[livius]

Thanks for the info.

We have a lot of bike events here in Florida where I live, but fortunately they don’t attract any of the clubs involved in the Texas event. There are some problem individuals and incidents, but no gang warfare.

My daughter lives in South Carolina, where they’re bracing for the Myrtle Beach festivities (mostly black clubs). Even in this case, it’s mostly the bad behavior of individual members that is the problem.

I lived in CA for a number of years, and I know what serious bike gang warfare is. I lived in one area of SF where there were streets you never walked down, because a particular bike club had claimed them - and in fact, even in NYC (where I grew up) there was a section of the East Village where one club literally controlled the street and felt perfectly free to go out and drag unsuspecting women off the street and gang rape them. This was a “problem” for years, because of weak, politically correct policing (the gangs were all white, btw, but PC meant that all criminals are just misunderstood good guys), and it didn’t really end until Giuliani got in.

[cripplecreek]

This guy said they don’t draw much attention from the national and international groups and don’t have to pay because they aren’t serious enough riders.

[WayneS]

We have a lot of bike events here in Florida where I live, but fortunately they don’t attract any of the clubs involved in the Texas event.

Now THAT'S funny!

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You DID intend it as a joke, right?