Anyone from here?

A cyclist was hit over the head by two men armed with table legs, police have revealed.

The 42-year-old was riding along Dale Road, Rawmarsh, Rotherham, when a man jumped in front of him, causing him to swerve and almost fall off his bike.

An altercation then followed, during which the cyclist was struck over the head by two men carrying table legs.

http://www.thestar.co.uk/news/local/cyclist-hit-over-head-with-table-legs-1-5907902

gosh that’s risky! don’t the cops shoot people with table legs??

Must be more to it than that, or do I watch out for furniture removal vans.

another valid reason to a wear crash helmet

Street furniture is dangerous, folks.

another valid reason to a wear crash helmet

But maybe if he wasn’t wearing a helmet they would have not hit him…

Seriously this is terrible. I hope the cyclist was ok and the people who hit him get what they deserve.

I’ve been pushed by a passenger in a car.
I’ve been spat at.
I’ve had water poured over me.
I’ve even had a 2litre bottle of water lobed at me.
I’ve had my hand lifted off my handlebar by a cars wing mirror, think he was a bit close.
I’ve headbutted a taxi doing a U-turn late without signalling.
… but furniture is a new one.
The joys of biking.

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Somewhwere in Rotherham , there is a table with 2 missing legs, should make it easy to identify on Crimewatch next month.

Starts new thread, what helmet as defence against table leg vielding thugs.

“But judge, I was legless at the time!”

I’ve been pushed by a passenger in a car.
I’ve been spat at.
I’ve had water poured over me.
I’ve even had a 2litre bottle of water lobed at me.
I’ve had my hand lifted off my handlebar by a cars wing mirror, think he was a bit close.
I’ve headbutted a taxi doing a U-turn late without signalling.
… but furniture is a new one.
The joys of biking.

kin ell. Where do you live? So I can remember to never go there.

Rotherham, the place where the pipe will be pushed when the world is given an enema.

don’t the cops shoot people with table legs??

No, they normally use guns!

if there is CCTV evidence they will not have a leg to stand on

Grabbing my coat just now…..

Can’t they afford baseball bats up there?

Shouldn’t laugh but the thought of table legs being used as a weapon is funny for some reason.

Sounds like they were intending to nick his bike, but failed. That’s my guess from the story.

surly the table is useless now?? some people eh

From the star

“Another man, who was white, around 18 years old, slim and wearing a grey zip-up tracksuit top, with 3 legs, fled from the scene

I’ve headbutted a taxi doing a U-turn late without signalling.

I had to laugh at this. I first read it like you done it in retaliation but, of course, that would be lunacy.

Unless you were wearing a helmet, obviously…

When I was a sprong in Cornwallshire some twunts threw a full can of Coke at me as they sped past in a car at 50+mph. Missed the side of my head by a couple of CM.

I think it might have staved my head in if it had made contact.

“Another man, who was white, around 18 years old, slim and wearing a grey zip-up tracksuit top, with 3 legs, fled from the scene”

Used to have 4 legs until the cyclist got one?

I guess that makes this a revenge job, turning the tables on the biker so to speak.