Trail sabotage on a whole new level

One of my mates posted this photo of what he found this afternoon on one of the ‘dh’ tracks on Old Pale hill in Delamere.

It truly frightening considering the number of riders round here and the night rides that take place too.

It’s been reported to the FC and removed.

Wow! That is seriously messed up

You can almost understand a one off person doing this but it’s happening all over the country.
Just how many **** idiots are there out there?

#brexit ??

😯

Looks exactly like old pales, what else were they expecting?

52% of the population at last count.

Yup, saw that earlier..
Could make for an interesting night ride tomorrow..

I think the Tories are correct in their desire to close the borders. The place is clearly full of lunatics. Infact can we hermetically seal England and just be done with it.

The stakes are high with this jump

That could kill..

No 2 ways about it..

Braveheart extras?

They’ve got some big vampires around there 😯

Seen this floating around Facebook.

Is it genuine?

If so, truly worrying. Getting to the point where it’s going to take a proper injury to get action taken?

the trail beyond the spikes doesn’t look like it’s been ridden at all. It might just be the way this photos been taken or the light or something or this picture could be a complete fake.

The pile of extra stakes at the side ready for more traps is a bit worrying too. Shows another level of premeditation.

Yeah it’s real, I pulled the photo from my mates FB timeline. He found it and reported it to the relevant authorities

[/quote]Getting to the point where it’s going to take a proper injury to get action taken?

Um, I think you’ve missed the point slightly. It’s only a trap for cyclists, cyclists don’t matter.

There was a death at Delamere ( I think) about 10-12 years ago where a cyclist was killed by a wire or something stretched across the path.

The verdict was accidental death 🙄

Someone clearly thinks the zombie apocalypse has started.

Looks like someone heard about the new rambo movie and is getting some practice in for auditions.

It’s genuine, rider who posted it rides there most days and isn’t the sort of person to make it up.

Wow. Just horrible if it is genuine

I’m not really sure how many times it has to be said, but this is real. It’s backed up by footprints in the area also

Holy cr@p

But they’re being optimistic if they think I can get that much air

I thought to myself as well that doesn’t look like a trail. Certainly doesn’t look like it gets ridden.

One way to keep people on the ‘authorised’ trail!

I do hope those of you that venture to off-road trails do a slow reccy run when you arrive each time before giving it your best, after moronic stunts like this. 👿

I think the Tories are correct in their desire to close the borders. The place is clearly full of lunatics. Infact can we hermetically seal England and just be done with it.

One problem with your plan – England has the largest number of lunatics (or just selfish, horrible people) and they have been here for 100’s of years. Closing the borders won’t help…

Not saying whether it’s real or not, but the logic in the above posts ‘proving’ that it is, reflects poorly on the posters.

No matter how trustworthy your mate is, or how often he rides that trail, if he downloaded the picture from the internet, then he has no idea whether it is genuine or not.

It’s like listening to my wife…

What about your wife? Do you think we think she is real?

The stakes are high with this jump

🙂

But seriously, folk aren’t thinking about the reality of their actions, are they.

Tyre marks? Anywhere?

belugabob – Member
Not saying whether it’s real or not, but the logic in the above posts ‘proving’ that it is, reflects poorly on the posters.

No matter how trustworthy your mate is, or how often he rides that trail, if he downloaded the picture from the internet, then he has no idea whether it is genuine or not.

It’s like listening to my wife…

teve_b77 – Member
Yeah it’s real, I pulled the photo from my mates FB timeline. He found it and reported it to the relevant authorities

People’s ability to read doesn’t reflect well on posters either 😉 😆

Crazy. Hope it’s kids just being stupid and reckless and not someone with real intent

without wishing to cast doubt…

Looking beyond the stakes has anyone ever actually ridden down there? It looks untouched by tyre.

Yeah it’s real, I pulled the photo from my mates FB timeline. He found it and reported it to the relevant authorities

People’s ability to read doesn’t reflect well on posters either

To be fair that sentence is ambiguous. He found it could refer to the picture or the sabotage and grammatically it leans towards him finding the photograph.

The lack of tyre marks is a bit weird. It looks like no one has ever ridden off that lip or ridden off between the trees

I must apologise for slightly dubious grammar.

I shall rephrase; he was riding the area, came across this shocking piece of sabotage, took his phone from his pocket, captured the image in digital format. Once in an area of suitable data coverage or even WiFi he uploaded the photo to Facebook and made the comments, while reporting it to the relevant people. I then shared the photograph on here and other social media formats.

That’s horrific … some sick people out there, go careful boys and girls.

Looking beyond the stakes has anyone ever actually ridden down there? It looks untouched by tyre.

Agreed – if that was ever a trail, it looks like it’s been months/years since it was ridden. Does not excuse the stakes mind.

@steve-b77

I stand corrected – makes more sense now.