Althouse: "It's somebody with a vendetta, someone who has something against we assume mountain bikers or riders - but the things they're putting out do not discriminate. It's an incredibly dangerous and reckless thing to do."

July 13, 2019

"It's somebody with a vendetta, someone who has something against we assume mountain bikers or riders - but the things they're putting out do not discriminate. It's an incredibly dangerous and reckless thing to do."

From "Peak District cycle paths sabotaged with 'dangerous' traps" (BBC).

Also: "Hidden nail trap found at Blorenge mountain in Abergavenny" (BBC)("It's about a metre long, has 200 nails in it it's pretty heavy... It's also got legs on it, so if you rode over it would not tip up but would stay in the ground. Someone has gone to a lot of work").

32 comments:

MadisonMan said...: Also in that article: There are no reports of anyone being injured. and no official complaints had been made

I think I'll worry about something else.; 7/13/19, 10:21 AM
Ralph L said...: Put in by a homeless former master of fox hounds.; 7/13/19, 10:42 AM
Yancey Ward said...: I give 50% odds the person who found it was the person who made it.; 7/13/19, 10:46 AM
Yancey Ward said...: I give 25% odds the maker is another mountain biker, and 25% odd the maker is someone who has been hit by one of the bikers while walking along the path.; 7/13/19, 10:47 AM
Wince said...: As the Duke says...

"Move out. Move out."; 7/13/19, 10:49 AM
Fernandinande said...: Our favorite "let the dogs run free" area (BLM) was recently ruined with bike trails.; 7/13/19, 11:02 AM
BUMBLE BEE said...: But... But... Bicyclists are pure of heart.; 7/13/19, 11:20 AM
madAsHell said...: Which is more annoying; the Prius owner, or the cyclist in flamboyant spandex??

Asking for a friend.; 7/13/19, 11:20 AM
madAsHell said...: I give 50% odds the person who found it was the person who made it.

From the article....."Whoever made it must have used a nail gun because there are no hammer marks."

Hmmmm......??; 7/13/19, 11:26 AM
Mary Beth said...: The first is in Derbyshire (and there's no mention of it in their local paper) and the second is in Wales. More than one "someone" dislikes bike riders. I don't know what bikers that are staying on the bike paths are doing to upset people, scaring the sheep?; 7/13/19, 11:33 AM
rcocean said...: That's not much of a trap. I was expecting a pit covered with leaves with a tiger at the bottom, or maybe a trip wire that would hoist the bicyclist up in the air, or maybe some sharpened bamboo spears..; 7/13/19, 11:37 AM
wild chicken said...: flamboyant spandex??

Ltcra. Spandex is so 70s.

Do you still call the road bikes "10-speeds" too?; 7/13/19, 11:39 AM
traditionalguy said...: New phrase of the day: That beggars belief.; 7/13/19, 11:47 AM
Achilles said...: 50 or 20 nails would be more effective than 200.

The person that put this out had no intention of it actually working or popping any tires. It is a hoax.; 7/13/19, 12:13 PM
Achilles said...: At least they didn’t just string some fishing line across the trail.; 7/13/19, 12:14 PM
Ann Althouse said...: "the cyclist in flamboyant spandex" is not a mountain biker.; 7/13/19, 12:32 PM
Michael said...: Spandex or not, mountain bikers pose a lot of danger to walkers and like their road brethren are of the opinion they have the right of way in all situations. As they go full out downhill on skinny mountain single track you best get your hiking ass out of the way. They are not in control. I was once one of them.; 7/13/19, 12:56 PM
Michael said...: Further, if you want to degrade your trails mountain bikes are the way to go.; 7/13/19, 1:00 PM
whitney said...: Urban bikers are a bad combination. Extremely arrogant and extremely vulnerable. I won't be surprised at all when somebody at the end of their rope just decides I'll do the time and plows into a whole pack of them; 7/13/19, 1:02 PM
madAsHell said...: Spandex is so 70s.

It wasn't meant to be a compliment.; 7/13/19, 1:23 PM
JAORE said...: Is there no C-4 in Jolly Old?

No Afgan vets familiar with IED's?

Pikers.; 7/13/19, 1:24 PM
madAsHell said...: "the cyclist in flamboyant spandex" is not a mountain biker.

....but xe self-identifies as a mountain biker.; 7/13/19, 1:25 PM
Expat(ish) said...: My son and I once ran a trail 1/2 marathon up near the National White Water center. Had I realized that we'd be running on mountain biking trails I would not have signed up for the run. Tougher than a tough mudder, that.

-XC; 7/13/19, 2:12 PM
PuertoRicoSpaceport.com said...: Even worse is the cyclist in flamboyant spandex who identifes as a secretary of state

John Henry; 7/13/19, 2:15 PM
n.n said...: Environmentalists?; 7/13/19, 3:06 PM
Ignatius Acton Chesterton OCD said...: Ann Althouse @7/13/19, 12:32 PM: "the cyclist in flamboyant spandex" is not a mountain biker.

One cannot be certain. It could be a mountain unicycler trying to be noticed fir their derrière.

I suspect the Ted Kaczynski is on the loose. He didn’t like technology.; 7/13/19, 3:48 PM
Rabel said...: Following up on the cyclist who was run over by a cement truck in NY, the NY Post put up a blurry, non-gruesome video.

Biker's fault, totally. She rode (not "rolled") into the intersection at speed. Truck driver had the green light and no time to react and no way to avoid her if he did.

The timing was unfortunate for the woman.; 7/13/19, 4:09 PM
Josephbleau said...: Which is more annoying; the Prius owner, or the cyclist in flamboyant spandex??

Spandex may be dead, but a woman in my office looks very much like Mrs. Michelin in red spandex.; 7/13/19, 6:29 PM
Cato said...: Vendetta is another great Italian word. There are many. Like fiasco.; 7/13/19, 6:40 PM
Narr said...: Does Blorenge rhyme with doorhinge? If so, another myth dies.

Narr
Go Orange; 7/13/19, 9:42 PM
stlcdr said...: Brits can be pretty inventive in their nastiness.

Maybe it’s because the person you try to maim, injure or kill doesn’t have a gun.; 7/14/19, 7:57 AM
Paul said...: Could have been worse... a wire across the trail at neck level...; 7/14/19, 9:22 AM