Blackburn man pulled from bike

A BLACKBURN man was left with a nasty cut to the back of his head after a being pulled from his bicycle.

Police said the 32-year-old was riding his black mountain bike along Byron Street when he was pulled of his bike by a gang of men, before hitting his head on the pavement.

The gang, including two white men and an asian man all wearing dark tracksuit type clothing, then ran off empty handed.

The cyclist managed to call an ambulance and was taken to the Royal Blackburn Hospital where his head wound was later glued.

The incident took place on Friday shortly after 10.30pm.

Detectives are now appealing for anyone with information to come forward.

DS Adrian McHugh said: “I urge anyone who witnessed the information to contact police on 101.”

Comments(22)

juanbbien says...
4:25pm Sun 4 Nov 12

Do you mean Byrom st where the old st peters school used to be and not Byron st .

mudshark says...
4:26pm Sun 4 Nov 12

was he driving on the pavement ?

onlyonesimongarner says...
4:36pm Sun 4 Nov 12

mudshark wrote:
was he driving on the pavement ?
what the hell has that got to do with anything?

Darren1951 says...
4:40pm Sun 4 Nov 12

onlyonesimongarner wrote:
mudshark wrote: was he driving on the pavement ?
what the hell has that got to do with anything?
It doesn't excuse what happened, but it does happen to be illegal.

MJA says...
5:57pm Sun 4 Nov 12

It doesn't matter whether he was on the pavement, whether he had lights or whether his bell worked. He was assaulted by a bunch of cowardy thugs who need to be punished.

2 for 5p says...
6:40pm Sun 4 Nov 12

It sounds like if he got a cut on the head he probably wasn't wearing a safety helmet , that's what they were designed for you know.
If he is looking for criminal comp that will be taken into consideration.

Call me suspicious but I think he fell off his bike made up the story just to get a bit of time off work (if he works), and a bit of good old comp.

frank says...
6:47pm Sun 4 Nov 12

bike helmets are a matter of choice , not law.
i know many who ride 10,000+ miles a year without one and without incident.

in most cases helmets are only necessary because so many motorists are aware of what thye're doing.

MJA says...
7:05am Mon 5 Nov 12

Nobody deserves a good beating especially for riding a bike on the pavement. Attitudes like that make you as bad as the people you are condemning.

Chris P Bacon says...
8:04am Mon 5 Nov 12

jack daniels wrote:
mudshark wrote:
was he driving on the pavement ?
A good point. There are some really selfish cyclists out there that don't care less and deserve a good beating. Whether this is the case, who knows....
But even though you don't know, you can't resist having a go at a cyclist? That's because you are overweight, unfit, lazy and suffer HDL and high blood pressure that will see you inside a coffin many years earlier than the average. Whether this is the case, who knows?

chris283 says...
12:18pm Mon 5 Nov 12

jack daniels your a clown shut up

jack daniels says...
7:48pm Mon 5 Nov 12

Chris P Bacon wrote:
jack daniels wrote:
mudshark wrote:
was he driving on the pavement ?
A good point. There are some really selfish cyclists out there that don't care less and deserve a good beating. Whether this is the case, who knows....
But even though you don't know, you can't resist having a go at a cyclist? That's because you are overweight, unfit, lazy and suffer HDL and high blood pressure that will see you inside a coffin many years earlier than the average. Whether this is the case, who knows?
I must have hit a nerve. Is that guilt that's forcing you whine on here and make up your little stories?

jack daniels says...
7:54pm Mon 5 Nov 12

MJA wrote:
Nobody deserves a good beating especially for riding a bike on the pavement. Attitudes like that make you as bad as the people you are condemning.
Actually they do.

People who ride on the pavement are dog dirt and cause numerous minor accidents. I was just making a supportive comment and it's not my fault you've got yourself upset

jack daniels says...
7:57pm Mon 5 Nov 12

chris283 wrote:
jack daniels your a clown shut up
I think you'll find it's 'you are a clown'....

Chris P Bacon says...
8:48pm Mon 5 Nov 12

jack daniels wrote:
Chris P Bacon wrote:
jack daniels wrote:
mudshark wrote:
was he driving on the pavement ?
A good point. There are some really selfish cyclists out there that don't care less and deserve a good beating. Whether this is the case, who knows....
But even though you don't know, you can't resist having a go at a cyclist? That's because you are overweight, unfit, lazy and suffer HDL and high blood pressure that will see you inside a coffin many years earlier than the average. Whether this is the case, who knows?
I must have hit a nerve. Is that guilt that's forcing you whine on here and make up your little stories?
'...make up your little stories'? Writes the genetically deficient no-mark who makes up a story about what he'd like to do but hasn't got the cajones to do it to a group of people he'd like to exist, but don't! How ironic.

jack daniels says...
10:33pm Mon 5 Nov 12

Chris P Bacon wrote:
jack daniels wrote:
Chris P Bacon wrote:
jack daniels wrote:
mudshark wrote:
was he driving on the pavement ?
A good point. There are some really selfish cyclists out there that don't care less and deserve a good beating. Whether this is the case, who knows....
But even though you don't know, you can't resist having a go at a cyclist? That's because you are overweight, unfit, lazy and suffer HDL and high blood pressure that will see you inside a coffin many years earlier than the average. Whether this is the case, who knows?
I must have hit a nerve. Is that guilt that's forcing you whine on here and make up your little stories?
'...make up your little stories'? Writes the genetically deficient no-mark who makes up a story about what he'd like to do but hasn't got the cajones to do it to a group of people he'd like to exist, but don't! How ironic.
You have got your knickers in a twist haven't you.

What story have I made up? Are you saying that people don't cycle on the pavement? I hope you do because it would confirm how stupid you are.

Come on big man, clarify yourself because all you've done so far is make up a persona for me to hide your stance at defending cyclists selfishly using the pavement and putting the lives of our young and infirm at risk

Chris P Bacon says...
8:27am Tue 6 Nov 12

jack daniels wrote:
Chris P Bacon wrote:
jack daniels wrote:
Chris P Bacon wrote:
jack daniels wrote:
mudshark wrote:
was he driving on the pavement ?
A good point. There are some really selfish cyclists out there that don't care less and deserve a good beating. Whether this is the case, who knows....
But even though you don't know, you can't resist having a go at a cyclist? That's because you are overweight, unfit, lazy and suffer HDL and high blood pressure that will see you inside a coffin many years earlier than the average. Whether this is the case, who knows?
I must have hit a nerve. Is that guilt that's forcing you whine on here and make up your little stories?
'...make up your little stories'? Writes the genetically deficient no-mark who makes up a story about what he'd like to do but hasn't got the cajones to do it to a group of people he'd like to exist, but don't! How ironic.
You have got your knickers in a twist haven't you.

What story have I made up? Are you saying that people don't cycle on the pavement? I hope you do because it would confirm how stupid you are.

Come on big man, clarify yourself because all you've done so far is make up a persona for me to hide your stance at defending cyclists selfishly using the pavement and putting the lives of our young and infirm at risk
You're too stupid to be embarrassed at how stupid you're continuing to make yourself look.

Cyclists do not cycle on the pavement. You might get some kid on a BSO who rides on a pavement but that kid isn't a cyclist and doesn't yet know the agenda.

To claim that knob-heads who potter around pavements on BSOs cause a risk to ANYone is taking a hatred of cyclists to mentally-ill proportions. You think you've got an argument but you are making yourself look ludicrous and worse than pathetic.

jack daniels says...
6:12pm Tue 6 Nov 12

Chris P Bacon wrote:
jack daniels wrote:
Chris P Bacon wrote:
jack daniels wrote:
Chris P Bacon wrote:
jack daniels wrote:
mudshark wrote:
was he driving on the pavement ?
A good point. There are some really selfish cyclists out there that don't care less and deserve a good beating. Whether this is the case, who knows....
But even though you don't know, you can't resist having a go at a cyclist? That's because you are overweight, unfit, lazy and suffer HDL and high blood pressure that will see you inside a coffin many years earlier than the average. Whether this is the case, who knows?
I must have hit a nerve. Is that guilt that's forcing you whine on here and make up your little stories?
'...make up your little stories'? Writes the genetically deficient no-mark who makes up a story about what he'd like to do but hasn't got the cajones to do it to a group of people he'd like to exist, but don't! How ironic.
You have got your knickers in a twist haven't you.

What story have I made up? Are you saying that people don't cycle on the pavement? I hope you do because it would confirm how stupid you are.

Come on big man, clarify yourself because all you've done so far is make up a persona for me to hide your stance at defending cyclists selfishly using the pavement and putting the lives of our young and infirm at risk
You're too stupid to be embarrassed at how stupid you're continuing to make yourself look.

Cyclists do not cycle on the pavement. You might get some kid on a BSO who rides on a pavement but that kid isn't a cyclist and doesn't yet know the agenda.

To claim that knob-heads who potter around pavements on BSOs cause a risk to ANYone is taking a hatred of cyclists to mentally-ill proportions. You think you've got an argument but you are making yourself look ludicrous and worse than pathetic.
There has to be some underlying mental health problem with you if you are getting yourself this worked up. Somebody who uses a cycle is a cyclists, regardless of wherever or whatever they are cycling. People of an adult age but with a retards brain will cycle at silly speeds at silly places thus supporting my comments about being a danger and deserving a slap. Your denial of this fact is proof ( if ever needed ) that you are a liar and an fool.

At no point did I claim this person cycled on the pavement or that I hate cyclists. You can keep arguing if you wish but you will simply continue to make yourself look stupid and who am I to stop you from doing that after all these years.

Chris P Bacon says...
6:27pm Tue 6 Nov 12

And you're a liar. You agreed with someone up above who claimed he was cycling on the pavement and then, due to your inability, you suggested cyclists 'deserve a good beating', your comments. then when called on it, you're back-peddalling faster than a certain Tory MP who'll be named and shamed later this week (although we all know who he is!)

And if someone is knocking a football about, do they become a footballer? By your reckoning, they do but your stupidity probably reveals some underlying mental issues. So carry on; it's my buss man's holiday after-all.

Cuttingsky says...
9:12pm Tue 6 Nov 12

Chris P Bacon and jack daniels.

On a lighter note you two need to get out more. You appear to have spent last night bickering on here when you could have attended a bonfire.

jack daniels says...
10:42pm Tue 6 Nov 12

Chris P Bacon wrote:
And you're a liar. You agreed with someone up above who claimed he was cycling on the pavement and then, due to your inability, you suggested cyclists 'deserve a good beating', your comments. then when called on it, you're back-peddalling faster than a certain Tory MP who'll be named and shamed later this week (although we all know who he is!)

And if someone is knocking a football about, do they become a footballer? By your reckoning, they do but your stupidity probably reveals some underlying mental issues. So carry on; it's my buss man's holiday after-all.
Actually, they never claimed the victim was on the pavement, they simply asked a question - hence the ? at the end of the sentence.

I also said 'some cyclists' deserve a beating.

Not only have we made you look like a paranoid idiot but I've even given you a lesson is English literature. I can see why you like making things up as you are unable to extrapolate facts from a given comment.

Still, my helping of the feeble minded has given me a little bit of karma

julespent says...
10:53pm Thu 8 Nov 12

Its a dodgy area round there, some dodgy characters, saw 2 at half past 8 in the morning drinking Tennants Super Strength. I wouldnt like to be out around there alone at any time of day. Glad the man is ok as the outcome could have been a lot worse.

On a positive note lets have some constructive/relevan
t comments on here please, not slagging each other off. Reminds me of my days at school which i would rather like to forget thanks.

sen c ble says...
2:49pm Fri 9 Nov 12

Cuttingsky wrote:
Chris P Bacon and jack daniels.

On a lighter note you two need to get out more. You appear to have spent last night bickering on here when you could have attended a bonfire.
I know who I would like to stick on top of the bonfire!

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