As great as the event was on Sunday, there was trouble afoot throughout the day. It appears we had a credit card thief at work during TrexXxFest, going in to unlocked cars and grabbing credit cards where ever they could find them. The first report came to my attention the night of the event, with a card being stolen and used to go on a $2000 shopping spree at Wal-Mart. I sent out a mass email to all race participants and have since received 2 reports of others having cards stolen. This truly saddens me because I have always been proud of the mountain bike community and how cool everyone is at these events.
I guess the point of this post is to remind people to be mindful of the potential human evils like this one. Most people are cool but it only takes one. Also, to encourage everyone to not be deterred by actions of this nature and to continue to help and support great events like this one.