With less than two weeks until the event, The National Multiple Sclerosis Society is having to re-route the upcoming MS150 Bay to Bay fund-raising ride to avoid Newport Beach due to objections over cyclists' behavior in the previous year's event. Apparently the issues related to cyclists' failure to ride within the boundaries that had been defined for the event.

I rode in the event last year and recall that certain sections of the route were pretty strictly laid out to separate the event's cycling traffic. The event coordinators were fairly explicit in their instructions to stay within posted boundaries and to ride single file in certain areas. Most everyone I encountered was pretty cool, but I do recall that some of the riders were dismissive of the ride marshalls' instructions to adhere to the rules. Didn't really think much more about it until now.