CX Double Header – Next Weekend!
I’m not sure if it actually possible to ride a bike through a sandy beach, but at least it will be a soft landing when I wipe out. Also not sure what all that sand will do to a drive train. Should be interesting… and messy.
If you survive the St. Malo race, pack up your tired ass and your sandy bike on Sunday and head west to Altona, home of the Southern Cross race, hosted by the Altona Bicycle Enthusiasts Society (ABES). This one looks like a goody. There is an ongoing, yet mostly friendly rivalry between the ABES and the FGBC boys who host Menno Cross, to put on the biggest and most awesome cross race. So after a stellar Menno Cross this year you can bet the ABES are going to pull out all the stops. Can the ABES beat the mud bath? Will there be faspa? I’m told the course is always pretty technical and awesome. In fact, after barely completing Menno Cross with my life in tact (the dignity was not so lucky) someone looked at me and said “wait ’til you do Altona!!”. Good times.
There are incentives to race both days as part of a Grand Prix series, so the extra pain of two races in one weekend just might be worth your while. So eat a turkey or two this weekend, then it’s time to practice your dismounts, clean the last bit of mud out of your nose from Menno Cross, and shine up that cow bell.
There is a sand pit right in front of my house where they removed the play structure. You could come over and practice?
No Faspa in Altona. But they do have farmer sausage primes. And Southern Cross IPA, brewed by Half Pints.
This is not to be missed.
And note: genuine Pioneer Meats farmer sausage burgers lovingly BBQ'd by the Mayor of Altona himself, Mayor Mel Klassen. Little shout out to the extended family of Dr. Divisive's better half. And yes, the beer. Lots of it.
Pffft, forget the Pioneer Farmer Sausage primes (everybody knows the Winkler Farmer Sausage is superior any ways), St Malo will have Velo Artisan Bread, homemade preserves, and tourtiere prime prizes. The Southern Cross IPA however is noteable.
Thems fightin' words Double Crosser. I can handle the pumping up the weaker cousin of the weekend but hands off the sausage.