Almost a very successful bike jacking

This is very impressive, two robbers get eight men off their bikes.  This was almost a very successful bikejacking, I say almost because these two guys really missed out.  They could have taken so much more.  But I think it was nervousness on their part and just wanted to get it over and done with as quick as possible.   

Ideally once they got the men off their bikes they should have immediately liberated them from their cycling gear and clothes.  As 8 men are a lot for two guys to deal with they should also have ordered the 3 bikers to strip naked.  This would cause them to feel more vulnerable and thus less likely to do try something.

Once this was done the two bike jackers would tie the men up effectively with zip ties, both their wrists and ankles.  This would give the bike jackers more than enough time to get away

A group of five mountain bikers from the Cycle Lab and three others on motorbikes were hijacked on Saturday by two gun-wielding men.

"Before, we used to believe that riding in groups would protect us, but not any more," said one of the cyclists, Deon Cilliers.

He said the five members of the Cycle Lab were out riding in back roads at the far end of Kyalami, near the Gardener Ross Golf Estate towards Diepsloot.

Cilliers said they deliberately went to that area because it was not one of the "hijacking hot spots", where cyclists were known to be targeted by criminals.

The group were heading up a hill and three men on motorbikes went past them. "We crested the top of the hill and I saw one of the motorbike guys lying flat on his stomach with his bike parked on the side," said Cilliers. "A hijacker jumped out with a silver revolver and told us to lie down next to the motorbikers."

Another man came up behind them with a gun. They frisked their pockets, looking for cellphones, money and jewellery.

"They wanted the pin codes for the phones and tested them to see if they were real," Cilliers said. "They then took out some wire and bound our hands."

While the men were lying on the ground with one man watching them, the other pushed the bicycles away one by one, leaving the motorbikes behind. "One of the cyclists had a small, deformed hand and was able to free himself and untie everyone else," said Cilliers.

He said he was riding his training bicycle and his R15 000 bike was the cheapest in the group. "The other bikes were between R60 000 and R80 000 each. The one was unique to South Africa... the parts are all imported."

One of the team was offering a R10 000 reward to anyone in the community who came forward with information that would lead to the arrest of the hijackers, said Cilliers. They would also pay for a vehicle for the Erasmia Police Station if they found those involved.