"OUT IN BAD STANDINGS" is a slang term for banishment which is used by all 1%er outlaw motorcycle clubs when a member leaves the club of his own volition or is expelled, and the remaining members are not happy with the actual reason that the member left the club. In the Bandidos Motorcycle Club, the term "OUT IN BAD STANDINGS" is their version of being banished to motorcycle club member hell, for an ex-member that has been deemed "OUT IN BAD STANDINGS" is no longer allowed to associate with any member of the Bandidos nor attend any Bandido function. In this expose of his life as a member of the Bandidos Motorcycle Club, Edward "Connecticut Ed" Winterhalder allows the reader a rare look into how major decisions were made by Bandido leaders all over the world, how the Bandidos expanded into the worldwide dynasty they are today, and how the Bandido machine operates on a day-to-day basis. While a member of the largest 1%er motorcycle club in the world, Connecticut Ed was privy to much information about the inside workings of the club and what the future held for it. Regularly assigned projects by the club's international leader, he was responsible for defusing the war between the Hells Angels and Rock Machine in Canada, establishing new Bandido and support club chapters worldwide, organizing the club into a well-oiled machine, and mediating internal power struggles between club members. As founder, President and Secretary of the Bandidos' Oklahoma chapter, for the first time in history, Connecticut Ed is your personal guide as you learn what it takes to establish a new Bandidos chapter and keep it running for the first few years of its life. In his thirty years of riding and/or associating with various 1%er outlaw motorcycle clubs, he gives the reader a unique inside look into the world of today's 1%er motorcycle clubs. In his last few years with the Bandidos, Connecticut Ed realized that the club's ideology was changing due to the fact that methamphetamine use was now becoming an accepted part of everyday club life. After failing to alter the destructive course the club was on, he left the Bandidos Oklahoma chapter in September 2003 "OUT IN GOOD STANDINGS". But because of the wealth of information he possessed about the inner workings of the club, Connecticut Ed's "out" status was changed to "OUT IN BAD STANDINGS" by the world President of the Bandidos just before Thanksgiving 2003. Was he that much of a threat to the worldwide leadership of the Bandidos? Find out for yourself by reading this book... Very Informative, Honest Insight From A Person Who Lived It. "Very informative, honest insight from a person who lived it, and gave his all 110% to the club, clearly a man who was ahead of his time with innovative creativity, and thoughts to expand the club for the future. If you are looking for a genuine account of how and what it takes to be in the "life" this is the book for you, in a word, simply captivating. A must read for any serious biker aficionado!" -Amazon customer 2016 Not Your Typical Biker. "I really liked this book. It dispels stereotypes about bikers. Mr Winterhalder is intelligent, hardworking, and motivated. He realizes that the widespread methamphetamine use among some biker groups leads to prison or death, and should be banned. Through him you are exposed to many of the inner political workings in this culture. I read book two also." -Amazon customer 2015 The Best Biker Gang Book Ever Written. "This has got to be the best biker gang book I have ever read, and I have read almost all of them; it is nothing like all the others that have come out of Canada in the last 5 years. For once, this book is not about the crimes that the members committed, nor does it speak bad in general about the motorcycle gangs or their members. Instead the writer portrays the motorcycle gang in a fairly decent light, talking a lot about the guys in the club that are legal, hard working members. I was amazed at how much this dude did for the Bandidos in Canada, Europe and the United States when he was a Bandido, while running a multi-million dollar construction company during the day, and still finding the time to be a Dad to his young daughter at night. At least 1/4 of this book is devoted to the changeover of the Rock Machine to Bandidos here in Canada, and as a very close associate of the Rock Machine who knew what was going on at the time, I can tell you that what this guy wrote was the truth. Do yourself a favor, go out of your way to buy this book, and disregard anything negative that you might hear, for any negative comment can only have been made by someone that has not read this book or is a disgruntled member/associate of the Bandidos." -Amazon customer 2006 OUT IN BAD STANDINGS is a slang term for banishment which is used by all 1%er outlaw motorcycle clubs when a member leaves the club of his own volition or is expelled, and the remaining members are not happy with the actual reason that the membe