Burglars target Chesterfield firm for second time to make off with £40,000 worth of bikes

The group targeted the JE James Cycles shop in Brimington Road North at 3.30am on Friday, July 16.

In CCTV taken from outside the store, they can be seen attacking the company’s doors with what is believed to be an angle grinder and stealing six premium E-bikes – including a Satin Redwood Specialized Turbo Levo SL Expert worth £8,500 and a Glossy Red Merida EOne-Sixty 9000 worth £7,300.

The offenders then loaded the bikes onto a quad bike trailer – which is also believed to have been stolen – and made off, less than a minute before police arrived at the scene.

It follows a similar attack at the shop in May in which two high-value mountain bikes were stolen worth a total of £21,000.

Shop manager, Dean Poole, said the latest burglary has devastated the Chesterfield store.

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He said: “It’s absolutely devastating and obviously we’ve lost £40,000 worth this time. It’s just getting ridiculous really.

"Unfortunately these people are very good at what they do.”

JE James Cycles is now offering a £1,000 reward for information that leads to an arrest of those responsible for the latest burglary.

A post of the firm’s Facebook page on Friday reads: “Sadly at 3:30am this morning we were the target of the lowest of the low, yet again at our Chesterfield store. This time they not only made one hell of a mess to the shop, they managed to drag six premium E-bikes out and on to a Quad bike trailer (we are guessing these are the same gang as last time).

"Please Please Please share this and inform us at the shop with any information to help us catch these low lifes. Contact the shop on 01246453453 with any info (confidential of course). Thanks for you support.”

For more information on the bikes stolen, including the specific frame numbers, visit the JE James Cycles Facebook page.

Anyone who may have witnessed the incident or anyone who has seen either of the bikes for sale is urged to contact Derbyshire police on 101.

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