Disgusting

[barongreenback]

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/scotland/tayside_and_central/8054215.stm

Don't feel this really needs any more words than that. Very sad.

 

[zimzum42]

Pretty small minded....

 

[Keith Oates]

"How dare they close a road" - pathetic...................... I hope they find some of the people that did it and charge them with GBH or similar for causing injury to those that fell off!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

 

[barq]

Good grief. How sad for everyone involved.

Years ago someone did exactly the same thing on some fireroads near me. On another occasion, and more seriously, someone put a wire between trees at neck height which injured a cyclist.

I think there are people in this world who just get fixated on an issue and don't give any thought to the consequences.

 

[PaulB]

It is indeed disgraceful but I thnk it shows the depth of anger that someone would be prepared to go to these lengths to make their point (no pun intended). There needs to be more discussion about this as some groups clearly feel overlooked.

 

[just jim]

Malicious and shameful. I Suppose it could have been anybody though - all it takes is one bampot.

 

[PaulB]

Imagine if it's discovered there was no malice involved! A wagon carrying tacks from Pitlochry to Glasgow hit a pothole en-route last night and a box of them fell out. All would have been well had it not been for the rain which rotted the cardboard causing the tacks to spill all over the road. Then those condemning the culprits would feel a bit daft, wouldn't they?

Well it COULD happen!

 

[zimzum42]

Let's hope whoever did it is retarded enough to forget what they did, drive to work and get a puncture!

 

[fossyant]

Let's hope the local paper publish a big article on it, might just shame the individual. It's one day, once a year and at a weekend......maybe they should have a go themselves. It will be some lard who couldn't drive to the local shop 100 yards away for a paper....

 

[Fab Foodie]

Some people really need to have life explained to them with a baseball bat. I'm up for the job.

 

[PaulB]

It will be some lard who couldn't drive to the local shop 100 yards away for a paper....

They give licences to animal fat now?

 

[zacklaws]

Imagine if it's discovered there was no malice involved! A wagon carrying tacks from Pitlochry to Glasgow hit a pothole en-route last night and a box of them fell out. All would have been well had it not been for the rain which rotted the cardboard causing the tacks to spill all over the road. Then those condemning the culprits would feel a bit daft, wouldn't they?

Well it COULD happen!

Don't get me wrong, I'm not knocking your comments, but after a long hard nine hour ride its the first thing thats put a smile on my face today. It reminds me of some of the sketches in "Dads Army" when "Jonesy" would come out with some explanation to something and "Mainwairing" would just look up to the ceiling, remove his glasses, screw his face up and eventually say "I think your going into the realms of fantasy"

Thanks for making me smile, its helping me to forget my aching body.

 

[Crankarm]

Don't get me wrong, I'm not knocking your comments, but after a long hard nine hour ride its the first thing thats put a smile on my face today. It reminds me of some of the sketches in "Dads Army" when "Jonesy" would come out with some explanation to something and "Mainwairing" would just look up to the ceiling, remove his glasses, screw his face up and eventually say "I think your going into the realms of fantasy"

Thanks for making me smile, its helping me to forget my aching body.

Yeah, a classic episode repeated last night on 2 - the episode where the King is supposed to be turning up on the Royal Train. Corp Jones or Mainwaring did not disappoint, neither did any of them. Bless their cotton socks.

WRT the race being stopped, anyone with any info should nail the person who did it.

 

[John the Monkey]

Some people really need to have life explained to them with a baseball bat. I'm up for the job.

I think a great many people get their physics knowledge from Tom and Jerry cartoons. Presumably the idiots responsible thought the outcome would be a comical "bang! pffft....", rather than a desperate struggle to control a bike with a suddenly flat front tyre at 25mph. Not all too different to the f*ckwits who chuck things from cars, imo.

I'm hoping for some robust action from the police, but don;t hold out a great deal of hope, with this being Britain and all. Presumably next year's Etape will have a ore difficult time securing the help of the police because of "safety" concerns, so the tackers will get their way, and have nice safe roads filled with speeding cars all 365 days of the year, rather than just for 364.

 

[HLaB]

I think a great many people get their physics knowledge from Tom and Jerry cartoons. Presumably the idiots responsible thought the outcome would be a comical "bang! pffft....", rather than a desperate struggle to control a bike with a suddenly flat front tyre at 25mph. Not all too different to the f*ckwits who chuck things from cars, imo.

+1 I was in a large pack heading down a slight hill at 25mph towards a bend (thankfully open) when I was struck. I had a bit of a wobble thankfully I held it but it freaked out some of the other folk in the pack.