“I could not believe how fast they were going — no helmets, flat-out, on one wheel, just crazy. But they went by too fast to note anything useful to identify them.”
The man said there were up to five of them the first time they went along his street.
“They were riding on the back wheel only for at least a block and pretty much in the middle of the road.”
Another witness said he saw them riding no-hands across William Pettie Bridge.
“That was over the past weekend.
“They were as brazen as you like,” he said.
“The more people who see them, the more they seem to enjoy it. The fact they don’t wear helmets means they have no regard for their own safety, let alone anyone else’s.”
Another man said one of them came straight at him as he drove along Centennial Marine Drive the other day.
“He was doing a wheel-stand at the time, and it looked like he would have been doing around 80 kilometres.
“The guy was on his own that time but usually they go in packs,” the man said. “They just don’t seem to give a s..t for anyone else on the road. One of these days, one of them will kill himself or someone else.”
Police would like to hear from anyone with CCTV or cellphone footage of the riders and their bikes.
“Any assistance can be passed on to us via 105@police.govt.nz; or by ringing 105, referencing OP MX Tairāwhiti.
Alternatively, information can be given anonymously through Crime Stoppers on 0800 555 111.
