San Francisco police are searching for the thieves who smashed windows at an electric-bike store before making off with three rides worth $8,300.

The incident, which was filmed by a surveillance camera, happened at the Electric Bicycle Super Store at 1385 Fillmore St. at 4:30 a.m.

Two intruders broke the glass and stole an A2B Shima electric bike worth $3,800 and a Yuba Boda Boda bike worth $3,200, said store owner Len Rogers. Both were new and for sale, he said.

Then a third person, seeing the store exposed, went in and stole a customer’s Cannondale worth $1,300, Rogers said.

Rogers said that besides the loss, he’ll have to spend up to $1,400 to replace his window.

“I’m a small-business guy. Eight thousand dollars, that’s a lot of money,” he said.

Businesses and residents in the Fillmore have worked hard to improve the neighborhood’s image, he said, noting that his store received an award from San Francisco Mayor Ed Lee recently for being one of six small businesses “Shaping the Future of San Francisco.”

“Thieves coming to smash and grab don’t improve the image,” he said. “What it comes down to, basically, is if we live in a society where people can smash and grab what they want, then we should bar our windows.”

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