He called the police after receiving desperate calls from people stranded with punctures from St Aubin to Corbière over the weekend.
The tacks, which are like tiny nails, have also caused misery for parents who have been left with punctured pushchair wheels.
Their appearance follows the placing of a sign on a tree on the Railway Walk saying, “This is a cycle track not a race track”. It is not clear whether the two are linked and someone has a vendetta against cyclists.
Steve Booth, of Zebra Cycle, said that he had not seen anything like it in 30 years in the cycle hire business.
‘It is 100 per cent stupid and idiotic,’ he said. ‘I was getting a lot of phone calls from that side of the Island over the weekend.’
