[Band of brothers? "The whole frightening series of events was over in
under two minutes and around 30 seconds later another cyclist passed, but
did not stop when Christian explained he had been mugged.]

Cyclist warns of yet another terrifying knifepoint bikejacking

The road.cc reader was rammed from his bike as he cycled home from work
before being surrounded by three masked attackers who pulled out a knife

A cyclist has recalled a shocking bikejacking which saw him knocked from
his bicycle by masked men and threatened with a knife during an attack on
his ride home from work through an East London park last week.

road.cc reader Christian Blunden was commuting on his regular route from
his workplace at Tower Bridge's Shad Thames street to Walthamstow, a path
he has plotted "a couple of thousand times" over the years, and passed
through Millfields Park to access the River Lea towpath, just across the
water from Hackney Marshes.

Riding through at around 7pm last Wednesday (8 February), the first part of
the park was dark thanks to the poor lighting and limited British winter
daylight hours, but there were plenty of people out running or walking
their dogs.

Christian recalled passing "three guys" walking their bikes through but
"didn't think anything of it" and eased up to around 20mph as the lighting
in the second half of the park improved and the number of pedestrians
reduced towards the towpath.

"As I approached the sharp turn left to the towpath that takes you under
the Lea Bridge Road, I had the sensation of someone rapidly approaching
behind me, easily doing 30mph," he told us.

"I remember thinking, 'this guy is an idiot trying to overtake me, he is
not going to pull up in time' to make the sharp turn. Then next thing I
know he is almost ramming me and shoves me to the point of losing control
of the bike, I fly over the handle bars onto the path."

Having picked himself up from the shock of the fall, Christian suddenly
realised the man behind, who had been riding an unrestricted e-bike, was
trying to pull his Orbea away too.

"He was wearing all black with a dark beanie pulled down to eye level and
also a dark face mask pulled up to his eyes," Christian explained. "There
was nothing I could see of him except his eyes.

"I started yelling at him 'what the f*** mate.. what are you doing?' and he
was yelling back at me 'give me your f****** bike, walk away'.

"I then for some reason, I wasn't really thinking about what I was doing it
was just instinctual, I picked up my bike and started swinging it around at
him like a weapon. He was yelling at his two mates who had circled round
behind me to grab the bike.

"I was surrounded and I think one of them was trying to push me round using
my backpack but that was made difficult because I was swinging my bike
around. It was then the main guy, the one who pushed me over initially, who
reached into his jacket and pulled out a knife.

"As soon as he pulled it out it was the only thing I could see and I knew
it was over so I backed away and they let me go. Meanwhile they had taken
my bike and were already on the towpath escaping."

The whole frightening series of events was over in under two minutes and
around 30 seconds later another cyclist passed, but did not stop when
Christian explained he had been mugged.

"I noticed that I was cut pretty badly on my right arm and was covered in
blood," Christian continued. "A runner came up to me and asked if I was
okay and I told him I was just mugged for my bike. We both called 999 and
the police were there within 15 minutes.

"The police officers were very nice and apologetic, but they did say it was
happening a lot at the moment along the towpath area. They did a quick
assessment on my arm and said I would need stitches so they took me to
Homerton Hospital where they left me."

Christian is still yet to receive a crime reference number for the
bikejacking despite multiple attempts to contact the police and was left in
no doubt he was targeted for his bike as the offenders did not take his
phone or laptop.

"The only thing that was taken was my bike which was a 2021 Orbea Gain
D30," he explained. "It had some some custom upgrades like carbon rims and
SRAM Red crankset but they did not take anything else like my phone or my
backpack, which had a MacBook Pro inside."

Unfortunately, Christian's experience is nothing new, with criminals in
London regularly targeting cyclists for their bikes, attracted by the
high-value kit and what Cycling UK's Duncan Dollimore suggested might be a
perception of it being a "low-risk crime" if the "numbers of people being
caught are so low".

Last year we reported on a spate of bikejackings across the English
capital, but mainly in the south of the city, often involving youths on
mopeds threatening lone riders.

"They said give us the bike or we stab you": Another cyclist targeted by
motorbike-riding muggers on popular route out of London

In July, the situation was even so grim that British Cycling's policy
manager Nick Chamberlain urged riders and clubs to "think carefully about
the rides they have planned" and be careful when uploading rides to Strava
or other ride-sharing platforms potentially easily accessible to criminals.

In October 2021, professional rider Alexandar Richardson — formerly a
teammate of Mathieu van der Poel at the team then known as Alpecin Fenix
and third at last year's national road race championships — was robbed of
his bike by a machete-wielding gang in south-west London's Richmond Park.

Richardson was knocked off his bike and dragged for 100 metres by muggers
on motorbikes who then pulled out a 15-inch machete and took his team-issue
Canyon Aeroad.

<road.cc>

--
Spike

On 16/02/2023 01:18 pm, Spike wrote:
>
> [Band of brothers? "The whole frightening series of events was over in
> under two minutes and around 30 seconds later another cyclist passed, but
> did not stop when Christian explained he had been mugged.]
>
> Cyclist warns of yet another terrifying knifepoint bikejacking
>
> The road.cc reader was rammed from his bike as he cycled home from work
> before being surrounded by three masked attackers who pulled out a knife
>
> A cyclist has recalled a shocking bikejacking which saw him knocked from
> his bicycle by masked men and threatened with a knife during an attack on
> his ride home from work through an East London park last week.
>
> road.cc reader Christian Blunden was commuting on his regular route from
> his workplace at Tower Bridge's Shad Thames street to Walthamstow, a path
> he has plotted "a couple of thousand times" over the years, and passed
> through Millfields Park to access the River Lea towpath, just across the
> water from Hackney Marshes.
>
> Riding through at around 7pm last Wednesday (8 February), the first part of
> the park was dark thanks to the poor lighting and limited British winter
> daylight hours, but there were plenty of people out running or walking
> their dogs.
>
> Christian recalled passing "three guys" walking their bikes through but
> "didn't think anything of it" and eased up to around 20mph as the lighting
> in the second half of the park improved and the number of pedestrians
> reduced towards the towpath.
>
> "As I approached the sharp turn left to the towpath that takes you under
> the Lea Bridge Road, I had the sensation of someone rapidly approaching
> behind me, easily doing 30mph," he told us.
>
> "I remember thinking, 'this guy is an idiot trying to overtake me, he is
> not going to pull up in time' to make the sharp turn. Then next thing I
> know he is almost ramming me and shoves me to the point of losing control
> of the bike, I fly over the handle bars onto the path."
>
> Having picked himself up from the shock of the fall, Christian suddenly
> realised the man behind, who had been riding an unrestricted e-bike, was
> trying to pull his Orbea away too.
>
> "He was wearing all black with a dark beanie pulled down to eye level and
> also a dark face mask pulled up to his eyes," Christian explained. "There
> was nothing I could see of him except his eyes.
>
> "I started yelling at him 'what the f*** mate.. what are you doing?' and he
> was yelling back at me 'give me your f****** bike, walk away'.
>
> "I then for some reason, I wasn't really thinking about what I was doing it
> was just instinctual, I picked up my bike and started swinging it around at
> him like a weapon. He was yelling at his two mates who had circled round
> behind me to grab the bike.
>
> "I was surrounded and I think one of them was trying to push me round using
> my backpack but that was made difficult because I was swinging my bike
> around. It was then the main guy, the one who pushed me over initially, who
> reached into his jacket and pulled out a knife.
>
> "As soon as he pulled it out it was the only thing I could see and I knew
> it was over so I backed away and they let me go. Meanwhile they had taken
> my bike and were already on the towpath escaping."
>
> The whole frightening series of events was over in under two minutes and
> around 30 seconds later another cyclist passed, but did not stop when
> Christian explained he had been mugged.
>
> "I noticed that I was cut pretty badly on my right arm and was covered in
> blood," Christian continued. "A runner came up to me and asked if I was
> okay and I told him I was just mugged for my bike. We both called 999 and
> the police were there within 15 minutes.
>
> "The police officers were very nice and apologetic, but they did say it was
> happening a lot at the moment along the towpath area. They did a quick
> assessment on my arm and said I would need stitches so they took me to
> Homerton Hospital where they left me."
>
> Christian is still yet to receive a crime reference number for the
> bikejacking despite multiple attempts to contact the police and was left in
> no doubt he was targeted for his bike as the offenders did not take his
> phone or laptop.
>
> "The only thing that was taken was my bike which was a 2021 Orbea Gain
> D30," he explained. "It had some some custom upgrades like carbon rims and
> SRAM Red crankset but they did not take anything else like my phone or my
> backpack, which had a MacBook Pro inside."
>
> Unfortunately, Christian's experience is nothing new, with criminals in
> London regularly targeting cyclists for their bikes, attracted by the
> high-value kit and what Cycling UK's Duncan Dollimore suggested might be a
> perception of it being a "low-risk crime" if the "numbers of people being
> caught are so low".
>
> Last year we reported on a spate of bikejackings across the English
> capital, but mainly in the south of the city, often involving youths on
> mopeds threatening lone riders.
>
> "They said give us the bike or we stab you": Another cyclist targeted by
> motorbike-riding muggers on popular route out of London
>
> In July, the situation was even so grim that British Cycling's policy
> manager Nick Chamberlain urged riders and clubs to "think carefully about
> the rides they have planned" and be careful when uploading rides to Strava
> or other ride-sharing platforms potentially easily accessible to criminals.
>
> In October 2021, professional rider Alexandar Richardson — formerly a
> teammate of Mathieu van der Poel at the team then known as Alpecin Fenix
> and third at last year's national road race championships — was robbed of
> his bike by a machete-wielding gang in south-west London's Richmond Park.
>
> Richardson was knocked off his bike and dragged for 100 metres by muggers
> on motorbikes who then pulled out a 15-inch machete and took his team-issue
> Canyon Aeroad.
>
> <road.cc>

Precis:

Fairy-cyclist robbed of his fairy-cycle by other fairy-cyclists (so that
they can sell on the stolen fairy-cycle or its parts to other
fairy-cyclists).

If only fairy-cyclists weren't so keen to take advantage when offered
obvious stolen goods by some fairy-cyclist down the pub, eh?

JNugent <jenningsandco@mail.com> wrote:
> On 16/02/2023 01:18 pm, Spike wrote:
>>
>> [Band of brothers? "The whole frightening series of events was over in
>> under two minutes and around 30 seconds later another cyclist passed, but
>> did not stop when Christian explained he had been mugged.]
>>
>> Cyclist warns of yet another terrifying knifepoint bikejacking
>>
>> The road.cc reader was rammed from his bike as he cycled home from work
>> before being surrounded by three masked attackers who pulled out a knife
>>
>> A cyclist has recalled a shocking bikejacking which saw him knocked from
>> his bicycle by masked men and threatened with a knife during an attack on
>> his ride home from work through an East London park last week.
>>
>> road.cc reader Christian Blunden was commuting on his regular route from
>> his workplace at Tower Bridge's Shad Thames street to Walthamstow, a path
>> he has plotted "a couple of thousand times" over the years, and passed
>> through Millfields Park to access the River Lea towpath, just across the
>> water from Hackney Marshes.
>>
>> Riding through at around 7pm last Wednesday (8 February), the first part of
>> the park was dark thanks to the poor lighting and limited British winter
>> daylight hours, but there were plenty of people out running or walking
>> their dogs.
>>
>> Christian recalled passing "three guys" walking their bikes through but
>> "didn't think anything of it" and eased up to around 20mph as the lighting
>> in the second half of the park improved and the number of pedestrians
>> reduced towards the towpath.
>>
>> "As I approached the sharp turn left to the towpath that takes you under
>> the Lea Bridge Road, I had the sensation of someone rapidly approaching
>> behind me, easily doing 30mph," he told us.
>>
>> "I remember thinking, 'this guy is an idiot trying to overtake me, he is
>> not going to pull up in time' to make the sharp turn. Then next thing I
>> know he is almost ramming me and shoves me to the point of losing control
>> of the bike, I fly over the handle bars onto the path."
>>
>> Having picked himself up from the shock of the fall, Christian suddenly
>> realised the man behind, who had been riding an unrestricted e-bike, was
>> trying to pull his Orbea away too.
>>
>> "He was wearing all black with a dark beanie pulled down to eye level and
>> also a dark face mask pulled up to his eyes," Christian explained. "There
>> was nothing I could see of him except his eyes.
>>
>> "I started yelling at him 'what the f*** mate.. what are you doing?' and he
>> was yelling back at me 'give me your f****** bike, walk away'.
>>
>> "I then for some reason, I wasn't really thinking about what I was doing it
>> was just instinctual, I picked up my bike and started swinging it around at
>> him like a weapon. He was yelling at his two mates who had circled round
>> behind me to grab the bike.
>>
>> "I was surrounded and I think one of them was trying to push me round using
>> my backpack but that was made difficult because I was swinging my bike
>> around. It was then the main guy, the one who pushed me over initially, who
>> reached into his jacket and pulled out a knife.
>>
>> "As soon as he pulled it out it was the only thing I could see and I knew
>> it was over so I backed away and they let me go. Meanwhile they had taken
>> my bike and were already on the towpath escaping."
>>
>> The whole frightening series of events was over in under two minutes and
>> around 30 seconds later another cyclist passed, but did not stop when
>> Christian explained he had been mugged.
>>
>> "I noticed that I was cut pretty badly on my right arm and was covered in
>> blood," Christian continued. "A runner came up to me and asked if I was
>> okay and I told him I was just mugged for my bike. We both called 999 and
>> the police were there within 15 minutes.
>>
>> "The police officers were very nice and apologetic, but they did say it was
>> happening a lot at the moment along the towpath area. They did a quick
>> assessment on my arm and said I would need stitches so they took me to
>> Homerton Hospital where they left me."
>>
>> Christian is still yet to receive a crime reference number for the
>> bikejacking despite multiple attempts to contact the police and was left in
>> no doubt he was targeted for his bike as the offenders did not take his
>> phone or laptop.
>>
>> "The only thing that was taken was my bike which was a 2021 Orbea Gain
>> D30," he explained. "It had some some custom upgrades like carbon rims and
>> SRAM Red crankset but they did not take anything else like my phone or my
>> backpack, which had a MacBook Pro inside."
>>
>> Unfortunately, Christian's experience is nothing new, with criminals in
>> London regularly targeting cyclists for their bikes, attracted by the
>> high-value kit and what Cycling UK's Duncan Dollimore suggested might be a
>> perception of it being a "low-risk crime" if the "numbers of people being
>> caught are so low".
>>
>> Last year we reported on a spate of bikejackings across the English
>> capital, but mainly in the south of the city, often involving youths on
>> mopeds threatening lone riders.
>>
>> "They said give us the bike or we stab you": Another cyclist targeted by
>> motorbike-riding muggers on popular route out of London
>>
>> In July, the situation was even so grim that British Cycling's policy
>> manager Nick Chamberlain urged riders and clubs to "think carefully about
>> the rides they have planned" and be careful when uploading rides to Strava
>> or other ride-sharing platforms potentially easily accessible to criminals.
>>
>> In October 2021, professional rider Alexandar Richardson — formerly a
>> teammate of Mathieu van der Poel at the team then known as Alpecin Fenix
>> and third at last year's national road race championships — was robbed of
>> his bike by a machete-wielding gang in south-west London's Richmond Park.
>>
>> Richardson was knocked off his bike and dragged for 100 metres by muggers
>> on motorbikes who then pulled out a 15-inch machete and took his team-issue
>> Canyon Aeroad.
>>
>> <road.cc>
>
> Precis:
>
> Fairy-cyclist robbed of his fairy-cycle by other fairy-cyclists (so that
> they can sell on the stolen fairy-cycle or its parts to other
> fairy-cyclists).
>
> If only fairy-cyclists weren't so keen to take advantage when offered
> obvious stolen goods by some fairy-cyclist down the pub, eh?

Quite.

In Amsterdam there’s a €250 fine and a criminal record for being in
possession of a stolen bicycle. And the police there do check up.

--
Spike

JNugent <jenningsandco@mail.com> wrote:
> On 16/02/2023 01:18 pm, Spike wrote:

>> Richardson was knocked off his bike and dragged for 100 metres by muggers
>> on motorbikes who then pulled out a 15-inch machete and took his team-issue
>> Canyon Aeroad.

>> <road.cc>

> Precis:

> Fairy-cyclist robbed of his fairy-cycle by other fairy-cyclists (so that
> they can sell on the stolen fairy-cycle or its parts to other
> fairy-cyclists).

> If only fairy-cyclists weren't so keen to take advantage when offered
> obvious stolen goods by some fairy-cyclist down the pub, eh?

That’s five grand’s worth of bicycle. Makes one wonder why such a machine
is necessary for a journey like that. The style, the name blazoned all over
the down tube, riding in the gloom in a rough part of the city, with few
people about, one has to question how much thought the guy had put in to
the issues raised by the circumstances.

I hope it was insured, and the insurance company asks him some sharp
questions about the incident.

--
Spike

On 16/02/2023 04:11 pm, Spike wrote:

> JNugent <jenningsandco@mail.com> wrote:
>> On 16/02/2023 01:18 pm, Spike wrote:

>>> Richardson was knocked off his bike and dragged for 100 metres by muggers
>>> on motorbikes who then pulled out a 15-inch machete and took his team-issue
>>> Canyon Aeroad.
>>> <road.cc>

>> Precis:
>> Fairy-cyclist robbed of his fairy-cycle by other fairy-cyclists (so that
>> they can sell on the stolen fairy-cycle or its parts to other
>> fairy-cyclists).
>> If only fairy-cyclists weren't so keen to take advantage when offered
>> obvious stolen goods by some fairy-cyclist down the pub, eh?

> That’s five grand’s worth of bicycle. Makes one wonder why such a machine
> is necessary for a journey like that. The style, the name blazoned all over
> the down tube, riding in the gloom in a rough part of the city, with few
> people about, one has to question how much thought the guy had put in to
> the issues raised by the circumstances.
>
> I hope it was insured, and the insurance company asks him some sharp
> questions about the incident.

Well, you see... we have so often been assured here that fairy-cyclists
are all Richer Than [Us].

It's a bit of that ... you know... conspicrulous consummation, innit,
guv? :-)

JNugent <jenningsandco@mail.com> wrote:
> On 16/02/2023 04:11 pm, Spike wrote:
>
>> JNugent <jenningsandco@mail.com> wrote:
>>> On 16/02/2023 01:18 pm, Spike wrote:
>
>>>> Richardson was knocked off his bike and dragged for 100 metres by muggers
>>>> on motorbikes who then pulled out a 15-inch machete and took his team-issue
>>>> Canyon Aeroad.
>>>> <road.cc>
>
>>> Precis:
>>> Fairy-cyclist robbed of his fairy-cycle by other fairy-cyclists (so that
>>> they can sell on the stolen fairy-cycle or its parts to other
>>> fairy-cyclists).
>>> If only fairy-cyclists weren't so keen to take advantage when offered
>>> obvious stolen goods by some fairy-cyclist down the pub, eh?
>
>> That’s five grand’s worth of bicycle. Makes one wonder why such a machine
>> is necessary for a journey like that. The style, the name blazoned all over
>> the down tube, riding in the gloom in a rough part of the city, with few
>> people about, one has to question how much thought the guy had put in to
>> the issues raised by the circumstances.
>>
>> I hope it was insured, and the insurance company asks him some sharp
>> questions about the incident.

> Well, you see... we have so often been assured here that fairy-cyclists
> are all Richer Than [Us].

> It's a bit of that ... you know... conspicrulous consummation, innit,
> guv? :-)

Innit just!

--
Spike

On 17/02/23 05:11, Spike wrote:
> JNugent <jenningsandco@mail.com> wrote:
>> On 16/02/2023 01:18 pm, Spike wrote:
>
>>> Richardson was knocked off his bike and dragged for 100 metres by muggers
>>> on motorbikes who then pulled out a 15-inch machete and took his team-issue
>>> Canyon Aeroad.
>
>>> <road.cc>
>
>> Precis:
>
>> Fairy-cyclist robbed of his fairy-cycle by other fairy-cyclists (so that
>> they can sell on the stolen fairy-cycle or its parts to other
>> fairy-cyclists).
>
>> If only fairy-cyclists weren't so keen to take advantage when offered
>> obvious stolen goods by some fairy-cyclist down the pub, eh?
>
> That’s five grand’s worth of bicycle. Makes one wonder why such a machine
> is necessary for a journey like that. The style, the name blazoned all over
> the down tube, riding in the gloom in a rough part of the city, with few
> people about, one has to question how much thought the guy had put in to
> the issues raised by the circumstances.
>
> I hope it was insured, and the insurance company asks him some sharp
> questions about the incident.
>
>
My bike cost £250.
New.
Non-electric.
Not stolen or mugged for.
(yet).

On 17/02/23 06:58, JNugent wrote:
> On 16/02/2023 04:11 pm, Spike wrote:
>
>> JNugent <jenningsandco@mail.com> wrote:
>>> On 16/02/2023 01:18 pm, Spike wrote:
>
>>>> Richardson was knocked off his bike and dragged for 100 metres by
>>>> muggers
>>>> on motorbikes who then pulled out a 15-inch machete and took his
>>>> team-issue
>>>> Canyon Aeroad.
>>>> <road.cc>
>
>>> Precis:
>>> Fairy-cyclist robbed of his fairy-cycle by other fairy-cyclists (so that
>>> they can sell on the stolen fairy-cycle or its parts to other
>>> fairy-cyclists).
>>> If only fairy-cyclists weren't so keen to take advantage when offered
>>> obvious stolen goods by some fairy-cyclist down the pub, eh?
>
>> That’s five grand’s worth of bicycle. Makes one wonder why such a machine
>> is necessary for a journey like that. The style, the name blazoned all
>> over
>> the down tube, riding in the gloom in a rough part of the city, with few
>> people about, one has to question how much thought the guy had put in to
>> the issues raised by the circumstances.
>>
>> I hope it was insured, and the insurance company asks him some sharp
>> questions about the incident.
>
> Well, you see... we have so often been assured here that fairy-cyclists
> are all Richer Than [Us].
>
> It's a bit of that ... you know... conspicrulous consummation, innit,
> guv? :-)
>
Yeah, right.

On 17/02/2023 08:10 am, Peter Keller wrote:
> On 17/02/23 05:11, Spike wrote:
>> JNugent <jenningsandco@mail.com> wrote:
>>> On 16/02/2023 01:18 pm, Spike wrote:
>>
>>>> Richardson was knocked off his bike and dragged for 100 metres by
>>>> muggers
>>>> on motorbikes who then pulled out a 15-inch machete and took his
>>>> team-issue
>>>> Canyon Aeroad.
>>
>>>> <road.cc>
>>
>>> Precis:
>>
>>> Fairy-cyclist robbed of his fairy-cycle by other fairy-cyclists (so that
>>> they can sell on the stolen fairy-cycle or its parts to other
>>> fairy-cyclists).
>>
>>> If only fairy-cyclists weren't so keen to take advantage when offered
>>> obvious stolen goods by some fairy-cyclist down the pub, eh?
>>
>> That’s five grand’s worth of bicycle. Makes one wonder why such a machine
>> is necessary for a journey like that. The style, the name blazoned all
>> over
>> the down tube, riding in the gloom in a rough part of the city, with few
>> people about, one has to question how much thought the guy had put in to
>> the issues raised by the circumstances.
>>
>> I hope it was insured, and the insurance company asks him some sharp
>> questions about the incident.
>>
>>
> My bike cost £250.
> New.
> Non-electric.
> Not stolen or mugged for.
> (yet).

But you don't live in London!

On 18/02/23 01:07, JNugent wrote:
> On 17/02/2023 08:10 am, Peter Keller wrote:
>> On 17/02/23 05:11, Spike wrote:
>>> JNugent <jenningsandco@mail.com> wrote:
>>>> On 16/02/2023 01:18 pm, Spike wrote:
>>>
>>>>> Richardson was knocked off his bike and dragged for 100 metres by
>>>>> muggers
>>>>> on motorbikes who then pulled out a 15-inch machete and took his
>>>>> team-issue
>>>>> Canyon Aeroad.
>>>
>>>>> <road.cc>
>>>
>>>> Precis:
>>>
>>>> Fairy-cyclist robbed of his fairy-cycle by other fairy-cyclists (so
>>>> that
>>>> they can sell on the stolen fairy-cycle or its parts to other
>>>> fairy-cyclists).
>>>
>>>> If only fairy-cyclists weren't so keen to take advantage when offered
>>>> obvious stolen goods by some fairy-cyclist down the pub, eh?
>>>
>>> That’s five grand’s worth of bicycle. Makes one wonder why such a
>>> machine
>>> is necessary for a journey like that. The style, the name blazoned
>>> all over
>>> the down tube, riding in the gloom in a rough part of the city, with few
>>> people about, one has to question how much thought the guy had put in to
>>> the issues raised by the circumstances.
>>>
>>> I hope it was insured, and the insurance company asks him some sharp
>>> questions about the incident.
>>>
>>>
>> My bike cost £250.
>> New.
>> Non-electric.
>> Not stolen or mugged for.
>> (yet).
>
> But you don't live in London!

True -
But I thought London is the Glorious Centre of the Empire! All good
things come out of London!

On 18/02/2023 07:48 am, Peter Keller wrote:
> On 18/02/23 01:07, JNugent wrote:
>> On 17/02/2023 08:10 am, Peter Keller wrote:
>>> On 17/02/23 05:11, Spike wrote:
>>>> JNugent <jenningsandco@mail.com> wrote:
>>>>> On 16/02/2023 01:18 pm, Spike wrote:
>>>>
>>>>>> Richardson was knocked off his bike and dragged for 100 metres by
>>>>>> muggers
>>>>>> on motorbikes who then pulled out a 15-inch machete and took his
>>>>>> team-issue
>>>>>> Canyon Aeroad.
>>>>
>>>>>> <road.cc>
>>>>
>>>>> Precis:
>>>>
>>>>> Fairy-cyclist robbed of his fairy-cycle by other fairy-cyclists (so
>>>>> that
>>>>> they can sell on the stolen fairy-cycle or its parts to other
>>>>> fairy-cyclists).
>>>>
>>>>> If only fairy-cyclists weren't so keen to take advantage when offered
>>>>> obvious stolen goods by some fairy-cyclist down the pub, eh?
>>>>
>>>> That’s five grand’s worth of bicycle. Makes one wonder why such a
>>>> machine
>>>> is necessary for a journey like that. The style, the name blazoned
>>>> all over
>>>> the down tube, riding in the gloom in a rough part of the city, with
>>>> few
>>>> people about, one has to question how much thought the guy had put
>>>> in to
>>>> the issues raised by the circumstances.
>>>>
>>>> I hope it was insured, and the insurance company asks him some sharp
>>>> questions about the incident.
>>>>
>>>>
>>> My bike cost £250.
>>> New.
>>> Non-electric.
>>> Not stolen or mugged for.
>>> (yet).
>>
>> But you don't live in London!
>
> True -
> But I thought London is the Glorious Centre of the Empire! All good
> things come out of London!

They USED to.

But that was then. And this is now.