This is the terrifying moment an axe-wielding gang rammed a cyclist with a motorbike before attempting to rob him in broad daylight.

Dashcam footage shows the two thugs speeding up behind the victim on a country road and crashing into the back of him. 

He can be seen tumbling off his bike and onto to the floor, before one of the robbers threatens him with an axe and tries to snatch the bike off him.

Fortunately, the man managed to get away and the two motorcyclists then fled the scene, driving around the side of a car that had captured the incident on its dashcam. 

It comes amid a spate of attacks in north London and Hertfordshire, where cyclists have been targeted by gangs on motorbikes. 

Cyclist Shaiba Ilyas said he was robbed of his bike and repeatedly hit on the shoulder with a hard object on Thursday afternoon near Borehamwood. 

He said the attackers were ‘young kids’ aged around 16 to 18 years old, who came up behind him and repeatedly called for him to stop. 

Mr Ilyas jammed on the brakes and nearly fell in a ditch, but managed to stay upright on his bike. 

He told the BBC: ‘I saw he was hitting me with the reverse of a sort of hand axe.

This is the terrifying moment an axe-wielding gang rammed a cyclist with a motorbike before attempting to rob him in broad daylight

‘He then turned the axe round and was waving it at my face, sort of waving it across in front of me saying, “give me the bike, give me the bike, get off your bike, give me the bike”.’

Mr Ilyas added: ‘I don’t feel comfortable going out on my own at the moment. I just don’t. I’m just too nervous to do so.’

Hertfordshire Police have told cyclists if they think they are being followed, particularly in remote areas, to call 999.

A force spokesperson said: ‘We’d rather attend to find that everything is in order, than miss an opportunity to catch a potential criminal.’

It comes after terrifying video footage from earlier this year captured the moment a cyclist had his £4,200 road bike robbed by hammer-wielding thugs. 

Patrick Conneely, who lives in Leyton, east London, was doing a lap around Regent’s Park during an early morning ride when he was passed by two men riding a moped. 

One of the men then leapt off and shouted at Mr Conneely to, as he recalled, ‘Give me the f*****g bike’.

After the 33-year-old bravely refused, the thug took a hammer from the top box and waved it at him while continuing to shout violent threats. 

He then grabbed the bike and jumped on the moped carrying it above his head.

A robber wielding a hammer threatens 33-year-old cyclist Patrick Conneely in Regent’s Park while his associate sits on a moped ready to ride off 

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At this point Mr Conneely surged forward and tried to push the moped over before the men rode away at speed.

‘They pulled up next to me and looked at the bike,’ he told the Daily Mail in an exclusive interview.  

‘I knew straight away what was happening and felt very vulnerable so went to turn around, but they then went into a side road and turned around too.

‘The one thing I really didn’t want to happen was to get smashed off the bike because you can really hurt yourself. So I wanted to be off it and be standing up when they came.

‘When that video starts you can see me jump off the bike. They then pulled up next to me and one of the men was telling me to give me the f*****g bike.

‘He then reached for his waist before returning to the moped and taking a hammer out of the box, which he raised above his head to swing at me.’

Sean Epstein, chairman of Regent’s Park Cyclists, said similar attacks had happened before and that some people had been knocked off their bikes.

‘Mopeds just stand and wait – two people on a moped or motorbike – plates removed, with masks or balaclavas,’ he said.

‘Most robbers kick riders off their bikes while they’re riding and wrestle their bikes off them.

‘Last winter the robberies kept increasing. Our clubs were getting hit on a weekly basis.

‘It’s always the same method and the same response from the police: treating it like stolen property, shrugging and saying, “Sorry, we’ve got no leads.. You should get insurance”.

‘It has led to a general fear and inability for people to feel safe.’