Police seek information after biker dies on Welsh trail

Doesn't sound like an 'accident' to me.... Attempted murder? Manslaughter?

Posted: 10/08/2010 at 11:48

This was bound to happen sooner or later, I've been shouted at, attacked and bunched in the past for riding green lanes. A place called "Twelve O'clock Lane" here near Bristol had barbed wired drawn across it at head hight a few years ago. Luckily I was standing rather than sitting when I hit it.

I think man-slaughter is too soft, a murder conviction would deter more these individual.

Posted: 10/08/2010 at 13:19

Some people are (and have been with me) very silly to be starting a fight with a person wearing a helmet and gloves with kevlar knuckles.

If this chap was wearing a helmet, on a legal green lane, all legal then I feel so sorry for him and his family. Out enjoying himself when some do-gooder murders him for his choice of passtime. I call it murder because that's what it is. Simple as.

Posted: 10/08/2010 at 15:16

poor guy. Like you've all already said, some mindless busy-body with no tolerance for anybody else whatsoever.

Twats who ride their horses about on the roads, leaving shit all over the place and causing tailbacks, i don't like it but i let them get on with it, if they find it fun them go for it. Im not going to dig a horse pit outside my house and pray to allah that they fall in and die just because i don't like it.

Posted: 10/08/2010 at 17:37

I think you'll find bikes are banned on the Taff Trail, it's for walkers and cyclists only, with a few sections of parallel bridle ways. The authories have erected lots of barriers to try to stop bikes getting on to it.

Death is a bit exteme, but there's little doubt the unfortunate victim knew he wasn't supposed to be riding there.

Posted: 10/08/2010 at 22:45

Let's face it the question is WHO put the bar there - we all know why and that is to decapitate a biker. A few thousand bikes turning up in protest might make the next potential murderer think twice maybe?

Posted: 11/08/2010 at 08:08

As yet no one knows where the accident happened. The Taff Trail runs from Merther to Brecon and in parts runs on normal surfaced roads and "white" roads and at least once section of UCR..so there are parts where riding a road legal bike is legal..but lots that are not.

The report above states "The route's website forum - tafftrail.org.uk - contains many postings complaining about the illegal use of motorcycles on the trail".  well I've had a look and there are TWO old strings re motorcycles that are between three people in total!

But even if the incident was in a place where riding a trail bike is illegal it would NEVER justify intentional or reckless endangerment of a bike rider.. It could have been a cyclist or horse rider that hit the bar as well


 

Posted: 13/08/2010 at 00:36

Its terrible that because someone was grumpy and upset about bikers using this area they had to go and do something that would intentionally cause injury. I bet the miserable person who placed the bar there is happy as he out did himself and caused a death! He should have left the authorities to sort the problem out rather than take matters into his own hands.

Posted: 24/08/2010 at 12:05

Who is this please ???

Posted: 06/12/2011 at 23:11