The Phantom Posted July 23, 2019 Posted July 23, 2019 Both Mark Cavendish (on Instagram) and the winner of the Fondo (on Manx Radio) confirmed there were tacks on the course. Pretty horrendous behaviour by someone to be honest. It's unlikely that they'll ever find out who did it, but sabotaging an event like this is pretty serious. If the tacks were on a downhill section at speed, puncture + loss of control + wall = serious injuries (look at Chris Froome recently) or even death. There have actually been quite a lot of sabotage incidents over the years on cycling events here. The end2end course was 're-directed' the night before by some prankster. Some ramps etc in Laxey for the one of the Enduros have been destroyed. There have even been planks with nails in on some mountain bike tracks.
the stinking enigma Posted July 23, 2019 Posted July 23, 2019 i just hope the cops nail whoever did this
Neil Down Posted July 23, 2019 Author Posted July 23, 2019 14 minutes ago, the stinking enigma said: i just hope the cops nail whoever did this You’ve more chance of nailing jelly to a wall than expecting plod to even look into this...
Albert Tatlock Posted July 23, 2019 Posted July 23, 2019 Gran Fondo ...to have a wank or blow your nose on a bike just before you hit that wall. verb, noun, adjective, wanker.
Albert Tatlock Posted July 23, 2019 Posted July 23, 2019 feck off...drive singely or start paying road tax you latex wankers.
dilligaf Posted July 23, 2019 Posted July 23, 2019 6 minutes ago, Albert Tatlock said: feck off...drive singely or start paying road tax you latex wankers. tacks ?
Bobbie Bobster Posted July 23, 2019 Posted July 23, 2019 1 hour ago, the stinking enigma said: i just hope the cops nail whoever did this I think you're missing the point. Whoever did this is just thumbing their noses at the authorities. Do I have to go drawing you a picture?
Neil Down Posted July 23, 2019 Author Posted July 23, 2019 16 minutes ago, Albert Tatlock said: feck off...drive singely or start paying road tax you latex wankers. Are you drunk?
Bobbie Bobster Posted July 24, 2019 Posted July 24, 2019 This Topic has gone a bit flat, I think we should stick a pin in it until the next cycling event.
Neil Down Posted July 24, 2019 Author Posted July 24, 2019 1 hour ago, Bobbie Bobster said: This Topic has gone a bit flat, I think we should stick a pin in it until the next cycling event. can we not just air our views?
Bobbie Bobster Posted July 24, 2019 Posted July 24, 2019 6 hours ago, Neil Down said: can we not just air our views? Pneau way!
LightBulb Posted July 24, 2019 Posted July 24, 2019 I think there are more cycling events planed for next weekend as well, with road closures that seem to clash with various Carnival events round the island on the same day.
Neil Down Posted July 24, 2019 Author Posted July 24, 2019 30 minutes ago, LightBulb said: I think there are more cycling events planed for next weekend as well, with road closures that seem to clash with various Carnival events round the island on the same day. https://www.manxinternational.com/
2bees Posted July 25, 2019 Posted July 25, 2019 I love my bike (well, I mean, who wouldn't? Have you seen it? Absolute beauty) and I do have some lycra shorts and things but I don't want to race anyone. I used to take my youngest to the Tuesday cycling event down at the NSC but there are too many 'pro-cyclists' for it to be fun, for example parents would take a crappy rusty bike down and leave it on the track so their child could get a good starting position, swapping the rusty bike for a £3k 2kg bike at the start of the 'race', fuck that.
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