Bontrager XXX Lites and X-Lite Aero Carbon wheels for sale

Bontrager RaceXXXLite Wheelset: 660gram rear and 520gram front!

Tubular Wheels
Brand New Never even had tires mounted
Campy cassette body, but can be changed to Shimano
20 Spoke Front
24 Spoke Rear
$1,500.00

Bontrager RaceXLite Aero Wheels
Campy Cassete body, but can be changed to Shimano
16 spokes Front and Rear
Ridden less than 200 miles
$900.00

If interested contact Pat Murphy: jpatrick33 at sbcglobal dot net

ABD End of Year Meeting & Bowling- Saturday, 12/6/08 (Please RSVP)

Hello ABD’ers, Happy Thanksgiving!

2008 was a big year for us with ABD members riding (successfully) in over 150 events and then helping to put on 17 sanctioned races of our own. You all deserve a huge pat on the back and we hope that you join us next Saturday evening so that you can receive it in person!

All ABD members and their families are welcome to attend a meeting at Prairie Path Cycles-Batavia where we’d like to recognize some of the individual achievements in 2008 and talk a little about what’s on deck for 2009. We’ll be discussing what’s in store for ABD club members, the events, the team, our coaching programs and more. There will also be time for an open discussion as we’d love to have your feedback. And remember that you’re always welcome to e-mail anything club-related on your mind to abdcycling@gmail.com

Following the meeting (which should take about an hour), we’re going walk across the street to the Batavia Bowl for some inter-squad match-ups. Call it “Bowlng for Bikers”, if you will.

Below are the full details and if you plan to attend please RSVP to abdcycling@gmail.com with your name and the number in the party.

WHAT:         ABD’s End Of Year Meeting & Bowling Extravaganza
WHEN:         Saturday, 12/6/08 @ 7pm
WHERE:         PPC-Batavia and then moving to the Batavia Bowl around 8
WHO:         All ABD’ers and their families.
COST:        $5/person if you’d like to join us for bowling

Hosted by the ABD Board (Farrell, Heck, Cerwins, Hildreth, Bielski & Geraghty)

USA Cycling Officials Class on November 29th

This just in from the Ed Rudolph Velodrome Newsletter for anyone interested in becoming a USAC Cycling official.

Dave Fowkes is holding a USA Cycling Official Class at Highland Park HS on November 29th from 9-2pm.
Anyone interested in getting their Officials License should contact Dave at dfowkes@dist113.org

Registration Now Open for the 2009 TT Series (Updated)

Registration is open for the 2009 ABD Indoor Time Trial Series, the country’s largest indoor TT series!

Sign up now at Active.com or download the race flyer and registration form at www.ABDcycling.com . Preferred start times are assigned on a first come-first serve basis, so early registration is very important if you’d like a specific start time. Save $20 when you pre-register for all 5 events ($105), Juniors race all five events for just $55. How about registering your loved one for an early Christmas present!

We’re proud to announce that 2009 is the 10th anniversary of our TT series and will again be the opening events of the 2009 Mid America Time Trial Series (MATTS), featuring over $6,000 in overall prizes! [UPDATE: the total amount of the 2009 MATTS prizes is not known at this time]

There will be merchandise prizes for overall winners in the indoor TT Series from Prairie Path Cycles, Trek, Bontrager & Serfas. The Fastest Men & Women challenge returns for each event as well with an update: this year the $50, $30 and $20 will go to three fastest men and women each day, not necessarily the three fastest times (sorry, Mark). And all riders at each event are eligible for the Profile and Sigma product raffle!

Overall Standings in the Indoor TT Series are based on: Fastest Flat 10k + Fastest Rolling 10k + John Fraser Memorial Outdoor TT

The 2009 series return to the Winfield Middle School and will be held on:
1.11.09 TT#1, Flat 10k
2.1.09 - TT#2, Rolling 10k
2.22.09 - TT#3, Flat 10k
3.14.09 - TT#4, Rolling 10k
4.5.09 - SERIES FINALE: John Fraser Memorial Outdoor Time Trial in Maple Park, IL

Fees:
$105 for all five races or $25 per race. 2nd (or 3rd) race of the day is $80 for the series or $17 per day.
Juniors: $55 for all five races or $12 per race

Direct link to register online:
http://www.active.com/event_detail.cfm?event_id=1658443

Flyer and Mail-In Registration Form:
http://www.abdcycling.com

The 2009 Indoor TT Series is brought to you by:
ABD Cycle Club: www.abdcycling.com
Prairie Path Cycles: www.prairiepathcycles.com
Trek Bikes: www.trekbikes.com
SRAM: www.sram.com
Bontrager: www.bontrager.com
Serfas Components & Eyewear: www.serfas.com
Voler Clothing: www.voler.com

ABR Banquet Photos

Congratulations to all of the ABD'ers that took home awards from last
nights Awards Banquet.
Click on this link to view some of the winners: http://www.abdcycling.com/gallery.htm

Thanks Mike Redlich for the pictures.

Ken Glinka

Sarge Mstowski's Tuesday Night Workouts Start 12/2- FREE to all ABD'ers

They’re back, and on an all new night!

The Tuesday Night Workouts are held at the Winfield Middle School and are lead by ABD’s own Rich “the Sarge” Mstowski. Rich incorporates spin-style workouts and a driving soundtrack that are guaranteed to get your legs burning and heart pounding.

Riders are required to bring their bike, cycling clothes & shoes, a towel and an indoor trainer (i.e CycleOps, Tacx, Cateye, etc.) The doors open at 6:45pm and the workout, which includes a warm-up, starts a little after 7 PM. (Enter the Middle School from the parking lot in the back)

Dates for the 2008/2009 Tuesday Night Workouts are:
12/2/08
12/9/08
12/16/08
1/6/09
1/13/09
1/20/09
1/27/09
2/3/09
2/10/09
2/17/09
2/24/09

NOTE: The workouts are FREE and open to all ABD members. However, we do have an important update for 2008/2009. The school has raised the price of rental of this year and while ABD is happy to pay the bill, we also need as many club members as possible to take advantage of these workouts. If the attendance averages lower than ten riders per workout for the month of December, then after the first of the year the workouts will move to either the PPC-Winfield or PPC-Batavia location.

ABR Banquet This Saturday: ABD'ers bringing home some hardware!

Don’t forget that this Saturday is the annual WIIL Banquet honoring the top riders in both the 2008 WIIL and MATTS standings.

ABD’ers that will be recognized for their achievements in this year’s Mid America Time Trial Series are:
Rob Jungels, James Sneddon, Joel Molitor, Curtis Bice, Jim Flechsig, Gary Rulo, MJ Redlich, Graham Clark, Rich Mstowski, Bob Marshall, Pat Murphy

All of those riders plus the the following teammates also earn props for coming out on top in the 2008 WIIL Series!
Jessi Prinner, Sue Semasczcuk, Marilyn Powell

The party starts on Saturday with a cocktail hour at 5pm and dinner at 6pm. It will be held at the Old Orchard Country Club, 700 W. Rand Rd., Mt. Prospect. So far we know that Mr. Jungels and his lovely wife Ramona will be in attendance. If anyone else is going please shoot a note out to the YahooGroup.

Below is the official press release from ABR, which includes a link to the flyer.

Race to the WIIL Banquet Open to all from anywhere in the universe.
Hundreds of prizes for the top riders, 399 door prizes - every body gets one, Awards, merchandise, &

MATTS, TOI/W, ROTY, Wednesday Night Masters Track & Central States Masters Track season overall Champion Jersey, Awards, merchandise prizes, etc, etc, etceteras

Event flyer, map of course, directions go here: http://www.ambikerace.com/2008/flyers/WIIL_Banquet_Flyer_2008_3.pdf

When, Where? November 22, 2008, Pre-register by Nov 19 for discount, Midori Banquet Service, Old Orchard Country Club, 700 W. Rand Rd., Mt. Prospect, IL. Info: Jason ljjawagner@comcast.net 630-935-2523

Do not race Banquets? WHAT!! Your team mates will be there cheering you on, the cowbells will be ringing, the crowds will be wondering who?? Riding what?? This is great food!!

"MATTS" the original time trial series SEASON OVERALL $6000 CASH prize presented at the WIIL Banquet (for over 20 years with daily prizes, season overall cash prizes and great original courses)

The Results Are In!

No, not those results- but regardless of whether McCain is your man or you Baracked the vote today, what we know for certain is that ABD is a big winner!

We've been checking over the annual volunteer hour totals and even without the indentured servitude of Board Members Jenny & Terry Cerwin, Steve Bielski, Mike Farrell, Mary Lee Geraghty, Vicki Heck and Brian Hildreth or several of the Men's 1/2 & 3 team riders, ABD'ers logged over  2000 volunteer hours in 2008!  This is an amazing number and once again shows that ABD could never be the club it is without the hard work of its members.

It is a pleasure to offer a 2009 ABD Voler Jersey or Short to those individuals or families that have accumulated at least 18 points after deductions for entry fees (Column C on the spreadsheet). This means for every 18 points collectively within a family you can get one clothing item. For ABD'ers with point balances under 18 we're working to put together sponsorship goodies that you can redeem at our upcoming end-of -the-year shindig.

We also wanted to take this opportunity to recognize the ABD'ers that went that extra step to earn Gold and Silver status this year:

ABD Gold - 30 hours or more:
Kent Billingsley
Todd Busteed
Tom Egan
Steve Gage
The Glinka Family - Ken, Sandy & Joseph
Don Janes
Bill Kallas
Tim Keeley
Gina Kenny
Scott Ligocki
Jim Nowak
Liz Oehmen
Oz Ozguc
Steve Parrish
The Prinners - Jessi & Steve
The Redlich Family - Mike, Valerie & MJ
Gary Rulo
Sue Semaszczuk
James Sneddon
Tim Stewart
Dave Trotter
Maya Tubic
Mike Vail
The Witt Family - Scott, Sue, Konrad & Dani
Paul Zelewsky

ABD Silver - 13 to 29 hours
Jeff Bird
Jeff Bloomfield
Scott Bowden
Jenny Busch
Jim Cannella
Julie Carter
Dave Clark
Jay Corgiat
Ben DeMong
Jim Flechsig
Ken Fry
Bill Heun
James Hibbler
Laura Leaver
Jim Lund
Bob Marshall
Richard Mstowski
Tom Pedrick
Lisa Pena
Marilyn Powell
Theo Quednau
Cathy Richmond
Maureen Sanders
Dan Tillotson
Billy Wacholz
Mark Yurcheshen

Thank you, thank you, thank you!

Mark Your Calendars: The 2009 ABD Indoor TT Dates!

We’ve just received final approval from the Winfield Middle School and are very excited to announce the dates of our 10th Annual ABD Indoor TT Series! Extra points to any riders who remember racing on the original Nintendo system!

The dates are:
January 11th, 2009 - Flat
February 1st 2nd - Rolling
February 22nd - Flat
March 14th (Saturday) - Rolling
April 5th - John Fraser Memorial Outdoor Time Trial

More Details and Registration information coming soon

ABD Voler Try-On Party - Orders Due 11/8 and a Quick Review of the new DX Bibs [update]

The ABD 2009 Voler Try-On and Pre-Order party is Saturday, November 1st, 5pm at President Farrell’s house! Larry Lorenz is bringing all his 2009 Voler Clothing samples so that club members can try them on before they order.

At the party we’ll have order forms, beverages and hors d’oeuvres. Feel free to bring an app to pass!

Winter Voler Orders will be due next Saturday, November 8th! Forms will be are now available for download later today from www.ABDcycling.com . Just go to Members/Forms>Clothing Forms in the menu. We are again offering the credit card option via PayPal for anyone who’d prefer it.

Sizing/Fabric/Chamois Updates:
1) After going with a slightly longer jersey design in 2008 Voler has returned to the shorter jersey design for 2009.

2) Voler has developed a new DX high-end short model that we’re hoping they make in blue! More details coming soon and you can read my early take on the DX short below. Larry will also have a few pairs to try on at the party.

3) The default chamois for our clothing order is the ION chamois. The Torino is still available but please make a note of it if you’re prefer this one (and it is $5 cheaper).
(Also, for those who haven’t ordered new bibs in a year or so, the sizes went bigger. Most people have moved down a size, so that people who wore smalls now wear XS, people who wore mediums wear smalls, and so on.)

Style/Color/Design Updates:
None- you all look great!

So speaking of those DX shorts...
I had the pleasure of receiving a pair of “test” DX bibs that I was able to try out during my commutes to work this week. And it’s a pretty simple verdict: these shorts feel awesome. The combination of the new fabric and the 10-panel construction just makes the shorts feel more natural in fit and feel than a lot of the other shorts I’ve tried. I’m not sure when or if they are going to be able to sublimate this fabric like their other shorts, but I sure hope they do!

UPDATE: I spoke with the rep at Voler and it looks like they only have the DX Material in black right now, but hope to have it in Navy early next year. This means we should probably be able to get DX spec'ed ABD shorts and bibs in our Spring order. The up-charge will only be $15 a pair.

TEST UPDATE: After watching my tan-lines poke out from under these shorts for a couple days I knew these were coming up short compared to Voler's standard bottoms. The rep confirmed that since the DX fabric is a compression fabric it doesn't stretch as much- so although they use the same pattern to cut the fabric for the shorts, the end result is that when you put them on they aren't going to extend as far down the leg. This translates to about 3/4" on my pair of XS bibs.