Barbed Wire Cyclist trap...

Tenzor07

Spotted this on Bookface, some "person" decided to place a rusty barbed wire trap across a mountain bike trail, at neck height!

Mountain bikers are used to rocks, smashed glass bottled and sticks being placed across bike tracks, but this takes it to a whole new level... I hope the sicko who did this gets caught!




This is the area:

ED E

Scrotes did it a couple years back in town with rope. Have to wonder how people can be so evil.

JBokeh

Thats just plain sick. Someone hits that and it is fully life changing. A spot that is now our MTB trails used to be our scrambler trails, some sicko tied some muddy bale twine between two trees on a corner, around torso level. I barely stopped the bike in time, always wary now of riding natural trails in places popular with walking types or whiners because of that

Raam

Dirtbags. Is that recent?

ThisRegard

JBokeh wrote: »

, always wary now of riding natural trails in places popular with walking types or whiners because of that

"Walking types "? Sure maybe the threads in After Hours that castigate all cyclists because of the actions of a few have have a point so, these cyclist types are all the same

Scumbag thing to do, but don't fall into the trap of assuming everyone you meet walking in the hills are responsible.

Don't Chute!

Used to see a lot of obstacles put out on trails around the Glen of the Downs and Kindlestown when I did some mountain biking. Considering this is in the same area I wonder is it the same person? Beggars belief!

thomasm

Should be charged with attempted murder if found. Could rip jugular and you'd be dead in seconds. Utter scum

iwillhtfu

JBokeh wrote: »

A spot that is now our MTB trails used to be our scrambler trails,

I'd imagine scramblers are one of the reasons these type of traps are set.

Although it's no excuse for someone to even consider setting such a barbaric obstacle/trap.

TallGlass

My god, what type of people live among us, how could you set that thing up and then go to sleep at night.

Pepijn89

That's just horrible. Good thing your man saw it in time and reported it. I would understand putting up a reflective barrier or something if you want to tell people not to ride bikes there (I wouldn't AGREE but I would understand), but this is just low.

randomname2005

TallGlass wrote: »

My god, what type of people live among us, how could you set that thing up and then go to sleep at night.

Probably people who had a deprived child hood. We live amongst scum, absolute and utter scum who have no morals or thought as to what this kind of thing might do.

<slightly off topic but related to the scum that we have to share this world with>
And this type of thing is not an isolated incident. In Galway some people have smeared dog crap all over kids playground equipment. Oh, and also melted plastic slides and put razor blades into them.

http://www.independent.ie/irish-news/news/gangs-setting-fires-melting-razor-blades-and-smearing-dog-excrement-into-playground-equipment-34593079.html

ED E

Follow up from yesterday, this came up on facebook.

cython

ED E wrote: »

Follow up from yesterday, this came up on facebook.

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The first of those pics is from the UK back in November, so while no less disgusting in its malice, it's nothing to do with Wicklow. Not sure of the veracity of the lower image as as result.

Alun

cython wrote: »

Not sure of the veracity of the lower image as as result.

Thanks to Google Images, it's from Australia ...

http://www.gladstoneobserver.com.au/news/sick-bush-booby-trap-injured-by-bike-path-trap/2421483/

Someone's being a bit dishonest here.

cython

Alun wrote: »

Thanks to Google Images, it's from Australia ...

http://www.gladstoneobserver.com.au/news/sick-bush-booby-trap-injured-by-bike-path-trap/2421483/

Someone's being a bit dishonest here.

Can't say I'm surprised. From what I gather 98FM Facebook was one of the early sources of that set (since removed), and stickybottle jumped on it from there with little to no research/verification. While there is no doubt a problem in that these traps are being set, it helps nobody's case to have falsehoods and exaggerations like these posted about them, as then genuine reports come under suspicion of being falsified too, basically boy who cried wolf syndrome

ThisRegard

Sticky Bottle have put up an apology regarding this story for just running with the second set of pics on the basis they were related.

http://www.stickybottle.com/latest-news/stickybottle-apology-we-got-it-badly-wrong-and-were-rightly-caught-out/

Deadwards.com

As a person who does a lot of walking in the Dublin and Wicklow mountains, I have to agree that whoever did this needs to be caught and punished. I see a lot of folks running their bikes down the trails and 99.9% are very considerate. These areas are a great public amenity and are for all to enjoy. A little courtesy amongst us all and we get along grand. To do something like placing wire or rope across an area where people are traveling at speed disgusts me. Keep safe y'all

Snickers Man

Are these pictures all verified as being true?

Not calling anybody a liar and if they are genuine I'm all in favour of the blow-torch and pliers approach to dealing with the perpetrator(s) if/when caught.

Just gently asking could this be an Internet myth/hoax?

No disrespect intended to anybody genuinely hurt by such a heinous practice.

ThisRegard

They're genuine pictures, but from incidents elsewhere. One of them is from a dirt biker in Australia.

ED E

Womans neck is from Dublin in 2013.

Lumen

We may as well use Pinterest for our news.

Roadhawk

I have to say that it is absolutely appalling to see such intent to physically harm anyone, cyclists or otherwise. These people setting traps are clearly disturbed and ultimately cowards. If any of you see any unusual activity in such off road tracks make sure your first call is to the Gardai. The pictures in this thread may be from another country or year but it doesn't remove the risk in Ireland.

12Phase

One other solution; find and sue the person who is setting these.

If the criminal justice system can't deal with him, at least bankrupt him in civil court.

It's insane, malicious trap setting that's designed to cause injury or death.

They need to be treating it much more seriously.