Hi, A good friend of mind was sadly mugged of his bike and assorted personal items on Sunday lunchtime, on section of the cycle lane between Paarden Eiland and Woodstock. Cell phone, wallet etc. This was on the section parallel to the railway lines, just as you go over the bridge, where the marble tiling/counter shop is on your right as you head towards town. Two black men of possibly Tanzanian origin, armed with metal rods charged him from the freeway side before he could turn around. They escaped through the railway yard afterwards. He is physically unharmed, but angry as hell, and busy working through the psychological after effects. The police said they stopped patrolling the area, because there have been no muggings for a while doh! The Myciti bus that passed a minute later would not stop to find out if he was OK, but did contact ADT at the next stop, which took about 7 minutes to arrive, but bike etc was gone by then. Attached is a picture of his bike. Fairly vanilla unfortunately, but if anybody sees similar at a cash crusaders or bike shop second hand, please let us know. Blue garmin 500 was attached to the stem.
