Cyclists mystified by tacks strewn in downtown Edmonton bike lanes

As some Edmonton cyclists removedtacks from a downtown lane this weekend, others were removing them from their tires.

A warning popped up onTwitter Sunday afternoon as cyclist Glenn Kubish let other ridersknow he had just removed dozens of tacks from the 102nd Avenue bike lane between106thand 107thstreetsafter his wife's tire was punctured.

Other riderschimed in that they too ended up with punctured tires on the same route.

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On Mondaycyclists were still encountering problems.

TejSwatch and his six-year-old son Arjun were riding along when they were warned by fellow riders to be wary of tacks on bike lanes. By the time they arrived at the legislature, Arjun had a flat.

"We're super inconvenienced now so I have to figure out a way to gethome," said Swatch, who lives about seven kilometres away and doesn'texpect to find a bike store open on a holiday Monday.

'This is not cool'

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Tej Swatch and son Arjun are left stranded downtown after one of their tires was punctured by a tack on a bike path.

It's not known where the tacks came from, but Swatch and others wondered if they were placed deliberatelyby someone who isn't a fan of the controversial bike lanes.

Swatch suggested there are better ways to express discontent because at the very leastthe tacks may ruin someone's day, but "at the worst someone gets seriously injured.

"I mean it wasn't a small tack that was found in our tire."

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