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ChasnotRobert-
Even with what you can do any sort of stopping and fighting with a gang who are doing that will almost certainly result in weapons coming out.
@el_presidente support your colleague if you can, might not be showing it but that sort of thing stays with you and something reminding them of it while riding might trigger them freezing or going into a panic or just making some weird decisions, I'd change route for sure just as riding past the same place wouldn't sit well for me
Clockwise
My colleague got her Brompton nicked while she was riding it. Gray's Inn Road, 8am Wednesday morning, 3 scooters surround her, guy on pillion grabs the bars, she falls off and they accelerate off with the bike. Luckily she only had a few scrapes, no serious injury. Pretty scary & shocking though. Be careful out there.