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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.

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


 
Posted : 01/08/2013 9:31 am
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gosh that's risky! don't the cops shoot people with table legs??


 
Posted : 01/08/2013 9:45 am
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Must be more to it than that, or do I watch out for furniture removal vans.


 
Posted : 01/08/2013 9:50 am
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another valid reason to a wear crash helmet


 
Posted : 01/08/2013 9:51 am
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Street furniture is dangerous, folks.


 
Posted : 01/08/2013 9:52 am
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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.


 
Posted : 01/08/2013 9:57 am
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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.


 
Posted : 01/08/2013 10:04 am
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sOMEWHERE IN r


 
Posted : 01/08/2013 10:09 am
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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.


 
Posted : 01/08/2013 10:11 am
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"But judge, I was legless at the time!"


 
Posted : 01/08/2013 11:11 am
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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.


 
Posted : 01/08/2013 11:16 am
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Rotherham, the place where the pipe will be pushed when the world is given an enema.


 
Posted : 01/08/2013 11:19 am
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don't the cops shoot people with table legs??

No, they normally use guns!


 
Posted : 01/08/2013 11:41 am
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if there is CCTV evidence they will not have a leg to stand on

Grabbing my coat just now.....


 
Posted : 01/08/2013 12:11 pm
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Can't they afford baseball bats up there?


 
Posted : 01/08/2013 12:16 pm
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Shouldn't laugh but the thought of table legs being used as a weapon is funny for some reason.


 
Posted : 01/08/2013 12:19 pm
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Sounds like they were intending to nick his bike, but failed. That's my guess from the story.


 
Posted : 01/08/2013 12:19 pm
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surly the table is useless now?? some people eh


 
Posted : 01/08/2013 12:23 pm
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From the star

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


 
Posted : 01/08/2013 12:24 pm
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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...


 
Posted : 01/08/2013 12:29 pm
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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.


 
Posted : 01/08/2013 12:53 pm
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"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.


 
Posted : 01/08/2013 2:07 pm