Bike theft at gunpoint caught on a helmet cam

BailMeOut

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Tbyc9KZVibI

check_six

Another fellow going out of his way to get a dramatic video. This lad's youtube feed is full of these kinds of incidents. This is exactly the kind of thing that gets cyclists a bad name.

I'm sure those misfortunate armed muggers are just trying to do an honest days work and they have to put up with one of these "go-pro heroes" sticking a camera in their faces. I mean with the amount of RLJ-ing nowadays who could have blamed them for having words with the cyclist.

(I have got to stop reading video discussion threads!)

Tombo2001

Absolutely

I feel a lot of sympathy for the mugger. There were cyclists all around him and he was handling a serious assault weapon, and its easy to do something silly when you have to react on the spur of the moment like that.

The cyclist could have easily avoided it by slowing down or going an alternative route or wearing a Ned Kelly all body bullet proof armour suit. Bloody crackpot crank headcase. And I say that as a cyclist myself (because dont ya know that adds extra authenticy to my post).

check_six

Speaking as a cyclist and a gun-wielding mugger, I feel that....

dave_o_brien

I know this is a shortened week, so I might be wrong, but pretty sure it's still Thursday...

droidus

The cyclist could totally have avoided this. I mean, he LITERALLY crossed over to the wrong side of the tracks. If youre going to do something as stupid as that then you deserve to be mugged.

Tombo2001

I think I'll post a youtube video where I rob MY OWN BIKE at gunpoint, whilst undertaking a bus driver who is threatening my life in a sympathetic way.

This will be generate so much controversy that the mods will have no choice but to shut it down almost like....instantaneously.