Thursday Night Ride Report

There was a good turnout for the ThNR.  Bruce, Tom, David, James, Myron, Wolters, Curt, Shaun (back from a 6 week absence) and I rode the freshly snow covered roads and trails of Rocktona.  It was a beautiful night for a ride.  We headed straight to the village where DSwat had groomed a sweet race course on his yard.  The short loop included three technical sections - a teeter-totter and two beams.  I'm sure it will be the sight of a future ABES race.  After some more riding we ended up at the park for the first knockdown games of the season; Tom’s new studded tires were extra grippy but it was usually the last person not to fall on their own that won – that, or the simultanious double knockdown finale.  The bike shop boys easily rode up the hill, others struggled, and some were needed to admire the efforts from the bottom.  We eventually retired to the clubhouse where we were joined by Thomas who regailed us with the gory details of Glutton Cross where apparently 6 riders honked their entry fee.  It was agreed that pound for pound the ABES would easily dominate such an event - it plays to our natural strengths as “athletes”.  Other clubhouse minutes include: the velodrome under the Miller gym (to be confirmed by Curt), Alley Kat ale, memories of using screwdrivers as tire levers, our extra salty popcorn, drunken Halbstadters, winter bike projects, Inglorious Bastards, the Elmo sex tape, Mork and Mindy trading cards, the trippy violence in A Clockwork Orange, 24 hour races/sleep-overs, and a possible roadtrip to Minneapolis to ride the velodrome.  Good times.  JS

The infamous "Headless Cyclist"

Curt and Bruce ride through a meteor shower

Tom heading down the Village Road

Checking out the new cycling path North of the MEC

Buffalo Creek pond by night

Johnny - Mr. Knockdown (aka  fixie cheater)

Google Street View of the ride - facial image obscured

Curt - post knockdown knockout

Bruce watching the knockdown

David knows how to get on the blog - non-reflective clothing is key

DSwat's skills course

Bruce takes a long-cut

Duke does the right thing (for Duke) by avoiding the teeter-totter

The new addition at the race track

Curt is all bidness

Thomas is all right!