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boardman bikes slr endurance disc .jpgEight bikes stolen as burglars target Chris Boardman's home
Police on Merseyside have appealed for help in tracking down bikes and other equipment stolen from the Wirral home of former world and Olympic champion, Chris Boardman.
Burglars forced entry to the garage of the house in Gayton, Heswall, between 7pm on Sunday evening and 9.20am on Monday morning, say police, who have carried out a forensic examination.
The list of items stolen is as follows:
Bicycles
Two electric Gtech eBike City bikes, with black electric battery packs on the frame and Gtech light sets
A Boardman Junior Mountain bike with disc brakes
A Boardman Hybrid Pro with Continental hybrid tyres and Halfords light set
A Boardman Hybrid Pro (aluminium with carbon forks)
Two Boardman Pro 29er bikes
A Boardman SLS Disc Di2 with carbon frame and forks and Shimano Dura-ace electric brakes (we think the bike is probably the Boardman SLR Disc Di2 (main picture) becaue we don't think there is a Boardman SLS Disc Di2, although if you know different please let us know in the comments - ed).
Diving equipment
A Dumpy 12 litre diving cylinder with ‘Steve Mac’ written on it
A Halcyon BCD with handmade lead back plate.
Detective Constable John Molyneux of Merseyside Police said: “Fortunately there was nobody at home at the time of the burglary, but the victim is understandably distressed about the fact they have been targeted in this way.
“I would appeal to anyone who was in the Gayton area and noticed anything suspicious to contact police. Your information will be looked at thoroughly and could really help our enquiries.
"I would also ask anyone who thinks they may have been offered items matching the descriptions of the items, or seen them being stored, to contact police."
Anyone who has information can call Merseyside Police on the 101 number or Crimestoppers, anonymously, on 0800 555 111.
Boardman is currently in London commentating for the BBC on the UCI Track World Championships, which began yesterday.
Simon joined road.cc as news editor in 2009 and is now the site’s community editor, acting as a link between the team producing the content and our readers. A law and languages graduate, published translator and former retail analyst, he has reported on issues as diverse as cycling-related court cases, anti-doping investigations, the latest developments in the bike industry and the sport’s biggest races. Now back in London full-time after 15 years living in Oxford and Cambridge, he loves cycling along the Thames but misses having his former riding buddy, Elodie the miniature schnauzer, in the basket in front of him.
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Its an SLS Disc Di2 not an SLR. Road.cc covered it here:
http://road.cc/content/news/142734-boardman-sls-disc-road-bike-launched-...
You can see him riding it in this video:
https://youtu.be/DDLb6biq39A
Utrecht looks like cycling nirvana!
Hmmmm. A Halcyon BCD with a home made plate is a specific piece of kit. I'd be looking out for that rather than the bikes. Only a few dive shops nearby and scallies don't dive. They duck and dive - but they don't dive.
Clearly none of his important bikes were stolen. Good news on the whole, I'm sure Boardman would be happy to kit him out again.
Upmost sympathy has my bikes taken for christmas, really pisses me off that police only seem to take it seriously if you are famous. Not having a go at CB he is a hero!
They shouldnt be to hard to find if they have his name on them.
No crash helmets stolen?
I believe SLS Disc Di2, available in both Ultegra and Dura Ace versions were last year's models, now replaced with the SLR Endurance disc.
It makes you feel very vulnerable and exposed when you know a bunch of criminals is specifically targeting you.
don't feed the troll but... I'm of course really upset for Chris, and the scum that did this deserve kneecapping. Sorry for any offence taken. BTW he's a hero of mine: a rider who rode clean and took the consequences: he could only manage a top result now and again, rather than day after day like the pin cushions in the peloton. It seemed to me like it was enough for him to know he'd done what he could, but drew a line and kept to it. And he's sound when he talks about cycling to government. As I said, a hero.
riotgibbon and liaman had it right- I really like that he thinks enough of his own products to ride them himself.
Mine too, hence me going off the deep end a bit, sorry. Thieves just need their hands cutting off, fullstop.
I expect his really nice bikes weren't in the garage.
Dura-ace electric brakes and no inside on road.cc? )
I don't think that's what was meant at all - there's nothing more tiresome than clubmen knowingly and repeatedly emphasising "Boardcrap", so it is "nice" to know that he rides what he sells to the public. But being burgled is horrible, doesn't matter what resources you can fall back on
Didn't know you could buy Dura Ace electric brakes
Think it's something PC Plod from Merseyside Constabulary has just invented, move along now, nothing to see here.
so Chris rides an electric bike nowadays, scandalous.
I was also pleasantly gratified to see that he only otherwise rides his own products, As I looked down the list I was more than half expecting to see a Pinarello or something exotic. Might have been embarrassing.
So it's fine that his house was burgled and his 'own brand' bikes were stolen?
Nice.
That's not what he meant, and you know it.
The point is that Chris Boardman believes enough in the quality of his own bikes to ride them over another brand even when nobody is paying attention.