MTB thugs spoil a morning ride at Hoogekraal

[BDF]

It is the alternative English phonetic spelling of an Afrikaans word, the meaning of which means:

1. A box
2. Female genitalia
3. A derogatory term for an unsavoury or stupid person.

The latter would be applicable in this case.

Very comprehensive understanding transferred... thanks

[4u2nv]

I chatted to your wife after the fact, and saw some of the action.

One of my friends were also there that was a non member and I made him pay using snapscan beforehand. As a TBMTB member we read that we should ask and observe and help police the trails. 

I personally do not ask for permits/payment if I see non members riding with members, as I assume they will make them pay themselves.

Unfortunately as in any sport there are always a bunch of cocks that act like children, and these guys were exactly that. They should not have spoken to your wife like that, and I will apologise on behalf of the real men out there.

 

Right or wrong, next time write down their board numbers and report them to the club. it is with tempers like that that we lost one of out best trails due to members being dose.

[Patchelicious]

I chatted to your wife after the fact, and saw some of the action.

One of my friends were also there that was a non member and I made him pay using snapscan beforehand. As a TBMTB member we read that we should ask and observe and help police the trails.

I personally do not ask for permits/payment if I see non members riding with members, as I assume they will make them pay themselves.

Unfortunately as in any sport there are always a bunch of cocks that act like children, and these guys were exactly that. They should not have spoken to your wife like that, and I will apologise on behalf of the real men out there.

 

Right or wrong, next time write down their board numbers and report them to the club. it is with tempers like that that we lost one of out best trails due to members being dose.

When people post posts like this, I regain hope for humanity!

 

Nice one dude! Respect.

['Dale]

When people post posts like this, I regain hope for humanity!

 

Nice one dude! Respect.

There's Judge Dredd aka mall cop with plastic badge. ????

Then there's this.

[KarlvN]

I feel your pain, I had some **** on a Sparkly Specialized interrogating me just as I wanted to start my ride. He was a marshal it turned out and I "was" up till then a paid up member with a Tygerberg number broad BUT I have a few boards on the front of my bike and the Tygerberg Mtb club one is unfortunately at the bottom because I ride there maybe 5 times per year. The **** took my number and I got a warning from the club via email... so now they can stick there club up there a$$es. 

 

Uh, 'scuse me for stating the obvious, but why would you pay R600 or thereabouts to ride the trails maybe 5 times a year? That is just plain expensive, in anyone's language.

[Boerklong]

more like a muffin...

Ha ha haaaaa haaaaa ha ha haaaa

[NelAndre]

It is the alternative English phonetic spelling of an Afrikaans word, the meaning of which means:

1. A box
2. Female genitalia
3. A derogatory term for an unsavoury or stupid person.

The latter would be applicable in this case.

 

 

more like a muffin...

Very very good

[Surv0MTB]

Always make a plan to pay first, not later. This is fair, dont expect anything else.

 

That said, Ive had one ride there and was asked twice about payment, as we didnt have boards, but did pay into the honesty box as it was quite early. The tone hinted at possible aggression had we answered any differently. Hoogekraal has militant supports but I dont blame them. People taking chances is getting out of hand.

[RocknRolla]

I like Hairy's idea of the #honestyboxselfie, can we start a thread like that?

[Patchelicious]

I like Hairy's idea of the #honestyboxselfie, can we start a thread like that?

Evan would love that! Imagine him posting six pack pics waving a stack of hundreds....

[RocknRolla]

trying not to imagine Evan waving anything at all ever...ever....

[EmptyB]

Evan would love that! Imagine him posting six pack pics waving a stack of hundreds....

Evan would ride there every weekend just for the selfie opportunity!

[Boerklong]

Evan will have a honesty box for his selfie class tutorial.

[Patchelicious]

Evan will have a honesty box for his selfie class tutorial.

Honestly Evan is a selfie box ????

[Boerklong]

Honestly Evan is a selfie box ????

True that

[Morne Veer]

This thread has created so much negativity towards the Tygerberg MTB club, which as many confirmed, has about 5 000 members.  

 

The incident included not 5 000 members on the weekend, but one or two individuals, who are members of the Tygerberg club, by virtue of their annual paid membership fee. 

 

As there is no way (from the information above) that the individuals of the weekend can be identified, can we not perhaps rather close this chapter ? There has been numerous members of the club, and representatives of the volunteer marshal group, that apologized to the author of this thread, and tried to the best of their abilities to clear the air. Members of the club (according to information I received) made contact with the unhappy visitor, which is further testament to what the club members and leadership in general stand for.

 

The Tygerberg club is involved with so many good causes and are known in the community for reaching out and assisting in so many ways (community upliftment projects, cancer awareness projects for various needy causes, fund raising efforts, assistance with fire fighting organisations- to name only a few). Many of these never get spoken about, not even to mention, getting spoken about on The Hub.

 

However, when isolated incidents happen, like in this case, it is a free for all, with most choosing to climb in without any gloves on. 

 

It is a pity that the club's name has been dragged through the mud like this - a shame actually. 

 

I say again, the incident was wrong, and most agree that the member of the club, did not speak / handle himself correctly - but why bring the matter to the slaughter house (#thehub) ? - here, it will, due to its nature, almost inevitably only go downhill (...and not the downhill we mountainbikers love, but rather down the path where people (many with absolutely no other intention but to badmouth and try and spread animosity in the thread) want throw fuel on a small fire.

 

If the visitor contacted the club (after the incident) via one of their contact email addresses or helpline numbers, they could have taken the matter up personally with one of the committee members, or even got in touch with the chairperson. This would surely have made more sense to me, instead of what took place here on the hub over the last day.......as said above, a great pity and equally great shame. 

 

I know it was mentioned that debate is good, but everyone knows, that the Hub is hardly the place for debate, it is just a cage fight arena.