February 5, 2014 11.02 am This story is over 121 months old

Bikes worth £4k stolen from Lincoln home

Bike theft: Two bikes worth a combined £4,000 have been stolen from a shed in Lincoln.

Two specialised bikes, worth a combined £4,000, have been stolen from a garden shed on Altham Terrace in Lincoln.

Jason Hill, who regularly uses the bikes for both street use and cross-country trail riding, discovered the theft on February 4 when he returned from work.

The bikes were taken after thieves forced entry through a seven foot gate and smashed a padlocked shed door.

Jason discovered thieves has smashed the locked shed door to get to the bikes. Photo: Jason Hill

Jason discovered thieves has smashed the locked shed door to get to the bikes. Photo: Jason Hill

It is thought that the incident took place between 10am and 1pm.

One bike is a large specialised Camber Comp with industry stickers, Maxis tyres and atom lab pedals worth £1500.

The other is a blue and black complete custom trails bike by Echo and Hope with Alfaowner stickers. This bike is worth around £2500.

Anyone with information is being urged to contact Lincolnshire Police on the 101 number, quoting incident number 299/4/2/14.