{"id":407747,"date":"2026-01-14T03:03:07","date_gmt":"2026-01-14T03:03:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/407747\/"},"modified":"2026-01-14T03:03:07","modified_gmt":"2026-01-14T03:03:07","slug":"bike-thefts-and-big-hits-with-nic-court","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/407747\/","title":{"rendered":"Bike thefts and big hits with Nic Court"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Sometimes bad things happen to good dudes. And sometimes, being a nice guy pays off. Both happened to Nanaimo trail builder and absolute ripper Nic Court.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAfter a day of digging, riding, and clipping, Nic was enjoying a couple of post-ride bevvies. When he got back to his truck, he found his locks cut and his Druid and Dreadnought stolen. Nic wasted no time and reached out to his community for help,\u201d recalls the intro to Bandit.<\/p>\n<p>But this is a good news story, right?<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWell, it turns out being a nice guy pays off. Nic tracked down the bandit, confronted him, and got back what was rightfully his. \u201d<\/p>\n<p>And then proceeded to shred with his inimitable style. We all win! Because wow, that tire tap? Magic!<\/p>\n<p>Bandit: A Wild Ride For Nic Court<\/p>\n<p>Presented by Forbidden Bike Co.<br \/>Rider: Nic Court<br \/>Video: Liam Morgan<br \/>Music: Gun Shy by Widowspeak<br \/>Special Thanks: Dillon Butcher, Family Of Riders Bike Shop<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Sometimes bad things happen to good dudes. And sometimes, being a nice guy pays off. Both happened to&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":407748,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[445],"tags":[49,48,635,171720,62722,2461,171721,82],"class_list":{"0":"post-407747","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-cycling","8":"tag-ca","9":"tag-canada","10":"tag-cycling","11":"tag-forbidden-bike-co","12":"tag-mtb-news","13":"tag-nanaimo","14":"tag-nic-court","15":"tag-sports"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/407747","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=407747"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/407747\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/407748"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=407747"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=407747"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=407747"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}