Ok, I get it: People can't be bothered to dispose of their glass bottles

properly, so the natural thing to do is to smash them in the bike lane. So I

buck up and purchase armadillo tires, and then the next week ramp it up to

tuffy strips inside even though the bike shop guy is sure it is over-kill (what

do I know, I'm only a girl). Only had one glass flat this month, so I'm thinking

it's merely ok. This is a war, and casualties should be expected.

Today, while riding on the Interurban trail in Evertt, I was ambushed by

HUNDREDS of inch and a half long wood screws.

Only in the bike lane.

They were the kind of screws that have a very thin, sharp point, and they

were dark, and impossible to see until a rider was already on top of them and

they were wedged very savagely into her tires.

Am I being paranoid?

I don't think so.

This time last year there was a stretch of trail (bike lane, really) on both

sides of the road that had been liberally sprinkled with hundreds and

hundreds of push pins. I'm pretty sure it was pure and simple vandalism

since they were ONLY on the bike lanes. I

emailed BAW and they contacted someone from the works dept who sent

someone out to clean them up immediately. I emailed BAW again today and I

expect a similar response, but I am fuming!!! I was already fuming about all

the glass. This is an attack!