Possible stolen ebike?

[Tutu Mntambo]

you make a good point that this man is not riding his bike- he may have bought a stolen bike and may not be the thief. you brought up race though (not sure if you were the first) which isn't or should not be relevant. it is more a socio economic thing surely- i am so fed up with debates in SA being around race or skin colour and this is driven by anc politics etc- it is divisive and can have no positive outcome. 

Yeah I brought it up for context, not as a basis for my argument, simply for others to see that bike theft affects bikers as bikers and not bikers of a certain skin tone. Merely just sharing a perspective that I don't see much of on the hub, it would have been easy for me to say 'leave the man alone' or 'agh you people are all the same, can't see a black man with something nice and not question how he acquired it' but I engaged as a biker with a different perspective of life in South Africa, not as a black South African. We all have to do what we can to remain safe and if you have to opt for your older 90's looking model for you to enjoy cycling to work and back more safely then be open to that because we are not living in a time where ignorance or naivety towards the current state of affairs goes unpunished, better safe than sorry.

 

As for debates about race & their connection to politics I'd rather not even touch that subject here, it's not worth getting into over a keyboard and a bowl of oats.