NixM Posted February 14, 2015 Posted February 14, 2015 From Table Mountain Bikers FB page. Another cyclist attacked on way to mast. Same MO as the attack end of Jan. Tied up and tyres slashed. Not good news
Patchelicious Posted February 14, 2015 Posted February 14, 2015 Slash tyres? So they don't even take the bike?
DJR Posted February 14, 2015 Posted February 14, 2015 We should castrate and release!Well, with the current cost of mtb tyres, I think this would be a fair outcome... Edit: Just meant to say I'm the moer in!
NixM Posted February 14, 2015 Author Posted February 14, 2015 Just the cell phone and then run back down into Houtbay. If these crooks learn to ride single track we are going to have a serious bikejacking problem in Tokai
marko35s Posted February 14, 2015 Posted February 14, 2015 Not today - yesterday as far as I know and it was flagged up on Facebook.
Patchelicious Posted February 16, 2015 Posted February 16, 2015 Just the cell phone and then run back down into Houtbay. If these crooks learn to ride single track we are going to have a serious bikejacking problem in TokaiFrom the recent posts on the hub its sounds like most of the guys who ride the Tokai singles tracks are thugs anyways
dirtypot Posted February 16, 2015 Posted February 16, 2015 I mostly ride in Tokai by myself. Starting to wonder about doing that anymore...
Captain Fastbastard Mayhem Posted February 16, 2015 Posted February 16, 2015 Yesterday there was a patrol of cops and dogs on the mountain for most of the day. Cop on a quad as well. He was having fun, but performing a valuable service.
leaboy Posted February 16, 2015 Posted February 16, 2015 Yesterday there was a patrol of cops and dogs on the mountain for most of the day. Cop on a quad as well. He was having fun, but performing a valuable service. any idea if these patrols will happen more often?
johannrissik Posted February 16, 2015 Posted February 16, 2015 We should castrate and release!One word . Burdizzo.
(Deon) Posted February 16, 2015 Posted February 16, 2015 any idea if these patrols will happen more often?these guys need to be caught. Patrols are one thing but its clear from discussions with the security team and dog unit on Saturday that they really want arrests.
nonky Posted February 16, 2015 Posted February 16, 2015 from iol Mountain robbery horrorFebruary 14 2015 at 01:23pmBy Caryn Dolley Comment on this storyhttp://www.iol.co.za/polopoly_fs/iol-pic-sa-cw-tokai-cyclist-attack-7401-1.1808601!/image/1580175891.jpg_gen/derivatives/box_300/1580175891.jpgINDEPENDENT MEDIAAnother cyclist has been attacked by knife-wielding robbers along a Tokai mountain trail, the third mugging in the vicinity in three weeks. Picture: JASON BOUDCape Town - Another cyclist has been attacked by knife-wielding robbers along a Tokai mountain trail, the third mugging in the vicinity in three weeks.The attack on Friday comes as Weekend Argus established that, in a desperate effort to try to protect themselves, some mountain users are considering arming themselves with weapons, including guns.Mountain crimes, an ongoing problem for years, recently surged again, with the three latest incidents involving robbers brandishing either pangas or knives.Friday’s attack on the cyclisthappened a week after a group of hikers were robbed on a trail in the same vicinity, and three weeks after another cyclist was bound and gagged by panga-wielding robbers at the same spot.Just days ago, Merle Collins, regional spokeswoman for South African National Parks (SANParks), said rangers were combing the area every day in a bid to prevent further attacks.On Friday Collins said she could not confirm the latest attack.Weekend Argus understands that the cyclist was attacked along the tar road leading up to the Constantiaberg radio mast.Renay Groustra, a professional mountain biker from Tokai, said he came across the cyclist after the robbery.“There were two men. He managed to dodge the first one. The second one tackled him. They tied his wrists with rope and kicked him in the gut. They took his cellphone and watch, and slashed his tyres.”The cyclist, whose name Groustra had not managed to learn, suffered a few scratches and called someone to fetch him using someone else’s cellphone.“He was quite angry and talked about going out and laying a trap (for the robbers),” Groustra said, adding that he himself had been using the mountain for 15 years, but now felt quite shaken by the incident. “It makes me feel really unsafe. I don’t even want to go ride there,” he said.Last week Petra Neilon, of St James, and three friends were robbed in the same area after two men ambushed them while they were hiking.“They were hiding in the fynbos and jumped out. I was looking down at my feet. I just heard: ‘Don’t run, don’t run.’“One guy had a panga, the other a knife. The one with the panga hit my friend over the head with it,” she said.Afterwards, some of her friends said they wished they had been carrying a gun.Weekend Argus reported last month that a cyclist was bound and gagged by four robbers armed with knives and pangas in the same vicinity.On Friday the Table Mountain Bikers Facebook group posted a warning saying that hikers and cyclists should avoid the area, and that it should instead be closed.One person commented that cyclists should ride with a 9mm pistol strapped to their chest, and a spade to bury any evidence.Collins said that after the attack a week ago, the second in the vicinity, a manhunt was launched to find the robbers.“At this stage the description of the attackers in the two different attacks are not similar, and it is therefore ruled out that the perpetrators are the same offenders.”Asked what SANParks thought of mountain users carrying weapons on trails, she said they did not advise this since “the weapons can be used against them in an incident”.Also this week, registered adventure guide Justin Lawson posted an article on the website Climb ZA debating self-defence options on the mountains, including the use of pepper spray, knives or batons.He told Weekend Argus he posted it after noticing that people were discussing arming themselves on the site.One said he would save up for a pistol.“I became aware that many people are in fact taking a weapon into the mountain for means of defence. The reason for this, I believe, is because they are afraid of having their lives endangered by criminals,” Lawson said.Andre van Schalkwyk, founder of Table Mountain Watch, which works to highlight mountain safety issues, said he recalled a hiker having modified his backpack to accommodate a pistol in a shoulder strap.At the start of the year he had begun giving lectures, developed together with a conflict training company, about how to avoid conflict and using weapons.Van Schalkwyk had so far lectured three groups from mainly mountain clubs.Saturday Argus
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