Meezo Posted January 23, 2018 Posted January 23, 2018 damn, that's another +1 for flats...just some humor, chill okes
MSR Posted January 23, 2018 Posted January 23, 2018 This morning just before 6am I went for a ride on my trailbike. Plenty of traffic out and on a 'safe' route.Planning to ride from Somerset West on the R44 past Lord Charles, and then do a 20km return trip before work, just a quick spin.Around 300 or 400m up the road two guys are walking towards me - they've been walking down the road since I've started the climb, I took note, but nothing suspicious about them on first glance. Around 20m from them they go wide and one walks towards the yellow line, one towards the shoulder, meaning that I have to pass between them, since there's plenty of cars on the road, so I can't cut into the road. Small warning lights go on, but I dismiss it as being paranoid. As I ride between them, they both grab me. I almost break away and they become jittery and frantically grabbing at me and my bike. Smallish 20+ year old guy with dreadlocks and a bigger guy, short hair or shaven head probably around 1.8m wearing a dark hoodie (brown or green) with a massive logo on the front. I'm currently riding flats on my trailbike, and so when I pop off at least I'm not connected to the bike. They both grab at the bike and I get a hold of the rear wheel so we enter a tug of war. I realize after a second or two that there's no way these guys are just going to let go and so I do a quick check of their hands, and that's when I spot the saw in the one guy's hand. One of those pointy saws (lekker rusted) with the crooked handle used to do branch trimming. At that stage I decide that it is not worth it, so I let go of the bike and start running away from them. The guy with the saw actually starts chasing me with the saw down the road. I run in front of an oncoming car (the last one of the batch that crossed the green), so I'm pretty desperate.The gentleman stops and forms a barrier between myself and saw guy. But saw guy does not run away, he stands there looking at me. I ask the guy if I can get in his car and then saw guy starts walking away.At this stage I see the other guy is still up the road and now mounted my bike heading towards us (down the hill). I go on instinct and rugby tackle him. Note: I'm not a rugby player and tbh a guy on a bike carrying momentum gives you one helluva shot, but luckily take him down and quite hard on the road, and as he jumps up and tries to run, I get an ankle tap in for good measure. When he goes down again, I am considering a punch when I notice saw guy running towards us. I grab the bike, bars all skew from the fall and run up the road a couple of meters. The guy that I tackled luckily seemed rattled enough to stop the pursuit for the time being. He now joins saw guy a couple of meters down the road, and they just stand there nonchalantly waiting for the car to go before they come after me again. At this stage a bakkie comes up (AH building Supplies), the first vehicle over the new green light, and so I also stop him. After he stops they turn around and walk down the road (in no rush whatsoever).The bakkie gent (Gerrit) is nice enough to pop my bike in the canopy and give me a lift home. Flippen hell, what a morning! So blessed that only my knees are scraped from the tackle.Glad to hear you are safe. I rode down the same road this am at about 5:45 am and noticed 2 guys as I was coming down the R44. They looked very suspicious . I was late so was going at quite a high speed which I think may have been the reason why they did not try to stop me . I can't recall if the on had dread locks or not but I am almost sure it was the same guys. I use that road frequently to get to the start of most rides at the Lord Charles. Glad you ok. something needs to be done about this. Please report this to the Somerset West Police so they could petrol that area in future.
Gringo Posted January 23, 2018 Posted January 23, 2018 Also difficult swinging punches with cleats on the road! Sorry to hear about your incident. Pitty there wasn't more motorists around as I am a firm believer in mob justice...nothing that a good highding cant sort out.
Fox3 Posted January 23, 2018 Posted January 23, 2018 Jeez oke, this is really ***. How's the work day going? Happy to hear you avoided major harm.
Slowbee Posted January 23, 2018 Posted January 23, 2018 Yup, please report the incident to SAPS. Also I have been asked to get you to contact the SWNH, they want to know more details. As more and more people are fishing at the dam (more like pond) on the r44, the not so pleasant are also moving in and there are now people living under the bushed next to the dam. PLEASE NOX, report it
Beesrib Posted January 23, 2018 Posted January 23, 2018 jeez man that sucks. Glad you are ok. Well done for being mindful of what is happening and identifying the weapons.
Slowbee Posted January 23, 2018 Posted January 23, 2018 who was the guy with the saw? various people on the FB group have started talking about a guy with an orange saw hanging around the Lord Charles from Saturday morning already.
Skubarra Posted January 23, 2018 Posted January 23, 2018 What a story, well done nox! Glad you are ok and managed to get your bike back!
ABrooks Posted January 23, 2018 Posted January 23, 2018 Wow, good thinking on your part to worry about your own safety first. And here I thought riding to Somerset West from Stellenbosch was safe, will definitely be more vigilant when riding that road.
nox1111 Posted January 23, 2018 Author Posted January 23, 2018 who was the guy with the saw? various people on the FB group have started talking about a guy with an orange saw hanging around the Lord Charles from Saturday morning already.smaller guy had the saw - dreads. was a small pointed saw like you would use for trimming branches or smaller wooden projects. probably around a 20 - 25cm long blade with a wooden handle that could be perceived as orange I guess, but small enough to be easily concealed.
Slowbee Posted January 23, 2018 Posted January 23, 2018 call the number I sent to you on PM, they need that description. I'll bet you 6 of triggerfish's best they they are still in the neighbourhood! If I was not on school duty I would go look for them with the other team members.
Headshot Posted January 23, 2018 Posted January 23, 2018 smaller guy had the saw - dreads. was a small pointed saw like you would use for trimming branches or smaller wooden projects. probably around a 20 - 25cm long blade with a wooden handle that could be perceived as orange I guess, but small enough to be easily concealed.Glad you okay dude. Well done on thwarting the crime. I wonder what would have happened if SAPS had been called immediately? I have a folding saw just like that but with a plastic orange handle. Its my trail saw. Sounds like I should carry it as a weapon...
Halfdoesyn Posted January 23, 2018 Posted January 23, 2018 Yoh! What an ordeal. Glad you are ok and well done!
Lurch the stalker Posted January 23, 2018 Posted January 23, 2018 Glad you're ok.Good on you for fighting back. With all of the crazy stories coming out of the Western Cape lately, we're going to have to give up our title of Gangsters Paradise...
Pall Catt Posted January 23, 2018 Posted January 23, 2018 I always cycle with my pepper spray canister tucked into my cycling pants legs. Easy to get to in an emergency (even when on the bike) and it will give you just that bit extra time to be able to defend yourself when needed. no fumbling to pull it out of your shirt pocket. On this note, does anybody have any cool stories about defending themselves with pepper spray and dishing out some justice?
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