Bull_Winkle wrote:
Dumping tacks and oil onto the road is probably the result a republican/conservative tactic within the bible belt to discourage cycling. I could be wrong, but out here in the liberal west coast, I can't recall an incident of slime balls dumping tacks onto an event bike course.
Well, seeing as IMC is in Canada (thus the "C"), we don't have Republicans. We do have a Conservative Party and a Liberal Party along with a couple of others but from a US perspective, all of our parties in Canada would be considered "Socialist", in fact, the rest of Canada considers the West Coast of Canada to be more Socialist than the rest. However, Canada is more about overall good of the people as opposed to everyone for themselves (IMHO).
Historically, the tacks on the Old IMC course were rumoured to be spread there by a local or locals who weren't enamoured by the influx of Triathletes and all the people who suddenly appeared on their quiet roads.
BC Don
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