You guys are lucky no one went down, especially after reading that similar story that took place in Maryland. I think this needs to be posted on the other local cycling boards to let the cycling community know.
On Wed, May 26, 2010 at 8:56 AM, Tony <[email protected]> wrote: > Go Chris!!!! Gotta love it. Don't piss us off or we are comin' after you. > If anyone has any info whatsoever on this silver BMW, please let us know. > I'd love to see someone pay for this. > > > > > ----- Original Message ----- From: "Chris" <[email protected]> > To: "North Raleigh Cyclists (Gyros)" <[email protected]> > Sent: Wednesday, May 26, 2010 8:32 AM > Subject: [Gyros: 15493] Re: Tuesday ride report... > > > If anyone is able to identify the folks who apread the tacks, it would > be my pleasure to sue them for free for (a) the $50 or so in tubes and > CO2 expended by 4 of us and (b) a few thousand dollars in punitive > damages, and donate the proceeds of the lawsuit to the Gyros. I'm not > happy to have missed the ride with a flat, but we're lucky that none > of us were blasting down Kemp at 35 miles an hour and did a Jens Voigt > face plant from a sudden flat. I almost crashed on 98 when I made the > turn and realized my front tire was nearly flat when it almost came > off the rim. > > On May 26, 8:16 am, <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> I need to clarify something. When I mentioned in my post on Monday that I >> was hoping that some riders would go out on the "attack", some of you took >> this literally and when out on "a-tack". (See, Steve and Donna...I can play >> the pun game with the best of them...) >> >> Based on feedback from Ty, Mark and Tom, and, after talking to Chris >> someone did actually dumb, oops, I mean dump (pardon the parapraxia) a box >> of tacks onto the street at what I believe was Coley and Kemp. It appears to >> have been an intentional act. >> >> Just as the cameras now turn away whenever some fan decides to run naked >> around the ballpark on a nationally televised sporting event, I am not going >> to dignify this person's action with a reaction of my own beyond these few >> words: They would like nothing better than to know that their action had >> it's intended effect: creating misery for others, i.e. cyclists. We handled >> this, and, we can handle anything else that these misguided individuals >> throw our way. We are cyclists, damn it!! We handle adversity and we enjoy >> pain; in fact, we seek it out! Any sane person on a bike would avoid >> mountains. We travel hours seeking them out. Why? Why else...to suffer. >> >> A few tacks in the road? Come on...is that all you got? >> >> Ok. On with the report. >> >> I arrived late yesterday so I timed my ride to catch the group coming up >> the Doc. As they approached I was certain that it was the lead pack because >> I saw Logan at the front dictating the pace, and, I received a very friendly >> "hey Rick!" from Keil (you would have thought that he would have been out of >> breath!). I also saw Steve, and about 5 others (sorry guys...you went by too >> fast). >> >> I kept in the opposite direction to catch the rest of the group, but, that >> was it! It looks as though we lost at least 4 riders to mechanicals, and >> others might have been influenced by the threat of rain. >> >> I did catch Logan in the parking lot and he stated that they averaged >> 22.5. This ride had quality over quantity since it had some of our very best >> riders. These guys can ride with any group in the area and hold their own. >> >> Stay safe out there, and, please keep in mind that we change the finishing >> stretch next week. Instead of turning onto Olive Branch we will head to >> Kemp; right on Coley; and left on Carpenter Pd. to the Grove. Only the >> select few will be in the front group next week! >> >> Rick > > -- > You received this message because you subscribed to the Gyro email group. > To post to this group, send an email to [email protected] > To unsubscribe, send an email to [email protected] > -- > You received this message because you subscribed to the Gyro email group. > To post to this group, send an email to [email protected] > To unsubscribe, send an email to [email protected] > -- You received this message because you subscribed to the Gyro email group. To post to this group, send an email to [email protected] To unsubscribe, send an email to [email protected]
