About $54,000 worth of items, including 16 bicycles, shocks and hydration packs, were stolen from Cadence Cycle over the weekend.

The theft occurred sometime between 6 p.m. Saturday and 7:30 a.m. Sunday, when a passerby called the RCMP to report broken glass at the front of the Wood Street store.

Owner Dean Eyre said late this morning he was informed of the break-in by police Sunday morning.

He arrived at the shop to find broken glass and some disarray, he said.

“It was a pretty comprehensive theft, I would say,” he told the Star. “About a third of our inventory.”

All the bikes are high-end or specialized, including four various sizes of Stump Jumpers, two Camber bikes, one P20 BMX, two Banshes, four Rocky Mountain bikes, one Salsa bike, one Soda bike and one Cadet BMX bike, according to the RCMP.

Eyre said he should be able to receive insurance money for them if they’re not recovered.

Some hand tools were also stolen, likely to disassemble the bikes as quickly as possible, Eyre said. As well, about $150 in cash was taken from the till.

Earlier this year, the shop had a theft in the yard – “quite a haul,” Eyre said. The business got all those bikes back.

While some service bikes are stored outside, they’re kept locked every night, as are the sheds.

“This is the first time they’ve ever broken into the shop,” he said, adding he’s trying to be optimistic about the bikes’ return.

The tenant who lives above the shop was out of town.

The store doesn’t have an alarm system.

“We’re going to add one of those now,” Eyre said. “You try and hope that people are a little more honest than they are, I guess.”

Whitehorse RCMP Const. Dean Hoogland said police are still investigating.

Anyone with information about the incident is asked to contact the police at 667-5551.