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Colin Flett (c) Met Police.jpgMan who bought bike outside pub viciously attacked on way home
A man who bought a bike outside his local pub was left unable to speak for weeks when he was attacked cycling home.
Colin Flett, 52, bought a bike off a stranger at his local, The Beaten Docket in Cricklewood Broadway, and cycled home later that night.
On his way, he was attacked by three men, and sustained 'life-changing' injuries.
Colin, from Cricklewood, London, remembers nothing of the attack on July 7th.
When the assault was reported to police several days later, Colin was unable to relay any information to them or his family.
His sister told officers that he had been drinking, and while sitting outside the pub he bought a blue Reebok pedal cycle from a man unknown to him.
He left on the cycle, and turned into Skardu Road, where he remembers encountering three men who pushed him off the bike but he cannot remember anything more, police said.
Spinal injuries have meant Colin has had to recover in hospital.
Detective Sergeant Richard Greenwood said: "This was a vicious attack that has left Colin with life-changing injuries, in a very vulnerable state, and has had a devastating effect on his family.
"We would urgently ask any person with information, however inconsequential they may think it is, to come forward and pass this to us directly or via a third party.
"They will be treated in complete confidence."
The men who attacked Colin are all described as being white and aged between 20 to 30.
Anyone with information can call the unit's CID number on 0766 781 861 on or 101 or Tweet @MetCC.
Latest Comments
- Coolkitty 5 sec ago
I agree, however, it works both ways and cyclists should learn the highway code - especially in todays traffic
- David9694 46 min 20 sec ago
Clevedon: Controversial end of free parking 'will be monitored' after outcry...
- cardch 55 min 40 sec ago
That is a great idea. And surely someone will call them Arsegos.
- chrisonabike 1 hour 19 min ago
Agreed - but with a bit more set-back from roundabout. Also how well respected is this in practice?...
- ErnieC 1 hour 55 min ago
I'm a bit screwed then, one bike has straight carbon forks and the other straight steel forks ...
- muhasib 11 hours 31 min ago
"the cost to rebuild the M25 junction 10/A3 Wisley interchange is £317 million. The project is expected to be completed in 2025. "
- mark1a 11 hours 55 min ago
I think they did, from memory back in the 70s/80s... haven't seen one for years though, our current milkman uses a standard van, albeit hybrid.
- S.E. 13 hours 42 min ago
Yes, sleep apnea produces more CO... I'm not aware of any doping effect but what do I know....
- Gd29 15 hours 50 min ago
That's true enough. But doesn't address my point that the chainset you get as a replacement will not physically fit chainrings from the chain set...
- brooksby 16 hours 20 min ago
In all fairness, it almost certainly NEVER happened…
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£100 is still £100 but fucks sakes you can buy a decent second hand bike for less than that. I've just sold for £70 a 90s Trek Antelope with True temper OX tubes, 3x7 STIs, QR ally wheels, near new tyres and an STX chainset/derailleurs.
More than likely to last 10 times longer than some bag o shite from the cesspit of BSOs despite the fact it's not far shy of 25 years old itself. I got my grandson a DiamondBack BMX for £4 on ebay, it was near mint and was originally £250
I just shake my head when people used to come out of Toys r Us, Argos, Halfords (though they've got better generally) Tesco etc with some piece of scrap metal.
It's these kind of bikes that end up getting left in sheds and the owners stop cycling because they fail so quickly and are usually depressingly heavy even in small kids sized bikes that the owners simply don't bother with them again until they end up down the tip!
Hope they get the bastards that did this but doubtful.
Man who drinks in dodgy pubs in dodgy areas and buys dodgy gear off dodgy geezers gets lamped' is hardly a story is it?
From an actual strange bloke, I literally wouldn't buy a bike in a pub.
Yes, I started writing a sentence which got a bit convoluted and broke some grammatical rules... Sorry about that
Quick show of hands: assuming that it wasn't a pre-arranged meeting, how many people would buy a bike literally from a strange bloke down the pub for cash??
Alessandro Andreoli probably would.
http://road.cc/content/news/227007-italian-amateur-accused-motor-doping-...
A stolen reebok bike can't be worth more than a tenner down at the local. Nobody is going to assault someone for a tenner split three ways
Reebok make bikes ?
Agree with atlaz 's view of the situation, rather than it being a random attack.
No. They make bike shaped objects that Argos sell for £100
No. Good effort though. Chinese blokes make bikes which reebok put labels on before selling them in Argos for more than they are worth, given that the likely value doesn't require folding money.
That's much more accurate. My sister bought a similar thing for my nephew. The V-brakes were literally thin pressed iron that flexed when you applied them. It was frighteningly poorly built.
I think some of you guys aren't quite understanding the term "bicycle shaped object". Google it. The meaning is that although it bears a passing resemblance to a bicycle, it is in reality no such thing, and using it as though it were actually a bicycle is highly dangerous.
Whatever the story, the guy didn't deserve to end up paralysed.
Some people on here are like Mr Logic from Viz and take everything literally.
More likely the guy who sold it saw the wad of cash in the guy's pocket
This has all the hallmarks of "bike gets nicked; bike gets sold to bloke; owner of bike sees bloke on his bike and exacts revenge".
Obviously it's an incredibly violent assault and the after effects of it will be felt for a long time; but who buys a bike off an unknown person in a pub and doesn't expect it to be stolen.
Or : Bike get's nicked, sold to bloke in pub, hoodlums with stolen bike fetish wait around, steal bike back, while beating up guy they sold it to, move onto another pub and repeat.
Most likely they normally just rough them up enough to get bike back, as people are unlikely to report "the scumback that soldme a clearly stolen bike, then stole it back" to the police in case theyare done for handling stolen goods. For some reason either they pushed him harder and he fall very badly, or they just went nuts on him as he wouldn't return "their" bike..