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Cylist Warning: Wires on Bike Trails

This came over the NM biking list serve earlier today. It's the second report of some freak stringing a wire across the bike/walking paths in ABQ. The other was on a trail near the river. Scary! Stay vigilant out there ...

"I was riding the paved trail along I-40 heading east when I was clotheslined by a wire strung across the path. The wire was about 150 yards before the Juan Tabo tunnel. I was knocked out for a while and was taken to the emergency room. I am OK with some road rash and bruises but it could have been much worse had I been headed west. It is downhill going west and I would have been moving much faster. Beware to all."

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Permalink Reply by once banned twice shy on October 16, 2009 at 2:05pm

This is just so screwed up. Bad enough we have to fight the motorists out on the road, but now even the trails are becoming perilous.

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Permalink Reply by slamwagon on October 16, 2009 at 3:10pm

That is awful! Thanks for the heads-up (no pun intended).

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Permalink Reply by Tricross on October 16, 2009 at 3:39pm

I believe there were also reports of a wire being strung across the dirt section of the Bosque Trail north of Alameda.

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Permalink Reply by cc on October 17, 2009 at 3:24pm

That's where I ride - I will check it out! You go slow enough on the dirt to hopefully be able to see it???

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Permalink Reply by andrew on October 16, 2009 at 4:39pm

Yikes -- this scares me much more than cars.

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Permalink Reply by Skibiketrash on October 16, 2009 at 6:08pm

Too bad the local news stations don't at least give the bicycle community a heads up. I guess someone has to die before the Police and the Media will bother with it. Thanks for the warning!

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Permalink Reply by Don Brown on October 16, 2009 at 6:41pm

Ch. 4 just teased a story for the 10pm news....

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Permalink Reply by Another Mike on October 17, 2009 at 4:18am

You forgot, "Qurque Jerkies" and "Jackassery" in your tags and "alert" or even "warning." Good to hear you're all right. I always did want an ~~excuse~~ a reason for brandishing a sword while bicycling and now I think I finally have a valid one.

[edited] btw: I stumbled onto KRQE's Report while reading something else

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Permalink Reply by Balletmom on October 17, 2009 at 5:35am

Ch 7 did talk about it during the Balloon Fiesta when discussing the valet parking for bikes, warning people that in the last couple weeks at least two wires had been found stretched acrossed paths.

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Permalink Reply by Lisa Abeyta on October 17, 2009 at 10:54am

What doofwads. Hope they find the perpetrators - and very glad to hear you are ok. I've posted the link on my ABQCityLife feed to help spread the news to warn others.