ALBUQUERQUE (KRQE) – Albuquerque bicyclists say they’re being targeted by thieves.

“They just broke the glass right there, that nice decorative glass,” said Rich Walters.

It took only a few minutes for crooks to break into Rich Walters’ home.

“They took the time to undo everything and take it out,” he said.

Walters is an avid bicyclists. He spends his free time riding along various Albuquerque trails.

“Freedom i guess. I don’t know it’s just something that you do,” Walters said.

Thanks to thieves Walters won’t get to ride anytime soon.

“They went to the office and took three bikes, took one bike off the trainer in the living room, so then I go to the garage to see that and they’re missing out of the garage as well,” he said.

Someone broke into Walters home around 10 a.m. Thursday. They took five of his high-end bicycles worth about $25,000 total.

He said this isn’t the first time something like this has happened.

“I had a friend who had 10 of them stolen,” he said. “I have another friend last summer they broke into his garage, stole them out of his garage and then they went to the other place he was staying at,” he said.

Walters believes thieves are targeting bicyclists.

“These guys are watching everybody, following you home from the trail, following you on social media. We don’t know,” he said.

He and his buddies want to find out. He said they have called Albuquerque police.

“They just come in shaking their head going, ‘Yep another one. Here it is again.'”

There are about 1.5 million bicycles stolen every year in the United States, according to the national bike registry.

Walters said he doesn’t want another one taken from someone in Albuquerque.

“We are just sending stuff out telling everybody to beware, watch out for what’s going on because they are definitely targeting bikers,” he said.