nails and thumbtacks on TDU route!!!

MikeyD360 · Postby **MikeyD360** » Fri Jan 20, 2012 1:03 pm

http://www.adelaidenow.com.au/news/in-d ... 6249261012

This is shameful - who ever is responsible has not only potentially ruined the day for any Challenge riders unlucky enough to be caught out, but potentially could have caused massive issues for the pro teams on the world stage had this not been found sooner.

Terrible!

sogood · Postby **sogood** » Fri Jan 20, 2012 1:07 pm

Shameful that there are people with such low ethical standards in our society!

jet-ski · Postby **jet-ski** » Fri Jan 20, 2012 1:19 pm

hm, note for next year = make sure I bring spares and patches on the TDU community challenge ride

Fresh · Postby **Fresh** » Fri Jan 20, 2012 1:22 pm

Hope karma catches up with those who did this.

Postby m@ » Fri Jan 20, 2012 1:36 pm

Haven't been any sightings of Shane Warne in SA, have there? :wink:

RonK · Postby **RonK** » Fri Jan 20, 2012 4:19 pm

m@ wrote:Haven't been any sightings of Shane Warne in SA, have there?

A new expression has entered the Australian lexicon: Road Rage - having a Shane Warne moment, doing a Warnie, chucking a Warnie.

PA · Postby PA » Fri Jan 20, 2012 10:35 pm

It happened at the Adelaide Formula 1 Grand Prix many years ago. They had been dropped in one of the overpasses and they would rain down. I remember the trackies at that point needing to check the track between each session to see if any more had dropped.

trailgumby · Postby **trailgumby** » Fri Jan 20, 2012 10:52 pm

This is not a new trick... it dates to over a hundred years ago, in fact. :lol:

Was reading about it in "The Crooked Path to Victory: Drugs and Cheating in Professional Bicycle Racing"

}SkOrPn--7 · Postby **}SkOrPn--7** » Sat Jan 21, 2012 9:42 am

Someone got there jollies off.

msg · Postby **msg** » Sat Jan 21, 2012 11:15 am

I rode the Bupa challenge yesterday, and to me it seemed to have someone stopped on the side of the road with a puncture at 1 km intervals. Dont know if anyone else noticed the same thing but it just seemed like a really high rate to me.

nutsack · Postby **nutsack** » Sat Jan 21, 2012 1:30 pm

The downhill section before williamstown seemed to have a constant stream of cyclists fixing punctures, which is where I presume this happened.

I was thinking at the time riding past something must be wrong with surface.

northboy · Postby **northboy** » Tue Jan 24, 2012 6:24 pm

i did the ride and picked one up on a downhill run at good pace.

Unfortunateley there are these type of people around.

mtb159 · Postby **mtb159** » Wed Jan 25, 2012 7:58 pm

Pretty pathetic on their behalf. How is putting nails and thumbtacks all over the road fun... Flatted cause of one those nails, lucky I had a tube

mmhbeer · Postby **mmhbeer** » Sun Jan 29, 2012 6:12 pm

Next years TDU may be a puncture fest. After all of the publicity that it got there will be lots of others that do the same for shits and giggles.

timbo · Postby **timbo** » Mon Jan 30, 2012 7:57 am

From what I've read, its also happened during Melbourne's Around the Bay in a Day ride in past years also.