone else's losses like that without sympathy, sad day. Your profile says you're here to troll. Well you succeeded man. Have a good one
  • 6 2
 @speed10: How is it a victimless crime? My car got broken into and they stole over 3K worth of stuff and it wasn't covered under insurance except for the broken window. I got 200 bucks from insurance and am out 3K worth of stuff.
  • 7 16
flag speed10 (Oct 6, 2018 at 11:01) (Below Threshold)
 @aliikane: aye, I’m sorry to hear that, and that definitely sucks. I’ve had that same thing happen to one of my friends. But that’s not what we are talking about. The difference between me taking your personal iPhone vs a crook taking 100 iPhones NIB from Apple needs to be made. Corporations plan for shrinkage, and no ones personal info or property is lost. I can stomach that loss vs your personal stuff being taken. The bikes in this article will be insured 100%. If for any reason they are not, that’s lack of responsibility of the insurer (RM) and a sad, but tough lesson to learn. In that case they’d be the victim. But it’s unlikely the bikes weren’t fully insured bc RM is a solid established company. Sorry I upset you guys. Reminder to keep an eye on your personal bikes.
  • 7 3
 @speed10: Rocky Mountain is microscope compared to Apple. It's basically a small business. They aren't a corp.
  • 3 0
 @Dont-hit-trees: @bman33: I had to look up pootietang. Holy shit! Ahahah I’ve missed it my whole life!!
  • 1 0
 @Dont-hit-trees: Wah da tay? I'd take that deal 7 days a week, mah damie!
  • 2 0
 I'd totally buy one.
  • 44 0
 These bikes were all equipped with the newest groupsets from Box.
  • 13 0
 Lol - I wonder if box lost stuff was ever recovered
  • 3 1
 @onemind123: by the looks of it, they recovered it right now Smile
  • 35 1
 My guess is that the homeless will be riding pretty sick bikes soon
  • 2 0
 When the local sketches go from Magna and Huffy to Rocky Mountains and you're not in Medina, the Hamptons, or the Hills... lol
  • 24 2
 Bikes were all in boxes, so a really big truck would be needed to move an entire shipping container. Inside job perhaps?
  • 9 0
 If not an inside job, some group definitely had this planned out ... would have required a large box truck to move this many pieces without being spotted.
  • 16 35
flag IrishTom (Oct 5, 2018 at 15:04) (Below Threshold)
 @shorelocal: No, you're wrong. No disrespect meant but I have watched a lot Police TV and this was just an opportunist job.
  • 15 0
 @IrishTom: Mmm-hm. Someone random nobody just happens by, notices a brand new shipment of bikes (inside a container, on RM premises!) and makes off with 160 high-end bikes.
  • 63 0
 @IrishTom: yeah, all 160 bikes were probably locked up with a single cable lock, and an opportunistic bike thief rode them all away at once, stacked in a giant triangle that he was at the top of
  • 11 1
 @xeren: picturing this makes me laugh.
  • 13 7
 Just a typical shipping container, with a Home Depot padlock, sitting in an unsecured rural parking lot ?? How poorly secured was it ?
Probably had an inventory list of the container contents taped to the outside door too......just to make sure someone cuts the lock $$$$$$. #InsuranceClaim
  • 8 0
 @xeren: I’d live to see the tailgate pad they used if they used a truck. Be on lookout for sketch mtn biker in a tacome with a 40 foot tall stack of mtn bikes off the bed.
  • 5 0
 @Dont-hit-trees: @xeren: lol Sorta like those people who walk whole packs of dogs at the same time...
  • 1 0
 @IrishTom: Dude u smokin!
  • 2 0
 @xeren: Could happen! Ha
  • 1 0
 My thought exactly.
  • 4 0
 @Dally666: LOL on the North Shore that would look like an ordinary Saturday afternoon!
  • 4 0
 @bohns1: Dude I jokin :O.
  • 2 0
 @IrishTom: Lol brutal dry humor, I missed that, my apologies.
  • 1 0
 @mtbikeaddict: that's okay, I see this kind mistake on Police TV a lot Razz
  • 1 0
 Don't know why they didn't just drive a straddle carrier into the yard and steal the whole container...

www.marinelink.com/images/maritime/LiebherrStradleCarrierdestinedforECT-18149.jpg
  • 21 1
 Vancouver police reeeeally need to start getting more serious about bike theft. They pay a lot of lip service to it, but they haven't seemed to have cracked any of these professional bike theft rings.
  • 21 1
 We need a court system that will actually convict these people for a meaningful length of time or a functional rehabilitation program first. As it is convictions are hard come by, and punishments trivial.
  • 9 2
 Coppers are busy getting their double double and Boston cream.
  • 2 0
 @onemind123: Not where I live.. They're all roiders! Ha
  • 2 1
 Agree, but you'd be surprised how people aren't serious about bike theft either. Spend a little money to secure your garage and home. Reinforced door plates, window bars, quality locks, crap even a zip tie on your garage mechanism. So many don't do anything.
  • 8 1
 I don't even see this as bike theft. I just see it as merchandise theft to the tune of $500K.

Here's a question - why is it cool in Fast & the Furious but so shitty when then boxes aren't filled with electronics so much as bikes? Same same if you ask me. Why do we root for Vin's character in the movie then ask for the worst to happen to the RMB B&E team?
  • 14 0
 @islander: ... because one is fictional?
  • 4 2
 @islander: As far as i'm concerned, the people responsible for the FATF franchise deserve the worst punishment of all! (Which ironically might be having to watch those movies repeatedly)
  • 1 0
 @motard5: just went through this process myself. My overhead garage door is now on the alarm system, I installed an automatic deadbolt on the overhead door, garage has a motion detector alarm, and my bikes are locked together and to a workbench with multiple locks. Yeah, I’m a little paranoid I suppose.
  • 1 0
 @ChiliMcD: No that's good stuff. I know plenty of bike theft victims, and a quick look at Facebook or Next Door in any city will show you endless posts about stolen bikes. Everyone seems to jump to installing cameras - which rarely, if ever identify thieves. Junkies could care less about a camera, and its so easy to cover up a face.
Actual physical security, is really what prevents theft.
  • 15 0
 That's a pretty big operation to pull off. And if the bikes were just about to be shipped to dealers then they probably weren't there that long. Whoever did it must have known the timing and the size of the heist. BCs version of Oceans 11
  • 3 0
 #organizedcrime
  • 17 0
 serial numbers won't matter, they'll scrap the frames and just sell the parts on
  • 16 2
 Well, lets dissect the situation. When he said "The container was on the grounds of our warehouse in BC".

1. Where is security and any CCD cameras around the warehouse?
2. There should be paper trails that the warehouse received the container and WHO received it?
3. Looks like an inside job to me.

How could someone be negligent on a shipment that important?
Hmmmm?
  • 21 2
 You were on CSI Vegas or Miami?
  • 3 2
 @onemind123: see, it's not only dentists!
  • 11 0
 Contact someone at van term port / longshoremen union/ delta container reload yards / Hells angels- they have your bikes - this kinda shit used to happen all the time at the port - this time its bikes - you might be able to by them back -
  • 4 0
 this!
  • 11 1
 I saw 160 meth heads wobbling through Stanley park on identical bikes and they looked like Rocky mountains, shit, i thought something looked a bit sus.
  • 1 0
 @watchtower: Lol...what?
  • 17 5
 Sounds like Vancouver.
  • 21 18
 Ya, no mass shootings so it isn't murica.
  • 19 39
flag MatthewYoung4 (Oct 5, 2018 at 22:06) (Below Threshold)
 @onemind123: World War Champs, two times running.
  • 12 2
 @MatthewYoung4: lol there's the spirit
  • 23 6
 @MatthewYoung4: couldn't pull it off back in Nam tho!
  • 21 8
 @MatthewYoung4: WTF? If anything, you allowed it to happen in the first place by not joining in early enough! Let's face it, when not allied to other countries, the record's not great.
  • 3 1
 @gmt: $
  • 7 11
flag loganflores (Oct 6, 2018 at 9:08) (Below Threshold)
 @gmt: first of all you allowed it too happen in the first place twice. Maybe you should have kept an eye on Germany. Maybe America wouldn’t have had to step in if you weren’t entirely dependent on your navy. And finally all wars after ww2 were fought with handcuffs down to the nado rounds.
  • 9 3
 @loganflores: The commonwealth/allies did, we asked for support from America - only weapons were offered initially....at a price! Anyway I'm not being serious, was just knocking you Yanks down a peg before you think the world owes you! At the end of the day, we're all related.
  • 3 7
flag loganflores (Oct 6, 2018 at 17:40) (Below Threshold)
 @gmt: its all good I’m not actually an America saved the world kinda guy everyone did their part. I would say that it wasn’t just munitions it was also loans that nobody would give you not exactly a safe bet to loan money to country’s that might soon be invaded can’t get more subprime than that.
  • 4 6
 @MatthewYoung4: You are sadly misinformed
  • 4 3
 It's funny. Realy funny.
USA, World War..
Seriously?..
  • 3 1
 @ka81: Yeah? When's the last time Antarctica did anything? Wink
  • 4 1
 @mtbikeaddict: honey, don't even try.. Wink
  • 11 0
 Rocky Mountain just pre-sold 160 bikes to their insurer!
  • 14 6
 Guard your shit! That simple

Now hello insurance claim.

Conspiracy time......

160 x 2019 RM frames had unacceptable welds while inspected at the BC headquarters...now what do we do? Dump um quick like.
  • 8 7
 First in for the insurance... if the article on Chinese tarriffs was correct they may have deemed it would likely put them too far behind to try to sell these at today's high prices and tomorrow's higher prices. I have no real idea if this is true or not of course, but a few weeks ago the article about the high price of bikes soon to happen and then all these stolen. One generally does have a higher level of security for 250k worth of merchandise...
  • 9 0
 @cameronbikes: wouldn't the bikes landing in Canada not have an effect from Trumps tariffs? Not sure if RM lands straight into Canada or comes up after landing in merica.
  • 18 1
 @pgryderjon: It was my assumption that they come through America first. But, they are a Canadian country so maybe I'm wrong. I'm wrong alot... I'm married Wink
  • 1 0
 What if the bikes where for the american market? (genuinely asking, not being a sarcastic troll)
How would tarrifs work then?
  • 1 0
 @nojzilla: I would think it doesn't matter. They are considered Canadian goods and his new stupid NAFTA-turned-USMCA continues free trade between Canada and USA.
  • 24 19
 Seems like an inside job to have avoided any definitive surveillance footage? It is too random that there were 160 brand new bikes in a trailer that just arrived and then a few days late it gets robbed? Somebody was casing this job for awhile. What a shame...I'm sure someone lost their job for this one....or at least has half their ass.
  • 78 11
 Thanks @sherlock I'm sure the Police Squad will really appreciate your help in busting the case from reading a 50 word online report. Gold star for you
  • 29 3
 Hyroller80 huh?.... 80x2=160. 160 bikes stolen. The guilty always return to the scene of the crime, pinkbike in this case. Looks like you’ve been made ya jamoke.
  • 9 1
 @mph51: And his bikes are RM's... coincidence? Wink
  • 10 56
flag hyroller80 (Oct 5, 2018 at 14:53) (Below Threshold)
 @IllestT: thanks @watson....why you trying to troll me? You Brits need to cool off wit ya bad teeth and shitty accents.
  • 2 44
flag hyroller80 (Oct 5, 2018 at 14:54) (Below Threshold)
 @mph51: ??? is that your best...I'm a jamoke because I commented? DA FUk is your problem? Who the hell says jamoke?
  • 2 2
 All the North Van staff should be thoroughly interrogated. Unless they live on the Island or somewhere.
  • 4 2
 @hyroller80: Toodle pip old boy,
  • 1 1
 Interested to know: forced entry? Keycard access? Cams onsite, next door?
  • 4 18
flag freeridefruitcake (Oct 5, 2018 at 16:39) (Below Threshold)
 @hyroller80: shitty accent and bad teeth? How about ya fat stupid yank ass ruining the English language from day one!
Your right about ya first comment tho. Defo cased or inside job....easy
Can’t help spanking a yank for c*nting the English tho,
Peace bru
  • 12 1
 @hyroller80: You're not good at interneting.
  • 2 9
flag foggeloggliod (Oct 5, 2018 at 18:12) (Below Threshold)
 @hyroller80: ignore the regular pb douche bags.
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 @raddog: He's insulting a nation, but they're douche bags? Right.
  • 1 1
 @jclnv: I think the bikes are warehoused out of Delta and not North Van? not sure though
  • 5 2
 @gnarnaimo: maybe instead of insulting someone right off the bat try working with the comment. He rightfully asked two questions and in response, hyroller80 got douched on by a Britt. Everyone throws out wild insults when angry. Sometimes ignoring the original problem could avoid many more.
  • 3 0
 @jclnv: I saw a crime busters TV show about home oil thefts where the drivers delivering the oil would come back an steal it. They had the equipment an the knowledge of where full tanks an the owners security set ups!
  • 1 0
 @gnarnaimo:
  • 2 0
 @jclnv: They should try waterboarding. It worked for us in the states...
  • 5 0
 Quarter of a million dollars worth of bikes in container with no security gaurd or camera surveillance? That's a lot of bikes to be moved from a container to a getaway vehicle and no one sees anything? Something's not right about this.

Glad I wasn't waiting on a 2019 Rocky order.
  • 10 2
 160 bikes at 250,000 cost value is, after MTB industry markup, about 19 billion dollars in sales. Ouch!
  • 8 0
 Or just look in the buy sell section.
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flag mtbikeaddict (Oct 5, 2018 at 14:36) (Below Threshold)
 Don't mind me, just getting a 2019 Altitude 790 for a grand or two... I WISH.
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flag mtbikeaddict (Oct 5, 2018 at 15:13) (Below Threshold)
 Wow, thanks for the negs... can no one take a joke?
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 @mtbikeaddict: Maybe when someone stoles your bike,you'll understand that "joke".
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 @nozes: So you have no problem with the other tongue-in-cheek remarks people are making? I would never buy a stolen bike, or even one I remotely suspected. The one time I found one, I gave the guy heck. Like you guys all know all about me, and each other... this is the Internet... don't be so quick to judge. That "joke" was sourced from the fact that the bike I mentioned is pretty well my dream bike, I know it's currently so far out of my reach it ain't even funny, and I wish I could find something good that fits my criteria. Looking at my comment retrospectively, I apologize, that came out wrong. Sheesh.
  • 4 0
 its kind of weird that in year 2018 the bike industry not considering the RFID technology which cost £20 a piece, may be £3000+ bike worth of investment. Surely the lost product cost would have covered the next few years of this investment !
Shame, so many people wont get to ride
  • 9 0
 I have a GPS tracker hiddden inside my frame for this reason
  • 10 1
 @makripper: Oh nice, I've been meaning to do this to all the bikes and motos. Any suggestions on which type or brand to get?
  • 1 0
 @motard5: me too, I have a nut tracker on my car keys but it's only good for like 10ft & there's NO warning when the battery runs out. The idea is that the more people that have nut trackers an the app on thier phones, the more chance of finding lost stuff but........
I wish Google would make one. Nothing would ever get lost again
  • 4 0
 @makripper: what kind, how much, where do you get it? Five bikes stolen in the last 2 years I'm so over it.
  • 1 0
 @makripper: i'm interested too Smile
  • 1 0
 I'm using these:
www.ebay.com/p/2x-GPS-Tracking-Stickers-for-Bicycle-Bike-Theft-Prevention-Smart-Theft-Lock/936675645?
  • 1 0
 Ya wat you say? @makripper:
  • 6 0
 Nekminit... on the news....outlaw bikie gangs have sold off the Harleys and rollin on Enduro mtbs....still in full leather etc lol
  • 5 2
 We just had a bunch of stuff stolen from my work.
Security camera showed three dudes with hoodies, when their faces were seen they were white scruffy looking twenty somethings. Does the description match to anyone you know?
The vehicle was seen, After the mounties ran the plates it came back as a stolen truck,
The security alarm went off. The monitoring company phoned my boss who gave the go ahead to call the police who showed up a hour later, they had to finish their late night Tim Hortons break.
I hate thieves and assume most of them have addiction problems. But just as bad are people who buy stolen goods, they are the ones who support the thieves, Think about that.
  • 8 1
 Ya but Timmy's had fresh honey cruellars. They are divine when warm.
  • 5 2
 Say the same about people who buy from and support McDonalds, BK, etc. and you're called a PETA Nazi. Supply and demand rule the world. Use your grey matter before consuming stuff.
  • 1 0
 @onemind123: here's a tip; leave a box of doughnuts in your car in the summer, after a few minutes they'll be nice and warm and 'fresh'!
  • 6 0
 New script for Oceans 13 or 14 or whatever they are on?
  • 4 2
 Unfortunately, Vancouver is rampant with bike theft. Virtually everyone I know up there has had bikes stolen at some point, and usually more than one. It's not a matter of 'if' your bike will be stolen in Vancouver, but 'when'. I went 8 years in VanCity without incident, and my bikes were stolen a month before I left. Vancouver PD is virtually useless when it comes to chasing these bike theft rings down.
  • 4 0
 The only thing that has kept me safe from theft is WHERE you live in Vancouver. I live on the Shore right by Seymour and unless you are a moron who keeps their bikes outside, bike theft isn’t really an issue. Soooooo many thefts in the city tho
  • 4 2
 People saying it's an inside job due to frame defects or the like is ridiculous. Do you think if their frame supplier made dodgy frames they would just accept them? I think not. Sounds like a well organised robbery to me, plain and simple
  • 4 0
 Impressive, but shitty. How the hell does one even turn 160 brand new bikes into cash?
  • 24 0
 Yeah, usually it's the other way around...
  • 8 0
 part out, scrap the frames
  • 4 0
 Rip them apart, sit on the parts for three months and sell forks, cranks, brakes etc as OEM or 'barely used' for half the retail. Or since it's Canada, drive the truck to Onterrible.
  • 8 3
 How the hell do people steal 160 bikes in a shipping container in a warehouse? The size of the boxes that are shipped are usually 1 foot wide and 5.5 feet long, maybe 4 feet tall. You'd need probably 8 trucks like these (link below) to take all of them. A warehouse would have cameras. The container should've been locked. How could this all go unnoticed? Something isn't right.
www.google.com/url?sa=i&rct=j&q=&esrc=s&source=images&cd=&cad=rja&uact=8&ved=2ahUKEwjB7MOJpfDdAhUVJDQIHbcBCVgQjRx6BAgBEAU&url=http%3A%2F%2Fvsbattles.wikia.com%2Fwiki%2FFile%3ATruck.jpg&psig=AOvVaw2OkvYbJvYo-3l3OV4cIhq-&ust=1538862865091767
  • 6 0
 @Chingus-Dude: professional theives with full size trucks/box trucks that they load up. These aren't crimes of opportunity.
  • 1 0
 @Chingus-Dude: You have a very valid argument here. Apparently RM warehouse is in the middle of a desert with nothing nearby and although equipment of hundreds thousand of dollars are in their premises there are no security people around neither surveillance measures so that a group of thieves can easily "work" for a couple of hours - maybe taking a lunch brake as well - and load some heavy trucks with bicycles that later will march in the roads. Sci Fi...
Have you seen the movie "Inside Job"?
  • 4 1
 @Chingus-Dude:
Container reload - truckers / longshoremen/ hells angels - all could pull this off - and have paperwork as they clear customs for customers
  • 1 2
 Send them to Liverpool, they will find a way. (seriously, it's where most stolen bikes in the UK end up)
  • 2 1
 Now, @RockyMountainBicycles, normally with this type of thing there's a reward for the return, so if I find said super sweet bikes, do I get a ... ? Razz Wink
P.S. Seriously though, that's horrible. Really hope they get nabbed and everything gets better for you folks.
  • 1 0
 Going to be lots of stuff for sale soon I'd say. Or will it be fenced overseas? hrmm I'd be questioning the security methods right about now. If it's worth losing it's dam sure worth guarding in a manor equivalent to its value.
  • 6 2
 this all happened 11 days ago..... they could be in Mexico already been sold off by now
  • 1 2
 I know you're generalizing that they are gone, and I agree, but to expand on that note I think it's unlikely they are gone from Canada, would a box truck not be checked at the US border? It would certainly be checked several times before making from US to Mexico.
  • 4 4
 @BrigadierBuege: it's so cute of you to think that on US border it'll be stoped.. )
  • 3 1
 @ka81: You do realize we’re talking about the most reactive country ever right? Three dudes hijack planes and now we can’t even bring bottled water on planes? Because bomb water is a thing right? What’s worse is the mark up on water in the air port. It’s like they’re trying to keep bottled water out of the sky.
  • 1 3
 @Hardtailhooligan: you do realize how many illegal stuff is going through border everyday because someone has all necessary "tools" to make it happen?
Or, no, of course you don't. Keep writing on PB. Wink
  • 2 0
 @ka81: Well considering I’m ranting about bottled water on planes I could be making a joke. I’m probably being one hundred percent serious. So since I am, NOTHING HAS EVER MADE IT THROUGH THE BORDER EXCEPT FOR ILLEGAL IMMIGRANTS! #thetrumpster
  • 1 0
 Didnt the same happen with a truck full of box components and Didnt a shimano truck git ripped aswell . Inside job? The mob? Teamsters? Being original from amsterdam i had over 25 bikes nicked. Bikeshops being plundered Last news in holland and spain, probably the same in other EU countries. These bikes are getting shipped by sea to north africa.
  • 1 0
 160 bikes is a big ordeal netting quarter million dollars. Must've been an inside job. Sadly its probably shipped overseas or stripped and sold. I hope Ebay, Amazon and all social media can track these serial numbers and items when sold online. How thieves can live with themselves is beside me. May they be prosecuted to the fullest extent and get what they deserve.
  • 1 0
 I remember back in the early 2000's Cannondale Australia lost a whole shipment of bikes from their warehouse. Nothing was ever found, but two years later I was in South Korea and noticed a lot of the brand (not something you see anywhere - lots of Cannondale). I was doing some work with the brand overseas at the time and happened to mention what I had seen to their Global Marketing guys. They just looked at me and said they sell F*$*$ all there... Guess I found their missing bikes.
  • 1 0
 What if they just backed an identical shipping container into the lot, took the Rocky container and put the broken lot on the one they brought. Why bring a vehicle big enough to make away with that many bikes, take that much time reloading when you could just mock up an identical container and swap it out
  • 2 0
 They've been spotted!
i.pinimg.com/originals/5c/93/6b/5c936b21b501acad0e540984c41fe667.jpg

But seriously what do you steal 160 bikes with, must have taken a minute, or some serious oceans 11 planning
  • 4 1
 These assholes really think they are gonna get away with stealing and selling 160 2019 models, they gonna get caught fo sho
  • 3 2
 Why's there 160 super cheap bikes on the buy and sell section? ???? Hopefully they had insurance to cover the cost. Crazy bike theives. Watch out Whistler next year when these are sold! ????
  • 1 0
 My first bike was a rocky mountain soul I raced downhill on it regionally and removed the seat when lines got hairy. This is horrible to hear. Bikes are meant to inspire people, not be used as quick cash
  • 3 0
 Maybe having some build specs on the majority of the bikes will help us look out for some of the parts.
  • 3 1
 I'm pretty sure there is a nice place in hell for people like these scum thieves. Sorry Rocky Mountain and all the shops that will be effected by this.
  • 5 5
 Every one of those bikes is fully insured. Every single step of the shipping process is tracked, recorded, band then logged. Somethingis amiss here, like maybe a fork or shock is faulty? Bad batch of frames? Even speaking conservatively Rocky had invested at least 80k into that shipment, and that stuff doesn't go without some assurance [insurance]. How about we take a look at the factory where the bikes are made, we look at the shipment log from the shipping company and we ask Rocky how much their shipments are insured by.
  • 2 0
 80k?! So you're saying each bike was $500?!
  • 1 1
 @mtbikeaddict: no, he's saying that rocky probably spent 80k on the shipping logistics and Import duties
  • 1 0
 @jonnyboy: Ah, thanks, that makes way more sense lol
  • 4 1
 If bike thieves were treated like horse thieves this problem would go away...
  • 2 2
 My guess is that container has already gone right back on a ship and is headed for a country far, far, away. Six months down the line some unsuspecting dude in Argentinian, or Indonesian, or Saudi, or Korea, or who-knows-where will try and make a warranty claim with on one of these bikes, but by that point, it will be too late.
  • 2 0
 This wouldn’t happen in Bellingham. Our bike thieves strap the bikes they steal to the stolen bike trailers attached to their stolen bikes...
  • 1 0
 Apparently a container of RM bikes was stollen before, 20 years ago ish. The bikes were later found being sold at Costco in the Praries. The story came from a former RM dealer, anyone else here about this?
  • 2 0
 Somewhere on a house in the hills Edward Norton is riding three bikes at a time in his bathrobe while Charlize Theron is acting all sexy and vengeful.
  • 5 3
 Congratulations Rocky Mountain!
It’s been a shitty long hard road for 20 years but you finally make bikes nice enough to bother stealing.
  • 1 0
 Cruddy news and I feel for RM but surely if you've got that much in stock in a 'container' then your security needs to be better than what allows for people to just 'break in'.
  • 4 0
 Sounds like an inside job....Just sayin...
  • 2 0
 Looks like they will go to Europe... maybe to Ukraine. I will keep my eyes open. It doesn't make sense to sell this bikes in USA or Canada.
  • 1 0
 Let's feed the troll @ShempHoward. Does not it have a bike (has a tricycle) and a foulmouth that has not come out of the closet yet. Probably still lives with his mum. Ya facking pouftah.
  • 1 0
 Last night overnight was this add for rocky on craigslist

vancouver.craigslist.ca/bnc/bik/d/brand-new-rocky-mountai

Add is down this morning

Keep an eye out and let rcmp know if you see suspicious ads.
  • 4 1
 What is worse on this earth than a bike thief??
  • 2 1
 nothing.
  • 11 17
flag freerabbit (Oct 5, 2018 at 14:19) (Below Threshold)
 An e-bike thief?
  • 32 0
 two bike thieves
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 @freerabbit: I beg to differ
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flag WAKIdesigns (Oct 5, 2018 at 14:27) (Below Threshold)
 Let’s start with a socialist
  • 18 3
 One word : eggplant
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 A bike rider who is also a bike thief
  • 4 2
 @freerabbit: Naw, that should be applauded. Now, if it were a bike thief, on an e-bike... Wink
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 @WAKIdesigns: Ooh how about a communist
  • 3 2
 The skids that buy them? Dont hate the player hate the game.
  • 2 1
 One that just banged your girl first???? Haha
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 A culture that perpetuates class systems that in turn leave people feeling worse off, resulting in a desire to turn to amoral actions to gain equal footing in this world of greed, property, and have-nots. Also people who hurt innocent animals.
  • 1 5
flag motard5 (Oct 5, 2018 at 18:51) (Below Threshold)
 Motorcycle Thief
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 Vegetarians
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flag GOrtho (Oct 5, 2018 at 19:39) (Below Threshold)
 True If you can give me a true communist or socialist, but all you can give me are Mao, Stalin, and Maduro. I love the idea, but with humans (and maybe animals) that shit. Does. Not. Work. @speed10:
  • 4 2
 E-bikes
  • 5 1
 @tigerteeuwen: True. Paying lip service to reducing animal suffering while paying for calves to be killed for milk and male chicks to be ground up alive for eggs.

^ HA found the... Nevermind this will be downvoted in no time.
  • 4 5
 @colincolin: Give him a break. He wanted to say vegans but didn’t want to enrage too many people who cannot imagine not being righteous
  • 1 1
 @colincolin: I still have one vote .... That's all that matters
  • 4 3
 @WAKIdesigns: It's weird that you don't recognize a troll when you see one.
I obviously think Vegetarians are awesome for reducing at least some harm on this sucky flat earth governed by lizard people. Oh god I can't stop.
  • 2 3
 @colincolin: why would you assume I treated you seriously?
  • 3 0
 Soy meat!
  • 3 1
 Should be super easy to catch the thieves with all the sophisticated surveillance nowadays.
  • 4 0
 one million dollars
  • 1 0
 At least the f..kers wont get a warranty. So who is the first owner. The theiving assholes or the assholes who buy stolen stuff.
  • 5 1
 People could easily have no idea that these bikes were even stolen if they buy one of them. If I haven’t read this, and I saw a RM Slayer for 1500 bucks, I’d jump all over it.
  • 3 0
 If they managed to steal 160 bikes, they are probably not that stupid to post it for $1500. That’s too obvious.
  • 1 1
 Yeah you’re right, 1500 is a little low. @Alldownfromhere:
  • 3 0
 Death to all bike thieves! Beat them, knee cap them, hange em!
  • 4 3
 It was a 'class action' of RM owners finally recieving their warranty replacements for all the cracked RM everyone has. Hahahahha jokes, settle down.
  • 1 0
 They’ll be re-boxed and split up then shipped overseas over several LCL container loads until they’re all bought up in Russia or South America.
  • 1 0
 I mean, this sucks, but I highly doubt this is going to make a lasting negative impact for Rocky Mountain. Personal theft irks me significantly more.
  • 1 0
 A quarter of million of dollar?
Let s do the math ...
250,000$ / 160 bikes = 1.600$

Have you guys ever bought a Rocky Mountain bikes for 1.600$?????? Latest model!????
  • 2 1
 160 must be in reference to its suspension travel, almost as good as 420! It smells of inside job!
  • 2 0
 someone is on a rocky mountain high... probably in colorado...
  • 2 1
 I bet the scums get caught, too many loose ends with that many high end bikes.
  • 1 0
 So...serious question, don’t some of the parts like fork and shock have serial number? Can that be tracked?
  • 2 1
 just like cars, there ship out on a boat done. i hope they stay going after something like this.
  • 2 0
 What kind of human beings are you ?
  • 1 0
 Isn't this the 2nd time they were stolen from? Time to move locations already.
  • 3 1
 Ha, these stories make me feel better about my life.
  • 2 1
 Don’t be a bitch and buy a 2019 Rocky Mountain on offer up because it’s super cheap.
  • 1 0
 Stolen last month and only Now you make this public knowledge? These bikes will be long moved on....!
  • 2 0
 This would have made the best bait bike video ever????
  • 3 1
 Almost seems a little TOO fishy... #InsuranceFraud
  • 2 0
 Who the fuk doing tgese things?
They got GT last year right?
  • 3 1
 Rampage didn't start and yet, Rocky Mountain already got robbed!!!
  • 1 0
 Anyone ever figure out the box components thefts? Anyone see a guy constantly selling box derailleurs and shifters?
  • 2 0
 Sick Ju Ju from the steelers on em...he'll get em back!
  • 1 0
 Let's be honest, this was practically a heist especially considering the value of all those bikes
  • 1 0
 Could be an inside job or someone who previously worked there knows the ins and outs......
  • 1 0
 Vancouver Sun is reporting some of the bikes showed up in Ontario. Also has some other details.
  • 2 0
 Chunky
  • 2 1
 That sucks #downwithbikethieves
  • 1 0
 Well there goes PB as the fence. Offerup ?
  • 1 0
 Letgo, 5Miles...
  • 2 1
 Dear PB:

I don't think the link to the serial numbers is working?
  • 2 0
 Interesting...
  • 1 0
 Perhaps make theblist available without logging in to Microsoft?
  • 1 0
 Those bikes could be anywhere....Rocky Mountains, perhaps...
  • 1 0
 Ooooo canada.... That sucks
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 It's the people who are expecting there new bike I feel sorry for
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 I could really use a new bike, any thieves reading this send me a DM Razz ... Seriously though
  • 3 1
 #fakenews
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 Man the local Craigslist is gonna blow up next week.
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 Keep your eyes out for alot of new RM bikes in the classifieds.
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 This pisses me off beyond belief
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 Im checking the buy and sell forum right now
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 Mike Vandeman did it.
  • 1 0
 It was all the Powerplays that they couldn't sell. Wink
  • 1 0
 This only happens because there are people out there buying stolen bikes.
  • 1 0
 is this the 2nd time this happened to Rockey within 3 years?
  • 2 1
 #tentcity
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 Keep an eye on pb fs!
  • 1 0
 Damn it!!!
  • 8 8
 Does Canada have the death penalty? They should......
  • 2 1
 I know it right!
  • 3 5
 #canadaneedstrump
  • 1 0
 Is IBD similar to IBS?
  • 1 0
 Ahh...that’s a shame.
  • 1 0
 Oh sh*t Eek that sucks
  • 1 1
 What companies make up to have an excuse for their delayed deliverys ????
  • 1 3
 We're they insured? If so, then who cares! They probably make more on insurance claim than selling to consumers! No discounts, no middle LBS, no shipping fees! $$$
  • 2 2
 One hundred and sixty bikes and none came to me (-_ლ)
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 www.kijiji.ca hahah
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 lock...not lot
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 Where to buy?
  • 1 2
 How do you say felony in Canadian??
  • 1 2
 should check if rusians from Königsberg started to sell cheap NIB bikes.
  • 1 2
 At least they weren’t dw link bikes.
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