Crashing a Century (Page 2)

ChrisM - 2009-08-07 5:01 PM
Although I will say, having your atty sit by the phone while you're out riding?  seriously, msut have him on a nice retainer.  where do I find clients like that????

breckview - 2009-08-08 11:26 AM Oh he's doesn't get any money out of me. We trade services pretty much on a daily basis and we're also partners in some things. So it wasn't anything really abnormal. Plus, he was relaxing at his house on the Chesepeake that day so it wasn't like he was sitting in his office on a weekend and billing me hours. Normally, I would never have set that up before hand but frankly this ride sold out 3,500 slots to people nationwide in 43 hours at $125+ each. This is not a "barely break-even charity ride". They're far too busy/important so they canceled their transfer and waiting list polices. Lastly, they are obsessive about keeping us local riders off the course. They put "wristband" checks at all the points where there's no other route riders can take to get through the mountains and they openly threaten prosecution. There were so many threatening signs up along the route I thought I was going to see, "Those without wristbands WILL BE SHOT."

yojimbo - 2009-08-06 8:52 PM

There is a 111 mile bike ride this weekend that I didn't get registered for but am thinking about riding anyway. I WOULD like to have registered but can't at this point (in the past they had day of registrations). With 2500 riders and it not being a race . . . should I have any qualms about 'crashing' the party?

 

MKAH - 2009-08-08 9:08 PM

Honestly, this is kind of a goofy question. 

If you can't register, bring a five gallon container of Gatorade or something and give it to the race volunteers at the start finish line.  Explain to them that you could not register and then ask them if you could still do the ride.

I think just riding for free, is without question, the wrong answer.   And asking other athletes if you should have qualms about doing it,  is the "goofy part".

Just my opinion.