FIRST ON 7 - Criminal vigilantes are setting traps to seriously injure bike-riders around Brisbane with ropes set up to coat-hanger cyclists and gravel strewn on roads, to send them flying from their bikes.

Victim Ryan Lalor bears the scars on his neck after being thrown to the ground when he ran into a rope tied across his path.

View photos Ryan Lalor was coat-hangered by rope across his path. Source: 7 News More

View photos He was forced to take three days off from work. Source: 7 News More

The 17-year-old hit the rope on his morning ride, forcing him to take three days off work.

"I was just riding and I didn't see the rope and I just hit it," Ryan told 7 News.

"I was just on the ground and I couldn't really breathe for a few seconds."

View photos A number of traps have been found around the Brisbane area. Source: 7 News More





A number of other cyclists around Brisbane and the Gold Coast have reported similar incidents on roads and bush tracks.

Earlier this year, cyclists spotted a sinister trap in Brookfield where gravel was intentionally strewn across a popular cycling road.

View photos The trap got Ryan while he was on his way to work. Source: 7 News More

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