Mugged on the bike

Clever Pun
Clever Pun Posts: 6,778
edited November 2009 in Commuting chat
No not me

My mate told me yesterday about his boss who was cycling along happily through Canning Town area, a motorcylce came up from behind and knocked him off, next thing he knows he's being punched and kicked and his wallet and bag are taken and they drive off, he didn't get the number plate or anything and the police have been informed however much that'll help

Be careful out there people
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  • gb155
    gb155 Posts: 2,048
    Clever Pun wrote:
    No not me

    My mate told me yesterday about his boss who was cycling along happily through Canning Town area, a motorcylce came up from behind and knocked him off, next thing he knows he's being punched and kicked and his wallet and bag are taken and they drive off, he didn't get the number plate or anything and the police have been informed however much that'll help

    Be careful out there people

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  • deptfordmarmoset
    deptfordmarmoset Posts: 3,118
    That, CP, is horrific! Sympathy to your mate.
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  • Agent57
    Agent57 Posts: 2,300
    A work colleague was cycling home along the Lancaster-Morecambe shared use path last year, when he got pushed off his bike by a passing ned or two, and punched. They tried to nick his bike, but he put up enough of a struggle that they gave up and legged it.
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  • itboffin
    itboffin Posts: 20,052
    Yep cycling around that part of London is not advisable, I lived there for a few years bars on the windows, burnt out cars etc etc etc

    Put it this way I never just popped into the local for a swift one.
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  • cjcp
    cjcp Posts: 13,345
    :shock:

    People like this should replace the mice in the labs.
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  • gabriel959
    gabriel959 Posts: 4,227
    that is awful!!! Never heard of that happening around Cambridge thanks goodness.
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  • Jehannum
    Jehannum Posts: 107
    People like this should replace the mice in the labs.

    They're probably not bright enough to pass the entry requirements.
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  • el_presidente
    el_presidente Posts: 1,963
    I've heard this before with EXACTLY the same modus operandi - possibly an urban myth??
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  • northstar
    northstar Posts: 407
    el_presidente wrote:
    I've heard this before with EXACTLY the same modus operandi - possibly an urban myth??

    Not if this is to be believed

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  • Gazzaputt
    Gazzaputt Posts: 3,227
    Bloody hell spent a long commuting through Canning Town. Went from the A13 flyover out to Woolwich Foot Tunnel.

    Is not the nicest place in the world by far.
  • Dudu
    Dudu Posts: 4,637
    Then there's this:

    Cyclist hurt in racist attack
    http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/surrey/8333628.stm

    Scary. A non-white female friend of mine cycles in that area.
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  • Clever Pun
    Clever Pun Posts: 6,778
    el_presidente wrote:
    I've heard this before with EXACTLY the same modus operandi - possibly an urban myth??

    it was my friends boss... only 1 degree of separation.
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  • el_presidente
    el_presidente Posts: 1,963
    OK , sounds like it's for real. Stay safe out there dudes
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  • Headhuunter
    Headhuunter Posts: 6,494
    northstar wrote:
    el_presidente wrote:
    I've heard this before with EXACTLY the same modus operandi - possibly an urban myth??

    Not if this is to be believed

    http://www.londonfgss.com/thread32172.html

    Yeah I've heard of people being mugged for their bikes before. A friend of a friend and her boyfriend were both knocked off their bikes and both bikes nicked somewhere up in Islington area a couple of years ago. I think the usual way this is accomplished is by walking out in front of the cyclist(s) from the pavement/between traffic, cyclist slows or stops and others come up from behind, knock the cyclist over and steal bike.

    Same thing happened to a guy I know in my running club who had a Brompton, someone/couple of people walked out in road ahead, he slowed, then felt someone grab his bike from behind.

    I suppose this is 1 benefit to riding along main roads, it's more likely to happen along quieter residential/side roads where people can get in front of you.
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  • Vivid
    Vivid Posts: 267
    el_presidente wrote:
    I've heard this before with EXACTLY the same modus operandi - possibly an urban myth??

    Why do you think it is uncommon that two out of 61 million people have been pushed off there bike and mugged?
  • lost_in_thought
    lost_in_thought Posts: 10,563
    Yeah, there was something in the news a couple of years ago about the same thing happening, I seem to recall a messenger bag was taken from someone as they cycled along by a moped passenger or something, leaving the cyclist in a heap on the road, as you'd expect.

    Not much you can do to prepare yourself for that sort of thing, really.
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  • Gussio
    Gussio Posts: 2,452
    Happened to a friend of mine while she was cycling on the Regent's towpath near Islington a couple of years ago. No motorbike involved, but two guys knocked her off her bike, stamped on her knee and stole her paniers. Sadly her wedding ring was inside one of them. It is all horrible stuff.
  • ride_whenever
    ride_whenever Posts: 13,279
    lost_in_thought wrote:
    Yeah, there was something in the news a couple of years ago about the same thing happening, I seem to recall a messenger bag was taken from someone as they cycled along by a moped passenger or something, leaving the cyclist in a heap on the road, as you'd expect.

    Not much you can do to prepare yourself for that sort of thing, really.

    Bag with a chest strap, at least then it doesn't come off you maybe?
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  • Oddjob62
    Oddjob62 Posts: 1,056
    Never fear... London has a new helmetted crusader.

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  • northstar
    northstar Posts: 407
    In the daily mail no less.
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  • hisoka
    hisoka Posts: 541
    To the OP, I am sorry to hear about your mate there. That is bad news and bad days.
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