Warning: Attempted bike hijacking

[André S]

This warning goes out to all my fellow mountain bikers in the Pretoria East region. I narrowly escaped an attempted bike hijacking on the corner of Atterbury Road and Ajax Avenue early this morning. I was riding in a south-eastern direction on the single track running parallel to Atterbury Road (left-hand side of road). Just as I passed 'EG Kerk Pretoria Oos' on my left-hand side there were 3 B/M (around 35-40 yrs old) standing suspicuously in the bushes (between the single track and Atterbury road). Refer to attached images (pindrop) for exact place the incident occured:

 

One B/M had a dropper (round bar/steel rod) which I, as I approached them, realised he will use to push inbetween my spokes as I ride past him (forcing me to stop). He failed as I kicked the bar out the way and luckily he did not get a good grip of my arm.

 

I still can't fathom how I got out of there but please be aware when riding in that area and try and stick to a group instead of riding alone as I did.

[Rich990]

Damn bud glad you got away without harm! That is not cool

[Lurch the stalker]

Glad to hear you got out without an issue.

Pity they also got out of the situation unscathed - would be nice if they could have joined those idiots in Giba Gorge...

[bertusras]

Not cool, very popular route amongst us in the east! Glad you got off unharmed and without loss!!

[Grease_Monkey]

Well done on the quick thinking. Glad to hear you are okay. Not so glad to hear the bastards that tried to jack you are still okay!

[EmptyB]

Well done for being so alert...glad you got out of there OK.

[Patchelicious]

Thank you for posting this!

 

Glad you are ok!

[Fox3]

Not cool! Glad you got away safely.

[nathrix]

Posted it on @mybicyclesafety to alert everyone. Glad you are okay and thanks for sharing.