highlandsflyer
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I agree. No doubt there was a flash point, but I wouldn't leave the fellow in that state.Our posts crossed @highlandsflyer I agree, it would be a very rare case.
I agree. No doubt there was a flash point, but I wouldn't leave the fellow in that state.Our posts crossed @highlandsflyer I agree, it would be a very rare case.
They sound like your average retrobike.People have always been the same. Some good, some bad. Sometimes good people doing bad things, and vice versa. The news only talks about the people doing bad things because that's what we'll read.
There is no doubt a fuller story here. People rarely randomly assault people - and certainly not if they are out for a ride in the countryside. What they've done is unlawful, but there will be a rationale, not matter how faulty for it.
Edit: The BBC coverage suggests a confrontation took place
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c4n19lq0j5vo
Again, unless this group felt they were in immediate threat to life style danger (unlikely given there's three of them and they are much younger), I can't see any justification for the actions they took.
Classic whataboutery.
They sound like your average retrobike.
They could have been up to something, and the fella happened upon them. All speculation; but that is human nature. Unlikely he would have been co-operating with the authorities if he was himself up to no good. Unlikely they would have delivered that level of violence on a whim, unless they were predisposed to such behaviour. Suggesting he may be the author of his own misfortune may be reasonable in some scenarios, but I struggle to think of one. If he was, for example, sabbing trails I reckon he wouldn't be out doing so in the middle of a Saturday afternoon.Agreed, from the descriptions they could easily be an amalgam of some of the guys I ride with (for any bizzies with overactive imaginations, we are on the other side of the country).
If they regularly ride together, someone will know who they are. Chances are there's a least one ebiker in the group given the age range (most people I know over the age of about 40 are riding eMTBs now) - and yellow is not that common a colour for an MTB. Probably no more than a dozen or so models from the last few years. No idea if it's the kind of place someone would travel a long distance to ride to or if it's mostly locals.
Is it a wild assumption or is trouble usually locals?
IMO people tend to be more cautious and considerate if they are far from home - I suppose they aren't confident about what's what, they aren't on home turf, they've made an effort to get there, hoping for a positive experience.
That doesn't make it a rule though obvs. *holes are *holes wherever they are.
They could have been up to something, and the fella happened upon them. All speculation; but that is human nature. Unlikely he would have been co-operating with the authorities if he was himself up to no good. Unlikely they would have delivered that level of violence on a whim, unless they were predisposed to such behaviour. Suggesting he may be the author of his own misfortune may be reasonable in some scenarios, but I struggle to think of one. If he was, for example, sabbing trails I reckon he wouldn't be out doing so in the middle of a Saturday afternoon.