Originally Posted by
somnambulant
It's no different than what all the teams do,
afaik. Unless of course they can afford security folks, but I'm somewhat surprised the Canadian team can even afford to get to Europe in the first place.
You can take your bikes into the hotel room! I've done it plenty.
Seriously- how many times have you heard about stuff getting stolen from vans at a hotel- sports equipment, music equipment- whatever.
It's a hotel so everyone there is transient. People piling/rearranging/unloading cars is completely unremarkable behaviour. All someone has to do is watch you go in for the night and wait an hour and then nobody's gonna say a thing while they act like they own your stuff and nobody bats an eyelash. Heck, if you pick on the foreigners there's even less of a risk to the thief!