How to Deal with Bandits! (Tour de Scottsdale)

When I join an event, I like to try to make it a fun, positive activity for myself.  People poach races or segments of races all the time, and I feel its the responsibility of the event organizers to enforce their rules and regulations.

When you get participants doing or saying negative things on a course, and taking matters into their own hands, it can cause problems and change the event into a hostile environment.

This is supposed to be a charitable event. If there are people who want to ride and don't want to contribute, they know who they are, and it's the business of them and the event organizers.  Not mine. 

I don't think I like the attitude of the organizers to expect people to give "negative attention" to others. Maybe I won't participate.

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Seriously, folks.  This was a comical entry somewhat mocking the "negative attention" requested by the organizers.  Nothing more.

 I'm sure most of us are way too focused on other matters (namely not running into things, failling off our bikes, etc) to notice bandits!

I don't get it. Did the organizers post on their site that they want participants to draw negative attention to non-charitable participants or not?

I'm probably not getting the "comical" part, and just missed the funny punchline, but I'll say it again. If event organizers are wanting people to draw negative attention to others, then maybe it's not an event for me.

Just sayin'

Sounds as if Chris is planning on riding bandit for this race!

All joking aside, I have often wondered why bandits are an issue at all, unless there is awsome eats on the course.  For example, the el Tour de Tucson closes so many raods for the 109 mile ride that it would be difficult for any casual Saturday morning biker out for a ride to not be on the course bandit style!

And as for mine and SportyJ's love child (aka sportsjer) - the answer is to draft them the whole way.  If every one does this it will make charity easier for you and the ride a little harder for them!

Yea, that's what I was thinking. I know me and my luck. The one guy I would decided to throw nasty words at would be on the course because he was out for his own ride, and needed to use part of the course to get where he was going.