Forwarded to me via email Subject: [AR Club] Fw: Bike Jacking en route to Gerardsville via Centurion, Joburg FYI - from Karin Stoll Hi Everyone Anita, Colin and myself went for an anticipated 80 km ride yesterday. WE went up through Blue hills to the top of the airfield and then over the main Olifantsfontein road, down London rd tar road. From there at the end we left the tar and went onto the dirt next to that substation. Just past the substation, we hit the jeep track, when Colin saw a dog in the grass and yelled at Anita to be careful. We often see dogs on our rides and sometimes they chase us. Anita stopped, and Colin and I caught up to her. THe next thing the "dog" rose out of the long grass, brandishing the biggest, shiniest knife we've ever seen. This was an extremely well set up ambush, over a 200 m stretch. Suddenly out of nowhere there were guys popping up everywhere with great big knives. We were stripped of our bikes and camelbaks. THey were after the cell phones, as they pertinantly asked Anita if hers was in her pack. We were very fortunate that Colin noticed the "dog", which turned out to be very Black. At least we were on the edge of the ambush, and the others further down the line had to run up to us, which gave us the chance to then run like hell back to London rd. In all, there were a minimum of 10 of them - it almost seemed as though they were set up to deal with quite a few riders. Running in cyling shoes is a killer - feels like you are going nowhere. We were very fortunate and are unharmed. Please warn everyone who rides in this area, as the grass is very long and this is the perfect hiding place. We've seen Craig, Malcolm, Troy and his Epic partner on this exact piece of road. Some roadies stopped to help us once we were on London rd and said that apparently this had happened three weeks ago, and had been in their newsletter - however, we did not know about it!!!! Please be careful. Ciao Karin, Anita & Colin
