South Canterbury's Pleasant Point was not so pleasant for a competitive cyclist who had his $14,000 bike stolen there at the weekend.

Mitchell Podmore had stopped to get a coffee on Saturday afternoon.

He had leaned his Felt racing bike against his car, which was across the road from the NPD service station, and gone into the dairy.

"I came out and it was gone. I was inside for less than five minutes."

The red and black-framed bike was worth about $14,000. The frame was worth $10,000 and the racing wheels were an extra $4000.

Mitchell Podmore of Christchurch, a New Zealand road racing cyclist, has had his racing bike stolen in Pleasant Point. Photo: Stacy Squires/Fairfax NZ

Podmore is a road and track cyclist, and said because of the specialist features on the bike, it will take at least a month to get a new one.

"It's valuable time away from my bike. That is not only time I can't train, it will impact on my racing."

Just before Christmas Podmore had been crashed into by a car, and that had left him without a bike for almost two months.

Podmore has raced in the Tour of Southland, was part of the Canterbury Under 23 championship team, and is the brother of cyclist Olivia Podmore, who is part of the New Zealand team going to the junior world track championships.

Pleasant Point Constable Kris Howes said he had examined footage that may be of some interest but was calling for people to come forward who may have some information to add.

"It's a pretty high tech racing bike.. It would be an obvious bike if [the thief] tried to sell it on the black market."