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We were in the rye during the middle of it. Helicopter circling overhead and a load of motorbikes whizzing right through middle of the rye (little path leading down from Japanese garden and round the nice bit with the flowers near the entrance...). Motorbikes then went right over big grassy bit and on towards Nunhead....

alice Wrote:

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> nothing gangster about these boys they are just

> having fun. it must be sooo exciting.



Didn't see the motorbikes - just the atmosphere on the street

late last night. Didn't the gangs always use push bikes :)

These sound like the same group of 30 to 40 Bike & Quad riders who surrounded me whilst driving down Lordship lane from Hornimans to the Barry road lights on Saturday at about 5pm. They were riding everywhere. On the pavements and on both sides of the road. Doing rear wheelies and revving like mad. It was pretty hairy being amongst them. At least half of them were wearing jackets with "Bike Life TV" on the back. I was so glad when they turned off into Barry Road.

Baggs Wrote:

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> https://instagram.com/p/7DQ51NIB6a/?taken-by=mr_la

> p_ryder

>

> Looks like this was some organised 'ride out'

> rather than anything sinister.


There's organised and theres organised :)


No harm done though it seems (except a bit of traffic disrupted)


The guys instagram is rather good.

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