stratus5 Posted December 15, 2014 Share 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. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
udxcob Posted December 15, 2014 Share Bastards G e r h a r d Odendaal and ChUkKy 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KarlvN Posted December 15, 2014 Share I am feeling for your mate there Stratus5.Sad that we have to live in a world like this.Lesson to be learned may be perhaps not to ride there alone? At least he is unharmed. Smurfy 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Newest Posted December 15, 2014 Share Sorry to hear about your friends ordeal. I commute through there on a daily basis and have always found that section to be frequented by some dodgy looking characters. Sunday lunch time could also be particularly quiet around there and recon that one would be better off avoiding it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bloukrans Posted December 15, 2014 Share Sorry to hear this - bloody scumbags! Glad your friend is "ok". Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WKNDWRRR Posted December 15, 2014 Share These types of posts are very commonplace nowadays but this one a makes my blood boil more than usual because I know the victim. He's a friend of mine, we are both members of the same cycling club. One of the nicest people I know. I'm just really glad that he is unharmed. I cycled that same route a few hours earlier on my own and noticed how the fence seperating the railway tracks from the bike lane have been pushed open in quie a few places, making it easy for scumbag thieves to get away easily. What's the point of having a fenced off cycle lane if the fences dont get maintained? There were quite a few homeless people living along that stretch along the railway. Personally, this has convinced me not to ride that whole bit of the cycle lane from the Milnerton Flea Market all the way through into town, if I'm on my own. I think I'll feel safer with the traffic on the N1 and come off at Christiaan Barnard Street. spinning round and KarlvN 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Slowone Posted December 15, 2014 Share Glad u okay... Hope u get ur bike and personal belongings back.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wuzzie Posted December 15, 2014 Share I rode this alone this morning and was thinking its actually quite dodgy by oneself, There is a false sense of security. I noticed the broken fences. Such a pity its great to ride by oneself on an easyride sometimes, but I suppose no more on this track, gutted Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Slowone Posted December 15, 2014 Share Sorry to hear about your friends ordeal. I commute through there on a daily basis and have always found that section to be frequented by some dodgy looking characters. Sunday lunch time could also be particularly quiet around there and recon that one would be better off avoiding it. @Newest ... you might be better off using Lower main road or the N1.... I also like to use that piece when i do go out. My son dislikes it and preferes that we use Lower main road or the N1 ..... Edited December 15, 2014 by Slow_one Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DaviM Posted December 15, 2014 Share Sorry to hear, but we must keep posting to raise awareness. I generally do a naughty and skip that part of the track in the early mornings, via the N1... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest DieBees Posted December 15, 2014 Share Bloody buggers! How does he know that they are "possibly" from Tanzania? There should be CCTV somewhere in the vicinity there. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MTB_Roadie Posted December 15, 2014 Share I never use that stretch, I carry on straight onto the N1 and I would rather keep doing it that way. Call me whatever you guys want to but it is safer in the end... mikkelz and michael 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
openmind Posted December 15, 2014 Share Sorry to hear, but we must keep posting to raise awareness. I generally do a naughty and skip that part of the track in the early mornings, via the N1...Not naughty at all - the N1 is no longer a freeway at that point and it's perfectly legal to cycle there. DaviM, michael and WKNDWRRR 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mikkelz Posted December 15, 2014 Share Sad to hear! Glad that your friend is "ok". Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
'Dale Posted December 15, 2014 Share Eish!Glad he is all right after being in a very vulnerable situation Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Prince Albert Cycles Posted December 15, 2014 Share Kan ons hulle nie gaan soek en dik bliksem nie !!!! Dragu, Godzilla, CycleMomSpeedster and 3 others 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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