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I'm looking forward to next months instalment of muddydwarf cycling encounters already.

Glad your not too badly hurt.

Am I allowed a light chuckle at the altimeter/canal towpath combo? 😉

Glad you're not too badly hurt, though. Sounds like you might need a new late night route home.

I did actually think about taking the computer off the bike, but couldn't be bothered!
I did set off to work this morning & went back to the site of the attack - managed to find the computer/altimeter thingy so not all bad.
Bloody ankle went over when i got to work & i had to cadge a lift home.

Knew i should have taken the cheapo commuting bike & gone via the road....

****ers 😡 I hope they die

I bet they hang about round there a lot or at least the surrounding area......go down with a group of mates and give them the proper kicking they so richly deserve.....even if you get the wrong bunch of lads the word will soon get round to leave mountain bikers alone

Of course maybe having victim written on your forehead didn't help 😉

Nasty business, hope your injuries heal quickly.

You did notify the police didn't you?

I was thinking along the same lines as Ken. Beat the daylight out of them, watch some Bronson's movies for inspiration. I see, to remember a little bundle of coins in a sock was useful for him.

No i didn't bother with the police.

I actually had 'GIRO' written on my head, wonder if the helmet did save me from owt?

I was really angry when i got home & i'd got to the point of getting the commuting bike out, one of my big medieval daggers & was out the door & halfway up the street before i realised how stupid i was being - so went back home to bed!

Bloody cowardly scumbags. Hope they have a sh1t life.
Medieval dagger up the arse is too good for them.

Report it to the police ffs!

Reading a few muddydwarf posts ([i]pushed him in the canal... jumped on his head...[/i]) I think I'll be avoiding Rochdale!

go down with a group of mates and give them the proper kicking they so richly deserve.....even if you get the wrong bunch of lads the word will soon get round to leave mountain bikers alone

Best advice ever.

Sorry to hear that you're hurt, hope you mend well.

I would certainly inform the police.

However, I'm sorry to say it but is riding an expensive mtb with associated computers etc down an unlit(?) and unfrequented(?) canal towpath late at night really a very clever idea?? Particularly as this has happened before!

DezB - think i will too!

It's not worth calling the police. No damage to bike, no witnesses, no ID's of assailants, nothing stolen etc.
They haven't bothered to get back in touch with me after my 'road rage' assault & that had two independent witnesses.

It was a bunch of dickeheads thinking it was funny to assault someone riding past them.
Weird thing was, they had actually started to move out of my way & i had the words "thanks guys" on the tip of my tongue when they attacked.

It's the fact i've had to take a day off work that's pee'd me off.

At least i got the computer back!

Probably not HandsomeDog - i certainly won't be doing it again.

Done it literally hundreds of times before with no problems but there's always a first time...

I thought this thread was going to be about paying £7.65 for a bowl of chips. 🙂

Something similar happened to me last year on a well-known bit of cycle path in Bristol. It was pretty unpleasant at the time (and might have been more serious as one of them whacked me in the head with what appeared to be a bowling ball in a bag - luckily like you I was wearing a lid). I did go through a phase of avoiding the place where it happened, but it didn't last long, and I'm now using that route again, I just keep my eyes and ears open a bit more.

I wouldn't go down the vigilante route, I don't think anyone who seriously recommmends it has thought about the practicalities. You could end up getting hurt, you could also end up on the wrong side of the law. And as the guy above says, ffs report it to the police. First, the scummers are probably planning to do the same thing to someone else, and second how are the police meant to solve crimes that they don't know are happening?!

Yeah, gotta say go to the cops, that's what they're for. They may have a good idea who they are anyway.

Muddy - is this part of your now epic commute style stuff!

Bloody hell man, West Belfast is a doddle compared with Rochdale

Glad to hear you're in one piece

Also forgot to say, if you report it and if the problems with your ankle turn out to be more serious than a sprain, then you will be in a better position to get compensation for lost earnings.

next time you see a gang of scrotes just wind it up as fast as you can and plough head long into them ...leap to your feet and go ninja crazy...they will fill their pants and think your one psycho ...mofo

sall about respect innit

Glad to hear you're okay, must have been pretty scary. Thats 2 in 2 days on here as apparently CaptainFlashheart was mugged yesterday for £7.75.

next time you see a gang of scrotes just wind it up as fast as you can and plough head long into them ...leap to your feet and go ninja crazy

More superb advice.

They haven't bothered to get back in touch with me after my 'road rage' assault & that had two independent witnesses.

You can & should insist they pursue it.

Yup - write a letter complaining about their lack if interest - IIRC they're obliged to reply - probably worth ccing someone further up the chain too (Chief Constable ? yer MP ?)

I'd certainly report it, it's another number on their crime stats. If people don't report stuff like that, they happily ignore it if it appears low level. Not to mention if there's other assaults in the same area they might be inclined to get off their arses and do something (tho' what, is another matter...)

I have a friend who was set upon by a group of children who had been failed by the state while he was walking home, in a pinstripe suit and carrying an umbrella and a briefcase. He reported them to the police for attempted robbery, but of course they had also reported him to the police for assault. The police had no way of establishing whether the middle aged lawyer or the teenage delinquent was telling the truth about who'd started it so they didn't do anything.

I quite sympathise with the idea that it's a total waste of energy telling the police, but you ought at least tell them so that they can give you a crime number. 🙂

Phone Police Non Emergency and report and ask for Incident No.

How can the police help if no one reports crime

Even if they do nothing, it is logged as crime.

Then the Government MIGHT give more funding as they think crime is going down.

Bigdummy, is this your friend?

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You might get a CICB award

compositepro - Member

next time you see a gang of scrotes just wind it up as fast as you can and plough head long into them ...leap to your feet and go ninja crazy...they will fill their pants and think your one psycho ...mofo

sall about respect innit

On the tandem coming down a cycle path a bunch of junior neds deliberately went to block us - we just peddled flat out at them screaming loudly - they suddenly realised that 30 stone all up of us and tandem would win over 9stone of neddette - and scattered looking scared.

Very funny

by a group of children who had been failed by the state

Thanks for clarifying, for a moment there I actually blamed the poor little devils.

More like "let-off by the state for previous crimes and have realised that crime does indeed pay"

tails - Member
****ers I hope they die

Yeah, but when they do whats the betting that you and I will be paying for the funeral??

Superglue the scroats to the nearest lamp post.

Ahem.

When riding at night or in dodgy areas, why not hide a length of old bicycle chain in the handlebars? With something like a keyring on the end to pull it out quick.

I'm sure it could create quite an 'impression' if it was used appropriately.

Hell yes. Let's all tool up, just like America. That's a safe place to live. 🙄

Maybe some sort of bar-mounted flame thrower, similar to South African anti-carjack devices 😈

I agree Mr, lets start of with these..

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now THAT'S what i call a tandem!

LOL!

Sorry - I was getting all vigilante.

On a commute I carry my D lock looped over the bars to use in defence.

I had a chat with a senior cop about this - he reckoned that unless I had an injury hitting someone with it would probably get me done for assault as hitting someone with a couple of kilos of steel would not be "reasonable force" Unless I was in severe danger / had already been wounded

However it is not an offensive weapon as it is something you would normally carry thus " a weapon of opportunity"

LOL!

Sorry - I was getting all vigilante.

[i]I had a chat with a senior cop about this - he reckoned that unless I had an injury hitting someone with it would probably get me done for assault as hitting someone with a couple of kilos of steel would not be "reasonable force" Unless I was in severe danger / had already been wounded[/i]

This, from people who get to carry an electric torture-gun that they can zap you with if you don't do as they say,and who's top tip for avoiding being robbed is to be obviously destitute. 🙄 😀

Clearly there is no middle ground between meek acquiescence and stoving their thieving little heads in.

You mean like reasoning with them, or ensuring that they had access to better educational opportunities and strong role models? 🙂

I was thinking along the lines of a hearty shove or even a clip round the ear. Or you could make like your "respectable" mate, and stab them with a poisoned umbrella before making your getaway in a giant plastic swan.

You mean like reasoning with them, or ensuring that they had access to better educational opportunities and strong role models?

That approach has proved to be ineffective, unless you're implying that even more money should be thrown at "reasoning with them" before we see a benefit ?!?!?!

Time for a new approach imo. Punishment. Real sentences. Stop defending these ****wits ffs

BD you're either trolling or you are delusional

Whooooooooshhhhhhh.

Ha ha, he's got a few today, and the trolling ain't exactly been subtle or covert.

Gosh. I had that down under "light-hearted conversational sallies of an obviously fanciful nature". But we can call it trolling if you want. 🙂

You got me 😉

enfht ......................

Time for a new approach imo. Punishment. Real sentences. Stop defending these ****wits ffs

This is what we do and it does not work. We lock up more of our people for less of a crime than any comparable society other than the USA

Muddy - [sorry to hear that] which section of the canal was it ? (I'm in Littleborough so interested in case they strike again)...

I carry a 3 pronged allen key round in the side of my messenger bag for these situations.

Seriously, report it to the police. I wonder how many female attempted-rape victims dont report assaults only to let it happen to other people instead of getting increased police presence.