Cycling Event Sabotaged
Discussion
Just reading the local paper, and there is an article about the Macmillan Cancer Support Etape Caledonia - apparently the UK's only closed road cycling event.
Chaos developed at the half way mark when competitors were sent tumbling and countless others got punctures after hundreds of carpet tacks were scattered on a 5 mile section of the route.
Just thought you should know
. (Although a bit of a shame given the charitable nature of the race)
Chaos developed at the half way mark when competitors were sent tumbling and countless others got punctures after hundreds of carpet tacks were scattered on a 5 mile section of the route.
Just thought you should know
. (Although a bit of a shame given the charitable nature of the race)Edited by Ecurie Ecosse on Monday 18th May 22:38
Ecurie Ecosse said:
It all worked out - the course was cleared and there were only a couple of injuries. The race finished as planned.
To clarify, the amusing thing for me was that someone could feel so strongly that they would resort to such Charlie Chaplin-esque tactics.
feel so strongly? bTo clarify, the amusing thing for me was that someone could feel so strongly that they would resort to such Charlie Chaplin-esque tactics.
ks - more likely that some miserable cretins decided that they wanted to be spiteful and vindictive. Feck all to do with feeling strongly about anything and is about as amusing as someone pouring a load of oil off a motorway overbridge bridge onto the outside lane of a motorway.It's just pig ignorance.
Ecurie Ecosse said:
It all worked out - the course was cleared and there were only a couple of injuries. The race finished as planned.
To clarify, the amusing thing for me was that someone could feel so strongly that they would resort to such Charlie Chaplin-esque tactics.
You might not think it so amusing were somebody to take offence at your driving, and pour cold water in a particularly dodgy spot in the road, on a freezing cold night, just for you.To clarify, the amusing thing for me was that someone could feel so strongly that they would resort to such Charlie Chaplin-esque tactics.
Falling from a bike hurts - a lot.
Parrot of Doom said:
Ecurie Ecosse said:
It all worked out - the course was cleared and there were only a couple of injuries. The race finished as planned.
To clarify, the amusing thing for me was that someone could feel so strongly that they would resort to such Charlie Chaplin-esque tactics.
You might not think it so amusing were somebody to take offence at your driving, and pour cold water in a particularly dodgy spot in the road, on a freezing cold night, just for you.To clarify, the amusing thing for me was that someone could feel so strongly that they would resort to such Charlie Chaplin-esque tactics.
Falling from a bike hurts - a lot.
What is funny is imagining some twisted individual buying thousands of carpet tacks and then going to the effort of laying them out on the road, but causing minimal disruption to the event.
steve_amv8 said:
The news reports seemed to suggest one or more of the locals could be to blame as (apparently) there was more than a little bit of annoyance at the number of roads closed and the distruption it caused ....
....for three hours!Once a year.
On a Sunday.
I just hope it doesn't put people off in the future. The event was proving a nice earner for the area.
People like this would prefer it if nobody ever did anything unusual or mildly interesting ever again.
A colleague just returned from this race with a very low opinion of Scottish people. Apparently hundreds of people got punctures, the race was stopped for 2 hours (by a freezing loch), not sure if anyone actually crashed as a result.
I guess the tour de France won't be doing a special stage in Scotland then.
I guess the tour de France won't be doing a special stage in Scotland then.
Has someone been stealing this guy's ideas:
Going to the trouble of finding out the route of the race, buying the tacks, and then going out late at night/early morning to spread them over five miles of the course was probably more hassle than three hours of having a diversion sign outside your house on a sunday.
Going to the trouble of finding out the route of the race, buying the tacks, and then going out late at night/early morning to spread them over five miles of the course was probably more hassle than three hours of having a diversion sign outside your house on a sunday.
Raify said:
A colleague just returned from this race with a very low opinion of Scottish people. Apparently hundreds of people got punctures, the race was stopped for 2 hours (by a freezing loch), not sure if anyone actually crashed as a result.
I guess the tour de France won't be doing a special stage in Scotland then.
I guess the tour de France won't be doing a special stage in Scotland then.
I had something to say but I give up.
lol I think it's hilarious, he / she must have been watching with the biggest grin ever as cyclist after cyclist all dressed in Lycra fired off the road.
MacMillan's did nothing but give bad advice to my Mother when she died. IMHO they did fk all to help in any way shape or form apart from saying theres nothing they can do which meant they gave up on her.
Personally if I was sponsored to do anything it would be for worthwile charities like the RNLI, NSPCC, Oxfam, British Heart Foundation, Cancer Research, The Red Cross, Age Concern
MacMillan's did nothing but give bad advice to my Mother when she died. IMHO they did f
k all to help in any way shape or form apart from saying theres nothing they can do which meant they gave up on her.Personally if I was sponsored to do anything it would be for worthwile charities like the RNLI, NSPCC, Oxfam, British Heart Foundation, Cancer Research, The Red Cross, Age Concern
I find this funny too, anything with cyclists being made fools of really. The wear Lycra which I find repulsive and have their own lane and don't pay road tax!
http://www.tooshocking.com/videos/6793/Hilarious_B...
http://www.tooshocking.com/videos/6793/Hilarious_B...
Parrot of Doom said:
I think the sight of Lycra turns you on, you just don't want to admit your latent homosexuality. After all, why else would you keep mentioning it?
Just think of all those sweaty shaved legs, all that lycra. Think about that.
Agreed...the hate being spewed feels false. Just think of all those sweaty shaved legs, all that lycra. Think about that.
btdk5 said:
Parrot of Doom said:
I think the sight of Lycra turns you on, you just don't want to admit your latent homosexuality. After all, why else would you keep mentioning it?
Just think of all those sweaty shaved legs, all that lycra. Think about that.
Agreed...the hate being spewed feels false. Just think of all those sweaty shaved legs, all that lycra. Think about that.
As Shakespeare said, methinks the closet homosexual doth protest too much.
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