A biker has told how balaclava-clad riders "threatened him with a blade" while he was travelling at 40mph down a Scots road.
Rory Pieres, from Edinburgh, was driving his motorbike down Calder Road in the city when two men pulled up alongside him at around 9pm on Saturday, August 20. Rory says the pair threatened him then pulled what appeared to be a knife out of their bag before staring him down.
When he refused to back down and gestured that he was wearing a helmet camera - the two yobs pulled away down Stevenhouse Drive. At this point, Rory pulled over and phoned the police.
Rory has already had a run in with youths this year when his bike was stolen earlier this month.
Speaking to Edinburgh Live, Rory said: "Honestly I feel pretty bad about it, I just had a bike stolen on the 10th the same day after getting it back from the garage after it was vandalised in February. I had only bought that bike in December.
"This is the second bike that's been stolen, and everyone I know that rides has had at the very least encounters with these kinds of people, either a theft or an attempt. Every couple of days I'm seeing people having bikes stolen or damaged and seeing the police being almost powerless about it.
“They don't have the resources to stop it all and I get that, but there's well known places in Edinburgh where these groups operate and I really just wish something would be done. I understand the police are carrying out Operation Soteria and that's a huge step forward, I just hope they continue the effort.”
Officers made their way to the scene but were unable to find any trace of the riders.
A Police Scotland spokesperson said: “Around 9pm on Saturday, 20 August, police received a report of two men acting suspiciously on a motorbike in the Calder Road area of Edinburgh. Officers attended and there was no trace in the area.
“Police in Edinburgh are committed to identifying and targeting those individuals involved in motorcycle antisocial behaviour and thefts, as part of Operation Soteria.”
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