Italian bicycle and accessories brand 3T has suffered a major break-in this morning at its Bergamo warehouse. Between six and eight masked thieves drilled through a one-meter-thick wall and walked off with twenty high-end bicycles, including a one-of-a-kind cycle frame handpainted by famous Italian frame builder Dario Pegoretti, who died some months ago
Thieves break into 3T warehouse & steal 20 bikes
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Thieves break into 3T warehouse & steal 20 bikes
Postby Ross » Tue Nov 27, 2018 7:04 am
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Re: Thieves break into 3T warehouse & steal 20 bikes
Postby P!N20 » Tue Nov 27, 2018 9:13 am
One metre thick? Is the warehouse a bomb shelter?
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Re: Thieves break into 3T warehouse & steal 20 bikes
Postby MichaelB » Tue Nov 27, 2018 10:42 am
a lotta work for dodgy bikes ...
Maybe they were some of the Aqua Blue bikes ...
Maybe they were some of the Aqua Blue bikes ...
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Re: Thieves break into 3T warehouse & steal 20 bikes
Postby biker jk » Tue Nov 27, 2018 1:43 pm
In the dark the thieves stuffed up and stole the 1 x bikes by mistake which they couldn't give away.
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Re: Thieves break into 3T warehouse & steal 20 bikes
Postby MichaelB » Tue Nov 27, 2018 2:37 pm
biker jk wrote:In the dark the thieves stuffed up and stole the 1 x bikes by mistake which they couldn't give away.
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Re: Thieves break into 3T warehouse & steal 20 bikes
Postby AUbicycles » Wed Nov 28, 2018 6:41 am
Drilling a big enough hole through 1m thick cement is not a fast job.
Wonder if the wall was thin, hole was 1m in diametre and there was something lost in translation, i.e cut through sheet metal.
Wonder if the wall was thin, hole was 1m in diametre and there was something lost in translation, i.e cut through sheet metal.
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Re: Thieves break into 3T warehouse & steal 20 bikes
Postby JPB » Wed Nov 28, 2018 6:55 am
I have a concrete slab at home that needs 500mm trimmed off the side. I wonder if tyey are available to help as I am struggling
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Re: Thieves break into 3T warehouse & steal 20 bikes
Postby duncanm » Wed Nov 28, 2018 9:38 am
Building looks like its made out of large besser-type blocks.
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Re: Thieves break into 3T warehouse & steal 20 bikes
Postby Tamiya » Thu Nov 29, 2018 1:36 am
Insurance job, you say...biker jk wrote:In the dark the thieves stuffed up and stole the 1 x bikes by mistake which they couldn't give away.
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