Wire and wooden jagged stakes found on Nanaimo mountain biking trail
Warning for Nanaimo riders
Idiots. Time for some cameras!
Thats taking it to a whole new level of intent
people suck
That's a whole new level of retard. We need a wire registry to stop criminals from doing this with wire.
Forget injuring someone, this could have easily KILLED someone.
Thread killer
They should let two or three days pass to let whoever did this to shoot their mouth off, then offer a $1000 reward for info leading to a conviction.
Mike Vandeman is all over it, posting on Global that the RCMP should go after mountain bikers for destroying nature instead of the person that set the traps. He ignores the fact that dirt bikers are also in the area, ignores the fact that any person or child could be injured or killed, and goes on his usual hate campaign against mountain bikers.
We are so lucky to have an unhinged lunatic like Vandeman representing the anti-MTB crowd. We don't even need to try to look rational. He sets the nutbar end of the continuum so far out to the fringes of reality, we can pretty much just coast.
i dont know of any mtb trails out that way. mostly quad / moto trails and old roads. i wish they were more specific, as i'm still mostly solo night riding.
Ugh, the public comment sections on news sites are such cesspools. It's articles like these that remind me to avoid them.
Ride, don't slide.
The comments are glorious. The idiots all reveal themselves. Bikers are automatically made to look like victims, and are awarded the legally and morally high ground by default.
The imbeciles that try to explain the criminal sabotage by saying bikers are reckless and rude, are victim-blamers a few shades removed from people that say rape-victims shouldn't dress sexy or flirt.
Not everyone that comments is a troll. But the trolls represent a very small portion of society,,,a disfigured and dysfunctional portion that only hurt any position they align themselves with. Think about it. If MTB-trolls go on there and call for vengeance and violence in response to the sabotage, we all look like morons and thugs. However, we have the privilege of sitting back and letting the trolls undercut the position of all MTB-critics with their antisocial and illogical ramblings. Just play the public safety angle, stick to the laws that entitle us to trail access, and let the asshats do their thing.
We should all send Vandeman a box of chocolates. He's the best of them all.
[QUOTE=cerealkilla';2910181]Mike Vandeman is all over it, posting on Global that the RCMP should go after mountain bikers for destroying nature instead of the person that set the traps. He ignores the fact that dirt bikers are also in the area, ignores the fact that any person or child could be injured or killed, and goes on his usual hate campaign against mountain bikers.
We are so lucky to have an unhinged lunatic like Vandeman representing the anti-MTB crowd. We don't even need to try to look rational. He sets the nutbar end of the continuum so far out to the fringes of reality, we can pretty much just coast.
Careful he'll come after you with a saw.
The raw, primitive, unrefined trails that see little to no maintenance are the kinds of trails that really build skill. What kind of skills do you learn riding a trail that was made by a machine, groomed to perfection and void of any rocks, roots or other obstacles that could send you careening over the handlebars?
Careful he'll come after you with a saw.
We need a saw registry, too.
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