Stolen: KTM Aera Comp 27.5 2016
About the Bicycle
More about the bike:
It's been slightly changed from standard spec, so has:[list]
[*]KTM Area Comp 27.5 carbon frame
[*]Mavic wheels
[*]Specialized Purgatory front tyre
[*]Maxis Icon rear tyre
[*]SLX shadow+ RD
[*]Deore cranks
[*]Deore brakes
[*]780 wide bar
[*]2x Ryder black bottle cages
[*]KTM bell on the left of the bar
[*]Sella Italia saddle
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[*]KTM Area Comp 27.5 carbon frame
[*]Mavic wheels
[*]Specialized Purgatory front tyre
[*]Maxis Icon rear tyre
[*]SLX shadow+ RD
[*]Deore cranks
[*]Deore brakes
[*]780 wide bar
[*]2x Ryder black bottle cages
[*]KTM bell on the left of the bar
[*]Sella Italia saddle
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Incident Details
More about the incident:
One of my friends was bike jacked yesterday on Red Hill, just below the Kleinplaas Dam at about 17h15.
The assailant (he was a black guy wearing jeans and a light brown hoodie jacket) ran up to him head on down the trail and tried to push him off the bike. He then pulled out a knife and shouted "give it to me". After that he went into my buddies pocket and pulled out some snacks, throwing them on the ground, he then took a step backwards. At this point my buddy took a step backwards, pulled out his pepper spray from his back pocket and sprayed the guy in the face. While trying to cover and wipe his face he was rifling through his pockets and saying "I'm going to kill you, you think I'm joking, I'm going to kill you", so suspecting a gun to be pulled my buddy bolted.
He managed to get an SOS message through to me, so I shot through and picked him up. We looked at the trail head, but there was no sign of tyre tracks. Went to report it at Simons Town police station (very efficient). While there he got lots of phone calls from the Black Hill security guys as well as a SAN Parks ranger who went out immediately to check the trail (it was dark by then). Unfortunately he didn't find anything. The bike is literally only a few days old (not even a week has passed since he bought it) so it's condition is 'as new'. The picture below was taken 5 to 10 minutes before the attack, so it looks exactly as in the pic, down to the amount of water in the water bottle! A few people have grouped together to create a reward for the safe return (and hopefully the succesful conviction of the assailant) of the bike - it's currently standing at around R3,500
The assailant (he was a black guy wearing jeans and a light brown hoodie jacket) ran up to him head on down the trail and tried to push him off the bike. He then pulled out a knife and shouted "give it to me". After that he went into my buddies pocket and pulled out some snacks, throwing them on the ground, he then took a step backwards. At this point my buddy took a step backwards, pulled out his pepper spray from his back pocket and sprayed the guy in the face. While trying to cover and wipe his face he was rifling through his pockets and saying "I'm going to kill you, you think I'm joking, I'm going to kill you", so suspecting a gun to be pulled my buddy bolted.
He managed to get an SOS message through to me, so I shot through and picked him up. We looked at the trail head, but there was no sign of tyre tracks. Went to report it at Simons Town police station (very efficient). While there he got lots of phone calls from the Black Hill security guys as well as a SAN Parks ranger who went out immediately to check the trail (it was dark by then). Unfortunately he didn't find anything. The bike is literally only a few days old (not even a week has passed since he bought it) so it's condition is 'as new'. The picture below was taken 5 to 10 minutes before the attack, so it looks exactly as in the pic, down to the amount of water in the water bottle! A few people have grouped together to create a reward for the safe return (and hopefully the succesful conviction of the assailant) of the bike - it's currently standing at around R3,500
Incident Location
Simon's Town, Western Cape