pinki Posted April 2, 2016 Posted April 2, 2016 Been riding on Table Mtn ( mostly alone ) for around 8 years. Since middle of last year started to feel unsafe. What will it take ( a near death incident like today ? ) for something to be done. Is part of the solution not finding the groups who buy these bikes taken. Surprised so few posts after an incident like this . Are we becoming numb and just accepting this as the new normal like our thieving , corrupt useless government?
J∆kk∆ls Posted April 2, 2016 Posted April 2, 2016 Electric MTBs are being bought for mountain cops. Don't know when it will go into affect.
Meezo Posted April 2, 2016 Posted April 2, 2016 Safer to ride on the private northern trails this is a great solution, well done!
Simon123 Posted April 2, 2016 Posted April 2, 2016 this is a great solution, well done!haha, just thought the same thing! Just cannot take the "treck!" okes on their specializeds though. LOL Meerendal on a Saturday is like a wanker fest. Was just saying to my wife whilst stuck on De Waal drive in traffic yesterday that I'd love to cycle the Table Mountain trails, but it's just too risky. Hoping he heals soon. We need this policed properly.
Meezo Posted April 2, 2016 Posted April 2, 2016 haha, just thought the same thing! Just cannot take the "treck!" okes on their specializeds though. LOL Meerendal on a Saturday is like a wanker fest. Was just saying to my wife whilst stuck on De Waal drive in traffic yesterday that I'd love to cycle the Table Mountain trails, but it's just too risky. Hoping he heals soon. We need this policed properly. give me a shout, monday to friday i'm on the table mountain, commute to and fro work. there most saturdays as well more often than not now a days we at least 2, but i do often cycle alone.SanParks is a myth to me, i bet i'd see them like once or twice for the next 2 weeks, and like before into thin air they'd dissapear until the next incident. love the twitter war going on at the moment, apparently Plum Pudding which is the major spot if not as far as i can remember atleast 90% of table mountains muggins are from here, yet according to SanParks this is not the priority spot...
Oufy MTB (Roadie) Posted April 3, 2016 Posted April 3, 2016 give me a shout, monday to friday i'm on the table mountain, commute to and fro work. there most saturdays as well more often than not now a days we at least 2, but i do often cycle alone.SanParks is a myth to me, i bet i'd see them like once or twice for the next 2 weeks, and like before into thin air they'd dissapear until the next incident. love the twitter war going on at the moment, apparently Plum Pudding which is the major spot if not as far as i can remember atleast 90% of table mountains muggins are from here, yet according to SanParks this is not the priority spot... I'm the other one that tends to make up the 2. But 3 or 4 is better. Let me guess, an urgent meeting will now happen and blah blah. For Fark sake, women were raped in the area!
DJR Posted April 3, 2016 Posted April 3, 2016 Sanparks and the cops are like kids with attention deficit disorder. Two weeks is a long time for them. The priority spot is the Rhodes Memorial parking area if I look at where I encounter them (to check my permit). Their head office isn't called Mt Pleasant for nothing. The cops just stamp and sign certified copies at the Mowbray cop shop. They only come out if you burn a bus on their doorstep, and then just to melt their marsmallows (no arrests allowed for lack of evidence). I hardly ever find Parks rangers more than a few hundred metres from Rhodes Mem and I have never seen them on top of Plum Pudding or at the blockhouse, from where they can easily monitor the whole area. I have never seen a cop anywhere above Rhodes Mem. I have never seen any of then carry a pair of binoculars. I don't think even an electric bike will get their lazy asses up where they are needed Now I have to decide where to go for my Sunday morning ride, cheers (not so cheerily)! Edit: Previously their response was that we don't see them because they are hiding.....I now call bull**** on that one. Catch the baddies, then I'll believe that you were there!
pinki Posted April 3, 2016 Posted April 3, 2016 Have seen sans park guys at plum pudding hill - checking for permits - 4 of them...........
pinki Posted April 3, 2016 Posted April 3, 2016 Have seen sans park guys at plum pudding hill - checking for permits - 4 of them...........
DJR Posted April 3, 2016 Posted April 3, 2016 Have seen sans park guys at plum pudding hill - checking for permits - 4 of them...........On top of Plumpudding? Amazing. You sure you weren't hallucinating from going too fast up the steep side?
Oufy MTB (Roadie) Posted April 3, 2016 Posted April 3, 2016 Have seen sans park guys at plum pudding hill - checking for permits - 4 of them...........on 1 occassion a motorbike stopped Meezo and I one morning at Plumpudding. On two occassions the sanparks bakkie was parked at the big tree. But this is over a spread of a couple of months. But that's it. On another note, any word of the condition of our fellow cyclist?
(Deon) Posted April 3, 2016 Posted April 3, 2016 give me a shout, monday to friday i'm on the table mountain, commute to and fro work. there most saturdays as well more often than not now a days we at least 2, but i do often cycle alone.SanParks is a myth to me, i bet i'd see them like once or twice for the next 2 weeks, and like before into thin air they'd dissapear until the next incident. love the twitter war going on at the moment, apparently Plum Pudding which is the major spot if not as far as i can remember atleast 90% of table mountains muggins are from here, yet according to SanParks this is not the priority spot... Yes, I saw some of that. I also note how just a few months ago Parks and SAPS were being praised for their effort.
babse Posted April 3, 2016 Posted April 3, 2016 Sanparks and the cops are like kids with attention deficit disorder. Two weeks is a long time for them. The priority spot is the Rhodes Memorial parking area if I look at where I encounter them (to check my permit). Their head office isn't called Mt Pleasant for nothing. The cops just stamp and sign certified copies at the Mowbray cop shop. They only come out if you burn a bus on their doorstep, and then just to melt their marsmallows (no arrests allowed for lack of evidence). I hardly ever find Parks rangers more than a few hundred metres from Rhodes Mem and I have never seen them on top of Plum Pudding or at the blockhouse, from where they can easily monitor the whole area. I have never seen a cop anywhere above Rhodes Mem. I have never seen any of then carry a pair of binoculars. I don't think even an electric bike will get their lazy asses up where they are needed Now I have to decide where to go for my Sunday morning ride, cheers (not so cheerily)! Edit: Previously their response was that we don't see them because they are hiding.....I now call bull**** on that one. Catch the baddies, then I'll believe that you were there! I received this exact same response after the previous incident at Plum Pudding, what a F'n joke Did these Power rangers forget to come outv hiding during yesterdays incident? Activity card permits for what?
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