I think you're right Deekay, stick together, remain unpredictable and try avoid obvious problem areas.
Scary stuff nonetheless Sent via my BlackBerry from Vodacom - let your email find you! -----Original Message----- From: "Donald Klopper" <[email protected]> Date: Wed, 9 Sep 2009 10:15:35 To: <[email protected]> Subject: [DarknDirty] Re: Fwd: FW: Down and Dirty Mountain Bike Race We've had this discussion a number of times about how "safe" Thursday night rides are. Our track record is wonderful (a single incident 4 years ago where no-one lost anything except a bit of sense of humour), but we sometimes do ride in smaller groups, which isn't that clever. Our rides are not very predictable, and the criminals don't expect us there at night... (the incident we had was on a tarred road, where they were waiting for cars, we have to assume, and also, I had a flat a little up the road, they could organise and wait for us while the flat was being fixed... we were very visible from afar). If there's a typical route where lots of cyclists pass through, they just wait for an easy target. That's why we HAVE TO stay together, be aware, and be a reasonably large group. Any opinions ppl? DeeKay From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Brendon & Michelle Hutchinson Sent: Wednesday, September 09, 2009 10:10 To: Dark and Dirty Subject: [DarknDirty] Re: Fwd: FW: Down and Dirty Mountain Bike Race This is really really bad. And what scares me is that we ride through some of these areas. Do you think we are at risk on Thursday night rides or do you think we have sufficient numbers? Sent via my BlackBerry from Vodacom - let your email find you! ________________________________ From: Hardy Date: Wed, 9 Sep 2009 09:49:02 +0200 To: PEAK mailing list<[email protected]> Subject: [DarknDirty] Fwd: FW: Down and Dirty Mountain Bike Race Vier bergfietsryers is in twee afsonderlike voorvalle voor en tydens n wedren in Centurion by Pretoria van hul fietse beroof. Mnr. Fritz Pienaar, organiseerder van die Nissan Down and Dirty-bergfietswedren wat Saterdagoggend in Irene, Centurion, plaasgevind het, het ges di twee voorvalle het sowat 6?km uit mekaar plaasgevind. Di wedren is in beboste dele van Irene gehou. Pienaar het ges hulle het probeer om gevaarlike dele uit te skakel en gehoop die groot getal deelnemers sowat 2?000 skrik misdadigers af. Volgens Pienaar het twee vriende vroeg die oggend, voordat die wedren begin het, op hul eie naby die wedrenroete gery. Drie mans met onderskeidelik n panga, n mes en n gebreekte bottel het uit die bosse gespring en die mans gedwing om hul fietse te oorhandig, het hy ges. Die slagoffers het ons toe by n waterpunt gewaarsku daar is mense wat fietsryers beroof. n Paar uur later is n man en n vrou, die agterste twee ryers in die 30?km-wedren, beroof. Twee mans het onderskeidelik met n mes en n koevoet uit die bosse gespring en hulle gedwing om die fietse vir hulle te gee. Di voorval het gebeur in die tyd wat die bestuurders van die voertuig wat agter die agterste deelnemers gery het, omgeruil het. Dit was sowat 6?km van die eindpunt af. Kapt. Colette Weilbach, polisiewoordvoerder, het ges die moontlikheid word ondersoek dat dieselfde groep misdadigers vir albei voorvalle verantwoordelik is. Pienaar het ges dit is die eerste keer waarvan hy bewus is dat fietsryers tydens n wedren beroof word. Volgens Pienaar was daar die afgelope maand verskeie voorvalle in Irene waar fietsryers f aangeval f beroof is. Verskeie fietsryers het in Januarie vanjaar ook onder misdadigers deurgeloop. Mev. Mathilda Barnard (39) is op 7 Januarie bebloed en bewusteloos in n veld in di omgewing langs haar fiets gekry nadat sy in die nek gesteek is. Nog minstens drie ryers is in die maand n di voorval op dieselfde roete langs die N1-hoofweg naby die Bothalaan-afrit aangeval en beroof. - Beeld </html ********************************************************************** This email and all content are subject to the following disclaimer: http://content.momentum.co.za/content/legal/disclaimer_email.htm ********************************************************************** --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "DarkAndDirty" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/darkanddirty?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
