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Biker injured by metal spikes left at a biking site.
. https://www.dailyrecord.co.uk/news/scottish-news/scots-biker-injured-after-cycling-32289769
Few things boil my urine like this
'Probably 'an old trap for motocross bikes.Not a place I would take anything I care about too much,the old shale is a harsh surface for tyres. We only ever took our MX bikes there with old tyres fitted,it was an OK place to use over the winter as it drains really well. Bad luck that the rider went over an old trap ,but there was always lots of old junk that you really needed to keep an eye out for.
Not following the link but are these the shale bings at Philpstoun? They were great fun to play about on bikes several years ago...not been to them for about 2 decades now and suspect they'll have changed. Never good news to hear about these kind of deterents and injuries...
More pop ups on that link than on here 🙂
Pop ups? I never got any. Maybe you need a better adblocker.
Only have the misfortune to experience the pop ups when I'm randomly logged out and have to try and login as quick as possible to beat the pop ups
‘Probably ‘an old trap for motocross bikes.
Yeah, can't believe anyone would care so much about old shale bings as to try and deter MTBers, but the MXers can be heard for miles around and I seem to recall occasional stories in the press about local farmers/householders objecting.
We used to go out and practice our hucks into the soft shale landings, remember being stopped by the police after they'd chased off some MXers, the presumably thought we knew them or something.
Funnily enough I had just been plotting a Strava route to incorporate all the trails I can see from my train window as I commute in, took me over the top of Philpstoun Bing...
Never mind someone just stepping on one. ****ing braindead morons.
The lack of corrosion in the pics makes me think that they are pretty recently made.
Absolute scumbags! We had some of this round my way a few years ago, someone was stringing wire across trails at neck height.
That's been made recently - now way it's been lying around for years. Hardly any rust on it.
Wow.....
Whoever made that clearly cares not a jot about a child or other person, or a pet, or wildlife stepping on it and suffering extreme pain, and possibly a permanent disability due to infection.
There’s a level of vindictiveness and selfishness there that’s bordering on pathological hatred. I’d happily make the perpetrators walk over it barefoot.
Some camouflaged camera traps set up along the trail might be in order.
Not new apparently. I sent the link to my mates and one replied saying it's been going on a while there and sent this pic
It is medieval. Someone needs the jail for that. Looks like it would be covered by reckless conduct to me.
Jail indeed. Someone's gone to a lot of trouble to construct a device which could actually kill someone.
his wife, who was out cycling with him at the time, had to pedal home to retrieve a puncture repair kit.
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"As it's steep you can't stop
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Aside from cyclists, are there other examples of people setting traps to kill or maim others in this country?
Bruce's army dug pits full of spikes and caltrops at the battle of Bannockburn.
Aside from that, not outside Midsummer murders.
I ride there regularly but just the lower sections on the gravel bike. It's popular with the mx crowd. I'll be keeping away for the time being.
Aside from cyclists, are there other examples of people setting traps to kill or maim others in this country?
We used to make pit traps when we were kids and didn't know better. I still feel guilt today, some 30+ years on.