De Beauvoir Cycle Gang Strikes Again

Ha, I vaguely remember writing this last night. I can't remember why.

quoted form my post

I think this 'sports cave' is probably a weird and slightly horrible sticky-sounding place.

Maybe it's where the german gays hang out.

(you have to read the rest of the page for this to be in any context and not offensive)

OK rpm, if you say so.
If the studded leatherette cap fits ...

It was! Gaynau would not have been subtle enough, IMO.

Fool. This forum doesn't do subtlety. ;)

No it doesn't Oliver you flipping accuratebastard.

I think this 'sports cave' is probably a weird and slightly horrible sticky-sounding place.

Actually the Sports Cave is right next to the Pain Cave

Actually the Sports Cave is right next to the Pain Cave

Cheaper rent though

Same thing if you're an Arsenal fan (at the moment). :(

As a Spurs fan I have limited sympathy.

That's pretty much what the last fifteen years of my life have been like until now...

It seems that Ross Kemp's "On gangs" is being filmed there.

As a Spurs fan I have limited sympathy.

That's pretty much what the last fifteen years of my life have been like until now...

Yeah, fair enough. Don't want to talk about football outside of the notorious football thread (that I've been staying well clear of) but I met a girl once who was a Milwall fan. She asked which team I followed, I told her and she said "you must be happy a lot of the time". Didn't know quite what to say to that. :/

"you must be very angry and unfulfilled"

Hi all, I'm a postgraduate journalism student and am writing an article on the bike muggings in De Beauvoir. If anyone lives in the area could you please pm me in 24hrs (when my account is active). Also, would Dommyracer, Chukker and Khornight2 get in contact? I would love to write about your patrol group!

I'll be in touch directly once my account is verified.

Cheers,
Shy

Unfortunatly I live 20 miles south of there... I would be willing to travel if I could feel better about myself for just a little while and forget all my inadequacies by beating up children.
(it's the main reason I became a father)

shyjourno you may want to bear in mind that a lot of the posts on here are very tongue in cheek...

Someone putting their name down for a vigilante group is not an indication of their serious intent to do so or that they necessarily live in the area!

To be honest, I'm not that Tongue in cheek (well the bit above was).

99% of random violent crime is a combination of opportunism and bullying. a few cyclists riding around in pairs would basically stop a bully or opportunist. I don't think there's any need for actual violence.

Nothing stops a bully/oportunist that has set eyes on you or your bike

I'd be more afraid of my wife selling it on eBay.

I know we've moved on, but here's a particularly good example of how absurd the usage of 'traffic' for 'motor traffic' is:

http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/standard/article-23901402-traffic-free-west-end-hopes-for-pound-250m-spree.do

It is precisely the higher levels of traffic possible in this area through this measure that will help the shops do more business!

Nothing stops a bully/oportunist that has set eyes on you or your bike

Really? In my personal experience of the time a bunch of kids tried to steal a bike from south polo (a story I will dine out on as often as possible) running at them and shouting was pretty successful at getting a bike they tried to steal back. As flavour flav would say 'bumrush the show'.

There have been other times I've had attempted muggings (mostly as a student) and every time i've resisted, the muggers have got nothing. Plus I've got a great story from each one that makes me sound like a hero when really I'm just obstinate and perhaps not very good at judging danger.

Really? In my personal experience of the time a bunch of kids tried to steal a bike from south polo (a story I will dine out on as often as possible) running at them and shouting was pretty successful at getting a bike they tried to steal back. As flavour flav would say 'bumrush the show'.

There have been other times I've had attempted muggings (mostly as a student) and every time i've resisted, the muggers have got nothing. Plus I've got a great story from each one that makes me sound like a hero when really I'm just obstinate and perhaps not very good at judging danger.

Do that to the wrong person and you'll end up in trouble...

@ shy journo
do you have some examples of previous articles written ?

links ?

if you google my full name, shyamalie satkunanandan, a bunch of articles i have written while on work experience will come up...i'd like to think i've gotten better since then, not much, but still...if anyone's wondering the article about this particular topic will only be for my project - it's probably too tenuous for a real article...

Stalker! I think we've solved this little "De Beauvoir gang" problem. Some one call the fuzz.

X D journalism doesn't pay very well...

Unfortunatly I live 20 miles south of there... I would be willing to travel if I could feel better about myself for just a little while and forget all my inadequacies by beating up children.
(it's the main reason I became a father)

To be honest, I'm not that Tongue in cheek (well the bit above was).

99% of random violent crime is a combination of opportunism and bullying. a few cyclists riding around in pairs would basically stop a bully or opportunist. I don't think there's any need for actual violence.

I can't seem to PM you (have you put blocks on your profile?) but is there any chance we could have a quick chat?

Do that to the wrong person and you'll end up in trouble...

Victim mentality right ^ there.

I once had a woman on a bus berate me for getting off the bus and sorting out a traffic problem. To cut a long (and boring) story short the bus had overcooked a corner and was half on the wrong side of the road at a stalemate with an irate car driver, traffic had backed up, nobody was moving, the bus driver just sat there like a lemon. The driver was out of his car ranting. So, I just got off, asked the bus driver to wait, sympathised with the car driver, calmly explained if he could just shuffle over a couple of feet it would all be over and everyone could get on. He calmed down, moved a bit, I got back on the bus, everyone drove off.

However, a woman who'd been on the bus came up to me and almost told me off saying I 'could have got stabbed' wtf?! And that was the thing that surprised me the most about the whole incident - her victim mentality. I'm convinced she would have been happier to sit there on the unmoving bus for a further 10 minutes, while the stalemate potentially escalated. I simply pointed out to her that I hadn't been stabbed and she looked at me like I was some sort of nutter?!

There's a serious point in here though that's relevant to what's happening in De Beauvoir. It's precisely the 'you'll end up in trouble' attitude that stops people from doing anything at all. And it's precisely this that the little thugs are banking on. Don't forget they are at heart cowards. How can I say this with such certainty? Because if they weren't we wouldn't be talking about them in the plural. It would be 1 person carrying out these attacks, now that would be scary. But it's not, it's a little gang who are only 'brave' when there's a group of them. Your classic mugging cowards.

Even mikec's dreadful experience in the area. I would put money on had he not been pissed he never would have been attacked. Hardly comforting now and apologies for bringing it up Mike but the scrotes that attacked him wouldn't have dared had he been sober. These types of low-life are opportunistic cowards.

My hero

(love you and your mediation VanU)

Yeah. Brave cowards.

You have to be pretty ballsy if you're a kid that thinks attacking an adult in the street is the done thing, gang or no gang.