Robbers on bikes

[Jcon123]

Last night about, 9.30pm I was accosted by 3 black men two on bikes and one on foot on Goodrich Road, passing the upland road junction. They were about to rob me, They pulled their hoods up, were signalling to each other, the guy on foot jumped on the front handlebar and was coming for my bag. I flagged down a car driving motorist who drove straight pass me and refused to stop and help. The robbers, were distracted and peddled away. It was a very near miss. Please be very careful.Anybody else have any similar experiences?

[Zig-Zag]

How frightening. Please report to police although they won't catch them, it does show how extensive crime is in our area

[singalto]

There is another thread on the EDF about muggers on the yellow hire bikes. I?m glad you are ok..

[Jcon123]

One of the men was on a normal road bike, the other chap was riding a yellow hire bike.

[Penguin68]

A driver might have worried that this could have been an attempt to car jack him/ her. Such are the suspicions we now live with.

[Houseoflego]

Do report it, its probably really hard to get the info but Ofo could provide the ID of the person on the hire bike.

[jimbo1964]

Are those Ofo bikes exclusively for the use of criminals?

[bcam]

Houseoflego Wrote:

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> Do report it, its probably really hard to get the

> info but Ofo could provide the ID of the person on

> the hire bike.

I doubt the bike was hired! As soon as the sensor is knocked off, they become "free" bikes for thieves.

[JohnL]

Children going down Rye lane - loads of yellow bikes yesterday

[monkeyspanner]

How old were they? I saw a group of three teens cruising around there looking suspicious in the afternoon a couple of months back. I couldn't describe them any more as was a while back and at the time wondered if reporting to 101 would be overreacting. They just looked as if not normal relaxed/dawdling teens but they were up to something if that makes sense.

[Jcon123]

The 3 men were between 18 - 23 years of age. Only one of them was on a beaten up hire yellow bike, the other had his own bike, the 3rd guy who joined them as they closed in on me was on foot but jumped onto and sat on the handlebars of the yellow hire bike to grab my bag so that all 3 men and could make a speedy getaway

[Sue]

I hope you aren't too shaken up.

I agree about the possible reason for the driver not stopping, but it would be nice to think s/he had called the police once out of view.

[Angelina]

It would, but the moment passes really quickly.

I would hope that a driver flagged down would think it was more likely a woman needing help than an organized car jack (which also des happen, but probably less likely?

[Dulwich Born And Bred]

Two abandoned yellow bikes on Frogley Road. Never seen them before today.

[uncleglen]

I wouldn't stop if someone flagged me down in the dark around here...I would pull up further on and call the cops....why put yourself in danger...too much has happened to myself and family members.

[Angelina]

Very sensible approach.

[JohnL]

Angelina Wrote:

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> It would, but the moment passes really quickly.

>

> I would hope that a driver flagged down would

> think it was more likely a woman needing help than

> an organized car jack (which also des happen, but

> probably less likely?

I stopped when a guy flagged me down about 10 years ago - It was 3:00 AM and he actually had agreed to meet his girlfriend 1/2 mile down the road and was late :) - I was new to London then and treated it like a village - I would be doubtful of stopping now (but maybe I would - I go on my own intuition)

[mrwb]

Just saw a guy chased on his bike and pushed off, bike stolen! On the corner of Lordship Lane and Evelyna road. Also 3 black youths. In broad daylight with people everywhere. Crazy. Lived in London since 93 and never seen anything like it. Lawless.

[ianr]

Thanks for the report. Do you mean Eynella Road, by the library?

How is the cyclist? And any details about where the pursuit began and ended, and in which direction they took off?

[mrwb]

Yes it started on Lordship lane, I saw them when coming out of Hanush and walked straight in to the situation. They chased him and pushed him off just past the Library. Guy was ok I think, called in to the police, he went off with the police when they arrived, probably to try and track them down. The youths went off down Woodwarde road with his bike after pushing him.

A shop owner also came along and mentioned they might have taken something from his shop on Lordship lane? first, not sure which one though.

[Dulwich Born And Bred]

How horrid. Small consolation but thankfully the cyclist wasn?t harmed though of course it must have been scary!

[birnehelene]

Hope the cyclist is ok. My partner saw several people being arrested in townley road and Woodwarde Road at 1pm today. So hopefully they got them all.

[KidKruger]

all crimes of intimidation of this kind should be punishable by imprisonment, first offence or no.

regardless of whether victim is injured. until the crime is over the victim doesn't know whether they will live or die, no-one should have to deal with that level of alarm for such pointless reason.

[Applespider]

Years ago, I had my handbag snatched. The police recommended screaming if you feel threatened before doing anything else like hailing people or going to doors. I did end up screaming during the attack at which multiple neighbours looked out to check all ok and called police. They all said they didn?t mind being disturbed in those circumstances. Either you scare them off, or you get police alerted faster. In my case, one guy leapt into his car and gave chase. As his wife said, not sure what he?d do if he caught him as only had his pants in 😝

[rendelharris]

Applespider Wrote:

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> Years ago, I had my handbag snatched. The police

> recommended screaming if you feel threatened

> before doing anything else like hailing people or

> going to doors. I did end up screaming during the

> attack at which multiple neighbours looked out to

> check all ok and called police. They all said they

> didn?t mind being disturbed in those

> circumstances. Either you scare them off, or you

> get police alerted faster. In my case, one guy

> leapt into his car and gave chase. As his wife

> said, not sure what he?d do if he caught him as

> only had his pants in 😝

When my sisters did self-defence classes, they were advised to scream "fire" if they were attacked as people were more likely to come out if there was a chance they or their property was in danger. Sad indictment of society if true, but it might well be...