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12-05-18, 03:22 AM
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https://www.bicycling.com/news/a2539...knife-in-head/
After being stabbed in the head, a South African cyclist wasn’t going to wait around for an ambulance—and perhaps another assault. Instead, he rode his bike to a nearby doctor’s office, the knife still protruding from his skull.
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12-05-18, 04:54 AM
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Thread moved from Foo to General Cycling.
12-05-18, 08:41 AM
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Wow! What a story to tell the grandchildren. He's so hard headed that he bent the blade.
The other patients in the Dr's office were nice enough to let him cut the line! - They were probably as stunned as I was when I saw the pic.
The other patients in the Dr's office were nice enough to let him cut the line! - They were probably as stunned as I was when I saw the pic.
12-05-18, 08:50 AM
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guess cyclists should avoid Gordon’s Bay Drive Capetown South Africa, huh? or at least bring a bag of money to give muggers. what's that Dillon song? "gotta serve somebody"
12-05-18, 07:50 PM
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That story doesn't surprise me at all, not even that the attack took place in daytime either. South Africa's got a crazy-high crime rate that just keep getting worse, and anyone who is wealthy (or is suspected of being wealthy) is a target. There's also a real possibility of a civil war breaking out in the near future. When apartheid ended and Mandela became President the crime rate started slowly climbing, but its really taken off since Mandela died. A white college chum (early 1980s) was able to get out and immigrate to the Netherlands about 15 years ago due to family ties in Europe, and he's glad he did.
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12-08-18, 11:07 AM
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If you weren't worried about wearing a helmet to protect you from a crash, well.. this might change your mind; hopefully not permanently, either.
12-08-18, 11:38 AM
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