Tokai Bike Jacking

[kandui]

Please read and be aware! No exact date provided.

 

Date and Time: 2012/09/27 07:30:00 PM (Date of the Report logged, not when it happened)

Location: Outside Constantia Hills, Zone: 1

Incident Text:

Cyclist Attacked and Robbed near Arboretum

 

Resident was attacked in the Tokai Arboretum parking area on a recent Thursday evening. Resident was riding fast through the parking lot in the dark when he was suddenly hit in the face. As he staggered, not knowing what had happened, two coloured males accosted him and took his bike.

 

They both jumped on the bike and rode off down the road past the Manor House. Resident stopped a car that was driving up the road and the driver quickly agreed to give chase past the picnic area, but the thieves had already disappeared. Resident then went back to the security gate at Chrysalis Academy and with their help, alerted the police, armed response and the neighborhood watch. The security guards reported that they had spotted these 2 guys walking up the road and had been monitoring them due to their suspicious demeanour, but the point of the attack was beyond their range of view.

 

On subsequent inspections of the area, resident has found a thick, solid branch about 2.5m long and believes thieves could have been hiding behind the first big tree on the left as he come down through the gate and then whacked him with that branch.

 

Apart from 4 stitches on his chin, resident is fine and understands that SAN Parks want to write a full report.

 

For what it is worth, for all the eyes out there, the bike was a White Giant Anthem 29er MTB. There are very few of those white ones in the country so it will always be easy to identify.

 

If anyone has seen a bike matching this description, please reply to this email.

 

 

Forwarded to resident and tenants by the committee of the Constantia Hills Neighbourhood Watch.

Edited September 27, 2012 by kandui

[(Deon)]

Please know that this is being tended to.. I am meeting with Parks tomorrow and already have prospective donors lined up willing to invest in security for the area.

[Guest Omega Man]

Damn. never want to read stuff like this about your local.

[Stevief]

Shiite thats not good. Bike is pron]bably at Neils wheels or the local cash converters.

[DJR]

Vaaark, I hate reading this.

[kandui]

Please note that more information is pending and will be posted as soon as it becomes available. This information was provided in the interest of safety and was placed in this Forum as it comes from a trusted source.I would like to encourage a measure of objectiveness until the gaps have been filled. I will defer to Pain or Shine for updates as he is closer to the sources of information than I am.

Thank you.

[carbon29er]

We need to be vigilant and find these ******* ruining our country. It sickens me to read this happening in our neighbourhood on our trails.

 

It is absolutely critical to:

• always ride with a buddy when out later and there are not people around
  
• make sure you have proper insurance for your bike, at least it will lessen the pain of the loss knowing you can get a brand new one
  

[Jackhorner]

This is pathetic, I have been in the parking lot many times after dark. i agree we need to find these scum and not let them ruin our trails !

[(Deon)]

Could I also add not to leave anything in sight in your car. Anything! Tik money could even be rags, so clothing etc are hot items.

 

This is following a break-in in the parking last night 'round 7 pm. Be on the lookout or anyone suspicious.

 

We will get to the bottom of this!

[Beattbox]

Please keep us posted Pain, this news makes me sick!

['Dale]

Sorry to hear.

 

Keep up the good work, 'Pain or Shine'.

[MirageF1]

To close to home! Time to invest in a collapsible baton that neatly fits into a hand pump clip.

[JGR]

Pepper spray cannon disguised as a light perhaps ....

[Iwan Kemp]

To close to home! Time to invest in a collapsible baton that neatly fits into a hand pump clip.

 

By the time you have that thing out ready for action and have come to your senses, the culprit will be doing his second loop of Bridal!