Collection of bikes worth £20,000 are stolen from flood-hit bike shop

Callous thieves struck a flood-hit bike shop in Todmorden and stole a collection of bikes thought to be worth around £20,000.
By The Newsroom
Published 30th Dec 2015, 10:53 BST
Matthew Peace took this photographs of the Todmorden flooding on December 26, 2015, used with permissionMatthew Peace took this photographs of the Todmorden flooding on December 26, 2015, used with permission
Matthew Peace took this photographs of the Todmorden flooding on December 26, 2015, used with permission

Police say the Cycle Factory, Der Street, fell victim to burglars at some point between 4pm on December 27 and 8.30am on December 28.

It’s thought the thieves entered through a rear fire door, before making off with nine bikes.

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A statement on the Cycle Factory Facebook page read: “Struggling for words here we got flooded on Saturday as did a lot of people.

“Last night we were robbed by the scum of the earth praying on flood victims.”

The bikes stolen were:

2016 Kona Process 153 Medium

2016 Kona Hei Hei Trail Medium

2016 Kona Process 111 medium

2016 Kona Precept 150 Medium

2015 Mondraker Dune XR Large

2016 Cube Attention 17”

2016 Cube Attention 21”

2016 Cube LTD Race Blackline

2016 Cube KID 240 Black

Anyone with information should contact West Yorkshire Police via 101.

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