Tacks On Road

[Nanci]

Nice. I'm at 3-State 3-Mountain Saturday. It's a Century with 9600 feet of elevation gain, going over three mountains, one each in Tennessee, Alabama and Georgia. The first climb is about 4-5 miles at 6%, starting at about mile 12. On the way up, we hear a report of a rider who crashed on descent, unconscious, with an ambulance in attendance. On my way down, (I love descending!!) I notice there are LOTS of people off to the side with flats, in groups- not just one rider. When I get to the SAG at the bottom, they are announcing "Check your tires for tacks!" Some mean person had thrown tacks all over the road on the descent. I hope that is not why the guy had the bad crash. Some poor guy is standing there, saying it was the worst day of his life. I guess, me being near the back of the pack was a good thing that day. I just can't believe someone would do a thing like that.

Nanci

[Surlygirl]

I've read this is a common ploy by people who oppose the rail trails. There are always a few nuts out there. I personally think they ought to prosecute these people for malicious intent. The problem is catching them. Idiots!!!

[Brina]

that is just awful. I hope they catch the bastard.

[Lise]

Incredible. I cannot fathom that. Wishing quick and full recovery to those injured. Lise

[Aggie_Ama]

I heard this happened in the 2004 (or maybe 2003) MS150 Houston to Austin. There is a route that goes through some state parks with some steep hills. The roads are not the greatest and there are always a few wrecks to begin with. I don't know why anyone would do that? My guess is they believe it will only cause flats, at least I hope they do not intended on harming people.

Glad most people escaped serious injury! Hopefully the other rider(s) will recover fully and quickly.

[Running Mommy]

There is a special place in hell for those people!!
But somehow being in the south, it doesn't surprise me! All I can say is THANK GOD we moved to Phoenix instead of Birmingham as previously planned!!

[DrBee]

They should find the people that did it and impale them with the tacks. That would fix 'em! That is just so wrong. I'm wishing those injured a fast and easy recovery. Glad you made it through unscathed Nanci.

[kaybee]

Nanci, I was in a bike shop in Chattanooga Saturday morning, when a gentleman in an SUV with a SAG sign on it came in and bought about a dozen tubes. We heard him say that someone out in Suck Creek had thrown tacks on the road. That tells you quite a bit about the mentality of some people. Hope you didn't end up with a flat, and on behalf of all the sane people in the Chattanooga/North Georgia area, our apologies.

KB

[Trekhawk]

Nice. I'm at 3-State 3-Mountain Saturday. It's a Century with 9600 feet of elevation gain, going over three mountains, one each in Tennessee, Alabama and Georgia. The first climb is about 4-5 miles at 6%, starting at about mile 12. On the way up, we hear a report of a rider who crashed on descent, unconscious, with an ambulance in attendance. On my way down, (I love descending!!) I notice there are LOTS of people off to the side with flats, in groups- not just one rider. When I get to the SAG at the bottom, they are announcing "Check your tires for tacks!" Some mean person had thrown tacks all over the road on the descent. I hope that is not why the guy had the bad crash. Some poor guy is standing there, saying it was the worst day of his life. I guess, me being near the back of the pack was a good thing that day. I just can't believe someone would do a thing like that.

Nanci

Mate thats terrible. Glad to hear you were ok. Its scary knowing people like that exist.

Keep Safe out there.