Yup, happened to 2 mates of mine and seen countless of such cases roll into the shop.
Now this is going to sound cuntish, sorry but I would do the ball bearing thing on expensive stuff but decathlon stuff on a cheap road bike? the brifters were microshift...or are bike thieves not that fussy?
You assume the thieves know what they are dealing with - they usually don't.
An opportunity to make a quick buck, that's all it is.
On another note, lock your front wheels, otherwise that's another quick buck.
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Yup, happened to 2 mates of mine and seen countless of such cases roll into the shop.