Heads up

Last night on Essex Road there was a gang of teens on scooters buzzing cyclists. They were lunging in really close as they went by, and smacking bus windows, beeping their horns etc. Then a scooter with two kids pulled up alongside me and the pillion passenger punched me in the side of the head. I was OK, I had space to swerve left and they sped off laughing, but these kids are a fucking menace, and someone could get really hurt.

There were three grey scooters and a small white motorbike. Kids all in black helmets and grey tracksuits. Watch out for them.
Police informed.

(Interesting that they are running a RLJ trap on Essex road this morning; let's hope they hang around till the evening rush hour and nab these little cunts)

Not nice.
Nothing better to do?
What time was you riding down there and at which end? That's my ride home.
Thanks for bringing it to light.
If I hear or see anyone pulling up next to me, I'll brake and cut away...

It was about six o'clock at the Canonbury end.
With a bit of luck the little shits will injure themselves before they hurt anyone else; they were driving like mentalists

thats where you put your arm out and push them off the scooter!

Ah perfect! I ride through the estates at about 6.15pm. Cheeky fuckers...

our misspent youth

Little fuckers.

Someone chucked a half full can of drink at me the other night - from somewhere up in a tower block. Missed me by a couple of feet, but still shat me up. (I know - HTFU). Would have caused me some damage had it hit.

this is a serious concern, last year (or before) a girl was left for dead after being mugged by scooter riding yoots for her Ortleib panniers.

this is a serious concern, last year (or before) a girl was left for dead after being mugged by scooter riding yoots for her Ortleib panniers.

Mace the fuckers.

id be unclipping and onto the back of the scooter indiana jones style. 15stone of pure muscle is def. gonna fuck with their stability, then its solid ground and pound. woaahhhhh baby

D-Lock to head . . seen the results myself a couple of years back when a couple of youths tried to jack my mates bike at the entrance to Bishops park by Putney bridge . The youth in question wont be trying to ride a bike again.

Group buy of Mace & handlbar-mounts anyone?

thats where you put your arm out and push them off the scooter!

... and then shit loads of them come after you, and knife you up.

+1, not a good idea

best thing is to ring the police, they know it happens, the more reported incidents there are the more likely it is they can do something about it

... and then shit loads of them come after you, and knife you up.
HTFU! :p this is london my friend!

+1, not a good idea

best thing is to ring the police, they know it happens, the more reported incidents there are the more likely it is they can do something about it

Do me a favour, the OB won't do shit cos they won't be making money from it/you!

Keep forgetting you're a CSO

Keep forgetting you're a CSO

i'm not

So you're a real copper then?

I'm a Special Constable, same powers as a regular officer, I just don't get paid.

I think the best thing to do is definitely just brake and go back in the other direction or something. D lock 'em only if worst comes to worst and you're already off your bike and they're trying to beat you up. Pisses me off so much, I'm only 18 so i get angry when I hear of dickheads my age doing stuff like this for the fun of it.

is 'special' like, licking bus windows special?

sure, why not

cool.

I'm a Special Constable, same powers as a regular officer, I just don't get paid.

sounds fun.

+1, not a good idea

best thing is to ring the police, they know it happens, the more reported incidents there are the more likely it is they can do something about it

+1

These kids might be off the Marquis estate - if they are, then they are probably responsible for 90% of the bike theft in the Upper St/Essex Road are, and they are seriously nasty. Take one on, and you'll more than likely have 10 or more after you. Unless you are Bruce Lee that means you are looking a long stay in the hospital.