Limited Edition SC Tees for sale Sunday!

That's right ABES and racers alike!  These Limited Edition Southern Cross tees will be available at the race on Sunday.  Made from 100% Cotton and available in a variety of colours these fine handmade tees make a perfect gift for that special someone this Christmas or just treat yourself!  The choice is yours just get one while they're here! (limited quantities available)

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Thursday Night Ride Report

The ride was short and sweet.  Tom had to leave the group early and didn't want to cut into his clubhouse time so we obliged.  The Clubhouse Minutes include: James is the race organizer for the October Alley Crash, BC sucks, blessing ceremonies = super gay, Kenny Powers, Tom is still waiting for his bike seat, DSwat has 30 shirts for sale for Southern Cross, Dwight is missing SC but is biking to Portage instead, the music flipped between hip hop and The Hip, Bungee expansions and the new underpass, the Sawatzky and Sons Poker Tournament, Tinker Creek V Tinker Town, the Dyck/Dueck sausage party, the Babes of Abes experiment, and the lady slayers new jersey.  Good times.

Thomas visualizes the win

Comrade Tom is actually happy

Der Frauenschwarm is a bike club jersey whore

More schwag for SC

Paul even makes his tea cosy hat look good

David (and the Jets) are back for more 

James shows of his headlights and the infamous jump site 

Do you like apples?

How do you like them apples!

Thursday Night Ride

You know where and when.  JS

Southern Cross Goodness

The details are coming together.  Come on down for the southern hospitality and enjoy the party.

Last year we thought 48 Southern Cross beer would suffice.
We won't make that mistake again.  

Mia posses with the insanely large bag of zote donated by Ronnie himself.

Cross Plates available thanks to the good folks at Back Alley Cycle.

Stickers for the youngens

Actual Cross Plates for the A and B winners made by Shaun

The A winner will need a designated driver

Scott Penner shows off his delicious sausage which he'll whip out for all Cross racers to enjoy!

If anybody needs a place to crash between Cross races, the Krahn barn will be available.
Please post a comment or contact me for details.

Southern Cross Prep

The final Cross Lab of the year before the Grand Prix weekend extravaganza goes down this Tuesday.  Meet at ABES headquarters at 6:45 and we'll do our thang.

All ABES are encouraged to help construct the race course this Saturday at 3:00.  Meet at the park with your work gloves and a big hammer.  We'll hammer the stakes and tape the course.  There will be time to race in St. Malo AND help set up our course.  The more the merrier.  JS

The Southern Cross hype machine is churning

James was cropped out of the picture to feature Sweet Cheryl Koop in the latest edition of our local rag

Note the Southern Cross magnet provided by Hot-Dog Sawatzky

Other notable press featuring Gavin (with follow-up pictures) here.

Thursday Night Dramatization

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Cross course ride - Saturday at 4:00.  Meet you at the park.  Bring the fam damily why don't ya.  JS

Thursday Night Ride Report

Duke, David, Shaun, Giles, Tom, Paul W, Paul K and I rode on the mildest October Thursday night ride in ABES history.    

Giles makes a rare appearance

Shaun LOVES it

Steve gives his approval 

Paul W cruising along 

Tom is happier than he looks

moments before IT happened

The ride was also the first time 911 was called to provide care to a fallen rider.  David was leading the ride on his road bike when in the darkness mistakenly rode off a mountain bike jump.  He endoed hard and bounced to the bottom of the hill in a crumpled heap.  Steve B took charge like a stud.  David thought we should call 911 so we did.  He was assessed and eventually walked away from the scene.  It was scary.  One of the EMS attendants did not like me documenting the incident.  She obviously does not follow our blog.  Or know about David’s cache of innapropriate pictures.

David at the bottom of the jump.  Paul looking for the baby.

He's going to be all-right! 

EMS is on the scene

Signing the release form

We slowly rode back to the clubhouse where we were joined by James, Paul B. and our Rostern member Jeff.  Clubhouse Minutes include: Paul B’s “As Awkward as Possible Moving Company”, Grandma Dynamite – she’s the right girl if you want to be wrong, gourmet dog food, how to high five (look at their elbow), nice boot/bs, Saturday night poker, Smurfette V Betty Rubble V Judy Jetson, stretch and strengthen = mennonite yoga, Dazed and Confused, Paul K reading his short story at McNally Robinson, a Southern Cross eve wing-ding at the Krahn barn (possibly), and James will organize the October alley cat.  Possible race themes were ABES crash sites revisited, classic rock, and David is Dumb.  Good times.  JS

Jbucks pontificates and Paul looks for comfort from above - aka TSN

Shaun is testing new glazes for the Southern Cross Plates.

Thursday Night Ride

Night comes early these days so we will return to our regularly scheduled Thursday Night Ride time - 9:00.  Lets show up and ride a spell. Lots to talk about.

Anybody interested in a Saturday afternoon cross ride?  4:00?  Open to anybody who wants to sniff out the course.  Bring the kids.

See you at 9.  JS

BEST CROSS WEEKEND EVER!!!

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It's going to be a fun weekend.  I can't wait!

If anybody is going to Winnipeg this week and has room for a big beer run, let me know.  Thanks.  JS

Tuesday Night Cross Lab

If you've been to the park you've probably seen that the course has been mowed.  It's fun.  We'll meet at headquarters at 6:45 and ride the mud.    

La Barriere Cross Report

The race was cancelled but the barn-raising efforts of Cross enthusiasts not only ensured that there was a race, but that the race was great, in a beautiful park with a fun, flowing, painful course.  Well done.  Team ABES rocked the race.

They obviously have the right attitude

Race time high-five!

Ben rocks the stairs - and the beard

I am a mess.  Good times.

Next race up on the race docket - SOUTHERN CROSS.  It's a fun and positive atmosphere where both newcomers and vets can come out, ride hard and enjoy the spirit of community that comes after turning you inside out with your homies.  Invite everybody you know.  I can hardly wait.
JS

Viva Las Vegas Alley Cat Report

The Viva Las Vegas Alley Cat took place on a beautiful fall night pitting Shaun, Steve, James, Tom, Larry and Paul Wolters (welcome Paul) to vie for the prize.  The race consisted of Vegas/Altona similarites – The strip v the strip mall, Cirque du Soleil v the new playground at the park, and the most churches per capita V the most churches per capita.  Checkpoint games of dice, high/low and blackjack challenged riders (apparantly finding the checkpoints or dice was another challenge), Vegas trivia, bonus points for tequila shots, and the one dollar challenge on the VLT’s rounded out the dimensions of the race of speed, attentiveness and luck.  In the end it was Tom’s VLT winnings of $2.50 that catapulted him past Steve to first place.  Steve would have won if he had put his dollar in the VLT and immediately printed his ticket.   Steve hated it.  Shaun won the DFL prize - a $2.50 VLT ticket which he used to buy some Slim Jims for the team.  Atta boy Shaun.  James won the draw prize of a sweet Southern Cross shirt made and donated by Dswat, but suffered a header over a parking curb during the race.  Tom and Larry decided to ride together and both lost their manifests – doubled back to find one, went to the wrong car dealership, and skipped several clues before returning to the clubhouse with a DNF.  Paul met us at the clubhouse – he missed the race because he and the rest of the women were doing yoga in Emerson.  We were also joined by Steve and Stoney from Langdon ND – a couple of trucker buddies that have made friends with some of the Bunge crowd.  Clubhouse minutes include: Davids near death acid experience, extra-ordinary women, Fubar, wrestlers of the past, Bombers, Greece/Moose Jaw, my greatest birthday experience ever, Jordie and Mitch the bitch, the Big Mary pube burger, the Trans Siberian Orchestra, Kaizen, and the Nirvana debate continues to enrage, inflame and delight.  Good times.