News Sep 23, 2016 at 11:44 am

Is Someone Sabotaging Seattle Cyclists With Upholstery Tacks?

Ana Sofia Knauf
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I've heard 2 different reports of tacks on 2 different mountain bike parks in the last month. 1 from a friend riding St Edwards park up in Kirkland, and 1 posted to the facebook group for the Duthie Hill Park in Issaquah, with multiple witnesses and folks commenting who had helped remove the tacks.
DJSauvage on September 23, 2016 at 11:51 AM Report this
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Yes.
DOUG. on September 23, 2016 at 11:55 AM Report this
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Seeing as scattering tacks are the preferred method of sabotaging bike lanes in cities across the country it is fair to assume some 'deplorable' is scattering them.
https://www.google.com/#q=Tacks+scattere…
unknown_entity on September 23, 2016 at 12:08 PM Report this
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Magnet rake fun-run, anyone?
neuracnu on September 23, 2016 at 12:23 PM Report this
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@4: The shitheads will up their game and use nin-magnetic tacks.
Karlheinz Arschbomber on September 23, 2016 at 12:27 PM Report this
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Why?
Dr.Zaius on September 23, 2016 at 12:41 PM Report this
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@6) BECAUSE OF THE WAR ON CARS!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Achaiwoi on September 23, 2016 at 12:46 PM Report this
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I've been a cyclist for 30 years, hailing from another city.

Many Seattle cyclists are entitled assholes. Just sayin.
balmontguy on September 23, 2016 at 1:13 PM Report this
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@8- Many (any group of people) are entitled assholes. Do you have anything better to contribute?
dwightmoodyforgetsthings on September 23, 2016 at 1:36 PM Report this
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In the age of video surveillance, might there be some evidence of the saboteur somewhere? Perhaps from SDOT or some of the businesses along Westlake?

I'm sure that giving bikers flat tires registers doenn't register high on the police radar, but said flat tires could result in a bad accident. This is malicious and potentially dangerous.
kitschnsync on September 23, 2016 at 2:14 PM Report this
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@8: Feel free to go back.
DOUG. on September 23, 2016 at 2:15 PM Report this
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Jesus, what a tortured sentence above. I wish I could blame it on lack of caffeine, but instead I will just admit that I didn't proofread and bemoan the lack of an edit function.
kitschnsync on September 23, 2016 at 2:15 PM Report this
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Can the stranger do some in depth reporting on the state of airline food next?
Seattle in Alaska on September 23, 2016 at 2:55 PM Report this
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This is a pretty low tactic. But our revenge comes from flying past bored, fat, ugly car drivers stuck in traffic who wonder why they're so miserable and their blood pressure is so high. War on cars motherfuckers.
Gurldoggie on September 23, 2016 at 3:36 PM Report this
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Considering some asshole in an oversized truck just ran over and killed a bicyclist in northgate yesterday and all the cops did was take down his name and let him drive home and hose the blood off it really does seem like the city has it out for cyclists.
Litch on September 23, 2016 at 4:05 PM Report this
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@10 - "This is malicious and potentially dangerous."

You say that almost like there's some kind of problem with it.
this guy I know in Spokane on September 23, 2016 at 4:47 PM Report this
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Before the track was officially open, someone spray-painted "FUCK BIKES" on it in white. I wonder if it's the same asshole.
Fnarf on September 23, 2016 at 4:59 PM Report this
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I run sealant in my tubes. Ran over a tack recently, no prob. Fuck this guy.
A Magnolia Heron on September 23, 2016 at 5:03 PM Report this
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@magnolia heron - how does that work?
Nick Sincere on September 23, 2016 at 6:11 PM Report this
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Could be Seattleblues.
venomlash on September 23, 2016 at 7:38 PM Report this
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What a tacky thing to do.
Commentor Comltatus on September 24, 2016 at 4:08 AM Report this

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