NORFOLK, Va. (WAVY) — A local bicycle shop needs your help to find two stolen bikes, one of them worth more than $10,000.

East Coast Bicycles made some big security upgrades after the break-in early last Monday morning. Now they’re hoping the public will be on the look out to help get these expensive bikes back.

“They were able to pry the window open and squeeze through the two original bars that are horizontal,” said East Coast Bicycles Service Rider Tyler Whitfield.

Whitfield said prior to the break-in that they didn’t think a person could even fit through the space. He said they added two bars going vertical to make sure it doesn’t happen again. In addition to making the window more secure, they also changed some locks.

“They went out this door, which originally had a toggle lock,” Whitfield said. “Now, we’ve upgraded all our locks to keys and changed all the keys.”

Whitfield said after coming through the window, video showed the lone suspect coming in the store to take the two bikes.

“One was a electronic pedal assist road bike valued around $10,000 and then the other was a full suspension mountain bike valued around $5,000,” Whitfield said.

Whitfield said the electronic bike was already purchased and the person who bought it had it on layaway to pick up in a few weeks. He said they’ll have to replace the bike for the person who bought it, which won’t be cheap.

He’s hoping people will keep an eye out on Facebook Marketplace and other resale sites for the bikes.

“It’s going to be a hard sell,” Whitfield said, “because this is a big cycling community, so people kind of know what to look for and, you know, if somebody posts online, somebody’s gonna know.”

He said the electronic bike also requires a charger, which the suspect didn’t take.

“That’s one thing,” Whitfield said. “We’ve called around to other shops, like ‘Hey, keep an eye out if anyone is asking for a charger for this bike.’ Plus, we do track serial numbers, so if anyone does try and do anything we’ll know.”

Whitfield said this isn’t the first time they’ve been broken into either. During the pandemic some BMX bikes were stolen.

“We upgraded security thinking this isn’t going to happen again,” Whitfield said. “Unfortunately, it did.”

If you do see either of these bikes or recognize the suspect, call the Crime Line at 1-888-LOCK-U-UP or you can send a tip through the P3Tips app.