streetstomper

The 5BBT is bringing back something from the past, but at a cost. Used to be in the first 25 years or so, before they forced you to go to their bike expo to pick up your rider ID materials, they would mail them to you. Now they're willing to do so again, but you have to pay $30 for the favor. That's per rider, even if two or more people are at the same address. All on top of an outrageous $112 registration fee. The Tour de L'Ile Montreal is asking $33 for registration, and that's Canadian dollars, I think, which would be about $24 US. The stench of greed is overwhelming. I guess they need to please their expo vendors, who wouldn't be willing to rent expensive booths if they didn't have a captive audience. It would be just too common-sensical yet difficult to have a table near the start line where out-of-town riders could make arrangements in advance to pick up their kits.