Long, Steve

They've booby trapped the Larch Mtn time trial for years with tumb
tacks, although that seems to have been corrected now.
One year I picked up a tack and rode to the finish line with it still in
my front tire. I couldn't get out of the saddle and sprint as I was
afraid I'd get a pinch flat from loosing so much air pressure.

________________________________

From: obra-bounces@list.obra.org [mailto:obra-bounces@list.obra.org] On
Behalf Of Fischer, Jim E (Corvallis)
Sent: Thursday, August 09, 2007 8:34 PM
To: ERT_Windpower@yahoogroups.com; obra@list.obra.org
Subject: [OBRA Chat] FW: Log placed across bike trail? - Eugene Area

FYI

________________________________

From: LBurpo@aol.com [mailto:LBurpo@aol.com]
Sent: Thursday, August 09, 2007 7:06 PM
To: Fischer, Jim E (Corvallis)
Subject: Log placed across bike trail?

Hi-

I stopped and moved a large branch or log out of the bike trail on a
bridge just a few hundred feet south of Gillespie Corners on Tuesday,
and it occurred to me that there was a possibility that it had been put
there intentionally with malicious intent to harm a bicyclist. It was
perpendicular to the trail, and sticking through the bridge railing, an
unlikely position if it just fell off a vehicle.

It was especially dangerous because the bridge rail would prevent a
cyclist from moving to the shoulder. At night, if you didn't see it in
time, one would either hit the log, or be forced onto a road frequented
by logging trucks and speeding rural traffic. Because this was the
second time I had seen a log across the bike path on that bridge (even
though the first time was probably a year ago), I did report it to the
police.

I wanted to alert local bicyclists to the possibility that someone may
be booby-trapping their bike trail. This may not be as far-fetched as
it first sounds, as one bicyclist told me that thumbtacks had once been
placed on a bike trail in Eugene, and another bicyclist said he knew of
people throwing water on a bike trail (at Bailey Hill and 18th) in the
winter to make it freeze over. I was told that there is a lot of
animosity towards bike riders in this area!

So, please keep your eyes open, for the hazards, and perhaps for the
culprits!

Leslie

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Erik Voldengen

Can one get arrested for doing something like that?

I remember riding on some path around Cooper Mountain years ago. We were
going down hill, came around a blind corner pretty fast and found a huge
barricade made with logs and 16# nails sticking OUT towards our FACES. 100%
man made and of ill intentions. It would have been very painful had we not
stopped in time. Some people...

-Erik

On 8/9/07, Fischer, Jim E (Corvallis) wrote:
>
> FYI
>
> ------------------------------
> *From:* LBurpo@aol.com [mailto:LBurpo@aol.com]
> *Sent:* Thursday, August 09, 2007 7:06 PM
> *To:* Fischer, Jim E (Corvallis)
> *Subject:* Log placed across bike trail?
>
> Hi-
>
> I stopped and moved a large branch or log out of the bike trail on a
> bridge just a few hundred feet south of Gillespie Corners on Tuesday, and it
> occurred to me that there was a possibility that it had been put there
> intentionally with malicious intent to harm a bicyclist. It was
> perpendicular to the trail, and sticking through the bridge railing, an
> unlikely position if it just fell off a vehicle.
>
> It was especially dangerous because the bridge rail would prevent a
> cyclist from moving to the shoulder. At night, if you didn't see it in
> time, one would either hit the log, or be forced onto a road frequented by
> logging trucks and speeding rural traffic. Because this was the second time
> I had seen a log across the bike path on that bridge (even though the first
> time was probably a year ago), I did report it to the police.
>
> I wanted to alert local bicyclists to the possibility that someone may be
> booby-trapping their bike trail. This may not be as far-fetched as it first
> sounds, as one bicyclist told me that thumbtacks had once been placed on a
> bike trail in Eugene, and another bicyclist said he knew of people throwing
> water on a bike trail (at Bailey Hill and 18th) in the winter to make it
> freeze over. I was told that there is a lot of animosity towards bike
> riders in this area!
>
> So, please keep your eyes open, for the hazards, and perhaps for the
> culprits!
>
> Leslie
>
>
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FYI

________________________________

From: LBurpo@aol.com [mailto:LBurpo@aol.com]
Sent: Thursday, August 09, 2007 7:06 PM
To: Fischer, Jim E (Corvallis)
Subject: Log placed across bike trail?

Hi-

I stopped and moved a large branch or log out of the bike trail on a
bridge just a few hundred feet south of Gillespie Corners on Tuesday,
and it occurred to me that there was a possibility that it had been put
there intentionally with malicious intent to harm a bicyclist. It was
perpendicular to the trail, and sticking through the bridge railing, an
unlikely position if it just fell off a vehicle.

It was especially dangerous because the bridge rail would prevent a
cyclist from moving to the shoulder. At night, if you didn't see it in
time, one would either hit the log, or be forced onto a road frequented
by logging trucks and speeding rural traffic. Because this was the
second time I had seen a log across the bike path on that bridge (even
though the first time was probably a year ago), I did report it to the
police.

I wanted to alert local bicyclists to the possibility that someone may
be booby-trapping their bike trail. This may not be as far-fetched as
it first sounds, as one bicyclist told me that thumbtacks had once been
placed on a bike trail in Eugene, and another bicyclist said he knew of
people throwing water on a bike trail (at Bailey Hill and 18th) in the
winter to make it freeze over. I was told that there is a lot of
animosity towards bike riders in this area!

So, please keep your eyes open, for the hazards, and perhaps for the
culprits!

Leslie

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