A Mount Maunganui champion mountain biker was reunited with his stolen bike after it was spotted outside the Tauranga courthouse.
Angus Riordan's Giant Anthem mountain bike, worth about $6000, was one of three bikes stolen from outside Event Cinemas in Mount Maunganui about 6pm on Sunday.
The 15-year-old had cycled to the cinema with two of his friends on Sunday afternoon to see the movie Venom.
The trio secured their mountain bikes with combination locks up against a rail outside. But when the movie finished about an hour and a half later, the locks were cut and the bikes were gone.
"I was a bit worried about locking it up and when I saw it was gone I was kicking myself," he said. "I should have walked instead of riding my bike."