Bike Recovered!

This stolen bike was marked as recovered by the reporter.

Stolen: Santa Cruz Tallboy 2 2015

About the Bicycle

Type:
Mountain Bike
Brand:
Santa Cruz
Model:
Tallboy 2
Year:
2015
Colour:
Black with blue and red lettering

More about the bike:

Fox fork and shock; Specialized command dropper; Shimano Deore 11 speed drive train; Csixx chainring; Level TL brakes; Lyne components bar and stem; Stamp2 pedals; Ergon saddle and grips; A Little hand pump attached next to the bottle cage.

Incident Details

Date of incident:
23/06/2023
Location:
Table Mountain (Nature Reserve), Western Cape
Incident type:
Bike Jacking / Mugging
Police Station:
Woodstock
Case Number:
CAS 310/6/2023

More about the incident:

Had just come down from the blockhouse and was heading up Tafelberg road. Two guys were walking down the road just as it gets steeper and slows you down. As I realised (a little too late) that they were suspicious, I tried to turn and escape and they rushed me. Both had knives, one old kitchen knife and the other a more standard stabby kind. They emptied my pockets, took my phone, watch, gloves and multitool, told me to get off the bike and proceeded to ride it down the road towards the quarry. One riding and the other sitting on the top tube. They actually bailed quite spectacularly a few hundred meters down the road. I thought of trying to catch up but they got back up and carried on going. Trudged back down to Rhodes mem gate and borrowed someones phone to call my wife and found out that Garmin livetrack was still running from my watch and phone and they were in Woodstock. Went to Rondebosch SAPS and convinced them to chase the signal. By the time we got there they'd made their way to the train station in town and the signal shut off a few minutes after getting there. I figure it's highly unlikely they dumped the bike, but have attached the route they followed in case anyone's seen anything.

Reported by

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AndrewHemp

Member since 6 years ago

Incident Location

Table Mountain (Nature Reserve), Western Cape