A 59-year-old man is said to have repeatedly stretched wires across a mountain bike trail near Eberstadt in order to endanger cyclists. He is now in custody for attempted murder.
In the wooded area between Eberstadt and Grantschen (both in the Heilbronn district), wires were allegedly stretched across a mountain bike trail several times between mid-June and early August 2024. The 59-year-old suspect from Hardthausen (Heilbronn district) was arrested and is now in custody on suspicion of attempted murder.[…]
by Thaegar_Rargaryen
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Good. They need to be hit hard for that 
Good! Why do people do this? Why does a 59 tow dude care about people riding bikes in the woods?
Feels good that one of these people were nabbed. It’s always frustrating knowing the vast majority of them get away with it.
New fear : getting beheaded by wire trap on local trail! Great…
Wow. I lived a few years in Germany and always found it very bike friendly. Guess everywhere has their own angry, ignorant people
Very VERY good!
As a [mtb loving person](https://www.reddit.com/r/mountainbiking/comments/16ras9h/nbd_commencal_meta_tr/) i know my local home trails in and out …
I loved to ride one spot until like one year ago someone started destroying it … we kept rebuilding the spot … but it was always destroyed after 2 – 3 weeks
Since I was unsure, I asked the forester and he said he didn’t care about the few mtb riders, he was much more upset about the school classes who regularly come and destroy everything and litter the forest with so much rubbish …
so we kept rebuilding and one day in a blind hollow, after a section that you ride downhill and get fast, there were sharp branches/sticks that were placed in the direction of travel and if I hadn’t been careful I would have been impaled there. i still had to brake hard and turn right into the bushes and had a few bloody scratches on my leg and arm
needless to say that I avoid that spot now, don’t wanna risk my life for a crazy maniac that places booby traps
i hope they find the idiot who did it …
Some walkers in Germany are so arrogant. Where I ride they would put large branches on a steep chute that you couldn’t see from the top.