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This is the moment a cyclist confronted brazen thieves trying to steal an expensive motorbike in broad daylight.
Footage shows a gang of masked men - one wielding an angle grinder - as they try to cut free a £13,000 Honda Africa Twin bike on a street in the City of London.
The dramatic theft however ended in failure when bystanders pushed the would-be thief and bike over as he tried to ride it away before calling police on them.
All four of the men managed to flee the scene, with one leaving behind a white Nike trainer. City of London police are investigating the incident.
The astonishing video was captured by a semi-professional cyclist who gave his name as James Richards, who lives nearby.
Astonishing footage shows a gang of masked men -with one wielding an angle grinder - as they try to cut free a £13,000 Honda Africa Twin bike on a street in Spitalfields, City of London
The 34-year-old was walking home from cycle training when he spotted the group of men surrounding a bike parking bay in the Spitalfields area of the city.
'I was walking back from training and came across a white van and two mopeds parked in the road outside Tracey Emin's old house,' he told MailOnline.
James said it soon became clear that the men, two of whom were on mopeds, were planning the cut through the bike's three locks and then
