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. 

Thursday Night Alleycat

Tuesday Night Cross Lab

Meet at my place at 6:45 and we'll ride the course and jump on and off our bikes.

Congratulations to Gavin and Joanne on the arrival of their latest little boy - Henry Wiebe Faurschou - born Friday.  Woo-hoo!

Menno Cross Report

The highlight of Menno Cross this year was the deluxe course and the shared experience of racing in mud and hurting.  The heavy rains earlier in the week made for a course that included sloppy, mushy, soul-sucking sections - perfect.  The warm weather, well organized race and big crowd  made for a great day.  And the faspa was delish.  Menno Cross tied the Southern Cross record of 132 registered riders - well done.  Time for us to step it up a notch.  Can we get 200? 

Team ABES consisted of Paul, Albert, Ben, Joelle, Seraya, Ariel, Charles, Austin, Me, Cheryl, Mia and Kate.  The kids did great and loved the mud - there was even a push-bike category.  There were 57 in the B race and ABES ruled the Citizen group.  Charles was slowly gaining on me in our race but ran out of time - lucky me.  Race results here.

Photos are currently in my camera in Winnipeg.  Check out other blog reports or maybe another ABE has some to share?  

Well done FGBC.  Great race.  JS.

Thursday Night Ride Report

Charles, Ben, Tom, Duke, Curt, Shaun and I rode for about an hour in a steady rain with strong winds – it was a good, soggy ride.  Paul and No-show met us at the clubhouse where a bar fight among local work crew members was brewing but never developed.  The Clubhouse Minutes include: Menno Cross attendance: Ben and kids, Chaz and son, Jeff and kids, Paul K, Albert, and my family (any others?) – go Team ABES!, the Bombers season pulling a Bowman, how to cook hashbrowns, Toms troubling lack of solicitors and his apple robbing confessors, neighbourly cinnimon buns, Jeff Healy – dead – “never saw it coming”, the slash-happy-canceller, poisonous birds, the secrets of The Elks, Leonard Skinnard tunes, floss-alarms, Lucky Larry, Duke loosing his two front teeth, peeing your pants/knee surgery, and Southern Cross race plates, volunteers, youth group invitations, and Shaun’s serving platter prizes - Sweet.  Good times.

Tom "safety first" Dueck

Post meeting fresh air break

View from the clubhouse

Thursday Night Ride

Thursday Night Ride is on.  
8:00.  


We’ll ride laps around town to gear up for Menno Cross this weekend where faspa and yarba will be the post race delights.  The ABES should take advantage of this opportunity to race and have a good time - I know Ben and his beard will.   JS

New Southern Cross Sponsor

Conquest Manufacturing has stepped up and agreed to supply 250 stakes for Southern Cross.  That is awesome.  Thanks Conquest - you made my day.  That and riding the course with Tom, and a couple of dudes who seemed to like bikes.

Eden Head for the Hills 2010

Eden Foundation "Head for the Hills" bike ride

Saturday's Head for the Hills ride was a great ride. The weather was perfect, the trails were good. Austin ended up being the youngest rider (9), and he rode his heart out on the trails. We managed to do the complete trail and Austin still had enough determination to speed up whenever one of the Tinker Creek boys passed us! The Bunge team all completed the ride, even though it was pretty tough for some of them. Great job guys! Harvey Wall even managed to win one of the bikes. What a sweet reward after a hard ride!
There were 97 riders in total, raising over $48,000. CK

Cross Lab

Cross Lab this Tuesday at 6:45.  

Open to anybody who wants to get ready for Southern Cross (or Menno Cross - this weekend).  We’ll ride the course and practice getting on and off our bikes without snapping posts or cracking nuts.  Can anybody get on their bike without the little hop?

See you on Tuesday.

 

A Head for the Hills report would be appreciated.  Anybody?   

Wildwood Cross Report

The first race of the year is in the books.  Ben and I raced, our kids raced, our wives cheered and it was a beautiful day.  Technical difficulties dogged the ABES crew - Ben needed to readjust his tire 4 times during the race and my seat post snapped off.  I walked it back to the finish line where Ian Hall lent me his bike (possibly the best bike i'll ever ride) for the final 2 laps - I couldn't clip in or figure out how to shift into a lower gear but I did appreciate being able to finish the race.  There was a big field of riders, lots of fans cheering/heckling, and a fast course to "enjoy".  Good times. 

Mia beating me up the hill

Vic daring me to pull his finger

Ben rocking the beard

seat post still in one piece  

I finally pass the dude in the wheelchair!

Next race on the docket - Menno Cross.  This race is open to the public and is a must for anybody who want to get a race under their belts without committing to an MCA license.  JS

Thursday Night Ride Report

A handful of ABES took it upon themselves to get a sneak peak at the Southern Cross course.  The sun had set but we followed our blinky lights through the tall prairie grass, over the hill and around the trees.  I love the layout of the course.  After one lap in the dark we went to kick Derrick off his couch and out to the clubhouse where we were also joined by no-show.  Clubhouse Minutes include: cross border shortcuts, the head for the hills ride, David's new e  ape, cfl bs, Jack Hammer beer, brain/a-hole perspectives, Forgetting Private Ryan, grade school teachers, God Save the Queen played on a recorder with the nose, Taints Pizza, Sweet Action, Vegas stories, poker on tv, Not Milk, and poutine and the porn star.  Good times.

                       

The September Alley Cat will be on the 30th.

For those who want to get ready for Southern Cross, there will be Cross Lab every Tuesday at 6:45.

JS

Thursday Night Ride

• There was big talk about a road ride this Thursday but little consideration about darkness or prudence. I didn't realize how fast the sun sets these days.  The road ride option will wait for a weekend.  This week we'll check out the Southern Cross course.  I like it.  If you have a bike computer handy, bring it.  Show up at 8:00.

Shaun, Steve, Tom, Charles and I pushed pedals around the dirt track tonight.  The course was in good condition.  Take advantage of it while you can.  JS

Wednesday Night Ride

The Moto Cross 10 track will soon be cultivated for a race in early October.  
The time is right to ride the track and prepare for the upcoming awesomeness that is Southern Cross.  Meet at ABES headquarters on Wednesday and we'll leave at 7:00 - sharp'ish.  JS

Southern Cross Website

Below is the link to the Southern Cross Website.

SOUTHERN CROSS

There will be a permanent link on the left side of the ABES blog.

Thursday Night Ride Report

Larry finally brings his road bike to the THNR - note the classic foam grips

Pre-ride BS

My daughter Kate showing off her sweet ABES shirt

David, Myron, Larry, Chris, Curt, Jeff, Chaz, Paul, Shaun, Gavin, and I pushed the winds and sped around town.  The pace was furious and eventually there was a split between the fast group and the cool group - fortunately we all knew where the finish line was.  Steve joined us at the clubhouse where Minutes include: the upcoming cross season, Southern Cross, the Vegas highlights: cirque, Penn and Teller, and playing blackjack for 5 hours with Verne Troyer aka Mini-Me, a potential 2012 road trip to Oklahoma for the NCAA basketball tournament, Larry’s ebay road bike from China, school forms galore, the BS of open liquer laws, David won tickets to Arcade Fire and a new A.C unit on Hot 103, and Victory Family Church converted Schiesse…to NASCAR.  Good times.  

Future ABES delights – Chris was interested in biking to the MCC relief sale in Morris this Saturday – either an early or mid morning departure - post a comment if you're interested.  Next week Thursday, 6:00 pm road ride to Rosetown, and the following week might be the next Alleycat.  And speaking of good times, check out this link...http://altonaecho.com/ArticleDisplay.aspx?e=2740882 

JS