My wife was the victim of jacking.
This has been a terrible ordeal.
She is recovering at home this week and is going for trauma counselling tomorrow. At least she wasn't stabbed or worse...
We are not blaming the organisers as this was not there fault.
Some improvements can however be made to improve safety in known hotspots..
I have always considered it unnecessary to ensure our bikes.
We live in a relatively safe area and go to lot of trouble to ensure bikes are always secure.
Mountain biking gave us an opportunity to spent time together, exercise and enjoy the outdoors. We were preparing for k2c and have entered for a number of events To have this taken from us in this manner is not easy to deal with...
Someone forwarded me a pic taken from Gopro footage
Unfortunately the pic was not very clear but she was pretty sure it is the guy. Clothing and features was identified
Another hubber saw a Black Merida Big 9 in Somerset West Main Road on Monday around 6pm. I forwarded him the pic and he confirmed that it the suspect.
The organisers are in contact with the SAPS
Lets hope for the best...
