MATTS Season Opener - Sunday Jan 22, Feb 26, March 17 - ABD Indoor Time Trial Series on computrainers, bring your bike, race 10k flat course on their computrainer, at The old Prairie Path Cycle Store, 122 W. Wilson St, in Batavia, IL
online registration for Sunday is closed BUT you can register day of event, there open start times available at 1:30 and 2:00pm.
Chicago Winter Bike Swap - Sat Jan 21, Harper College, Palatine, IL 9:30 to 3:30 - great deals on clothes, parts, bikes, gear, components, FREE parking, Easy access to Highways toll or free!! 30,000 sq feet of deals!!! Cash is Golden here But for you Geeks ATM card machine to cash is available. Call your friends and take a walk thru memory lane to the latest and greatest. Almost everything you can have for a few dollars or a few dollars more... check out their website: www.chicagowinterbikeswap.com
$3 Discount on ABR membership - Join or renew at the Chicago Winter Bike Swap this Sat at Harper College, Palatine, IL. No coupon needed, just say "$3 discount".
Normal membership fee is $25.
Overall results of top riders in 2011 for MATTS, TOI/W and ROTY MATTS-Mid America Time Trial Series 2012, a bicycle race series of 18+ events in Illinois & Wisconsin.
Race class for: men & women in age group and ability category. Age group are: 10-15, 16-19, 20-24, etc on up to 80+, no racing down in age.
Ability category are: Open (1,2,3) & category 4/5. Design category: Recumbent & Tandem.
You can race twice: once in your age group & once in your ability category.
MATTS Season Overall Competition points awarded in each race class.
ROTY (Rider of the Year) Season Overall Competition points awarded. You do not need a TT specific bicycle. Tri designed bikes are ok.
1 rider at a time starts at 30 sec or 1 min interval, no drafting.
Most events are individual time trials.
Two events are two person team time trials (team make up rules coming soon).
One event is a four person team time trial (5 participation points each rider, team make up rules coming soon)
Hello,
I'm the owner of Focal Flame Photography, and wanted to thank you for putting a link on the ABR site to our photo gallery from the 2011 KIrke Vei TIme Trial organized by the Mad City Velo Club. We really appreciate the support from the cycling community. Photo sales are key in allowing us to continue event photography for cycling, including time trials.
In speech therapy today the therapist wanted him to complete the sentence "read a ..." What does Charles say? "Manuscript." in other news he walked perfectly with no assistance whatsoever and got upgraded from puréed for to slightly more textured food. Dr said is the "most amazing" recovery he's seen.
Charles update - 10/22 Per Teammate:
A quick good news followup: Charles is talking, swelling is down, .moving all limbs, and asking about what happened
This is all very positive in his long road to recovery....The Big Diesel has awoken! (lets hope he continues to improve with each day, bob)
Charles has transferred to Chicago for Rehabilitation. He has been walking a little, team mates have been visiting and we hope the Institute does their great work rehabilitating him.
Charles update 10-05, this is from a teammate: He is doing better. The breathing tube is out and the sedatives taken away. He did suffer multiple breaks to his collar bone so they will perform surgery on this today. He also has broken sinuses so that is next. A neuro test yesterday that did not go so great, but then again it is only 72 hours post trauma and post brain surgery. Thanks for everyone's interest.
We are all hoping for a great and speedy recovery to Charles Gerlach. On Sat Oct 1, after lapping the field with one other rider at the Fall Fling West Chicago Circuit race and only a few hundred meters from the finish he crashed. Presently he has a drain tube in his skull to relieve pressure and Doctors have him in an induced coma. Charles is one of the fastest riders in Illinois, regularly racing two race classes at the MATTS events, and usually one of the 5 fastest riders of the day. We wish him and his family the best recovery.
Photos, PHOTOS for the 7-02 TOI/W-ROTY Tour De Villas Criterium, Des Plaines, IL are posted here:
You will need to enter your email address and the following information.
Event Name: Tour de Villas 2011
Password: bikerace
"Masters" Men and Women 30+ divided into 5-year age brackets (30-80+) and invited Junior Masters (will earn no points) What: Timed events (can use road bike) each evening (100 meters [1/3 lap] to 4000 meters [12 laps]. Events may be run individually or pursuit style (2- 4 riders on track at time, starting at equal intervals) Mass start events (must use track bike) held each evening (Sprints, Scratch, Handicap, Madison and special novel events. Progressive Event. cewbike@tds.com Wisconsin Bicycle Racing.
Wednesday Night Training Criterium, Where: The “Pelladrome” (aka the Pella Windows & Doors), 2505 Enterprise Circle, West Chicago, IL, 60185. Registration 5:45 pm. 15 minute Beginner’s Race at 6:15 pm, all other categories start at 6:30 pm.
Categories: A Race (Cat 1 to 3 riders), B Race (Cat 4 & 5 riders).
Format: 15 to 40 minute events, run until dark. Straight-up (scratch) races, points races, unknown distance, pursuits (catch the field), etc. abdcycling@gmail.com ABD Cycle Club.
Provident Clinical Research, Addison, IL
Needs for Research Study male cyclists or triathletes who regularly cycles at least 100 miles a week and are between 18 and 40 years of age, for a study to determine the effects of an investigational beverage on exercise performance. Compensation, VO2MAX, exercise test, including ECG and Physical Exam. read flyer for details. This is not an ABR event.
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For your convience the following ABR forms can now be filled out online and printed. You may also save a blank for future ABR events.
Rider/Official Membership form.
Entry form.
Event Appilcation form.
Event Request for Third Party Insurance form.
ATTENTION CLUBS!! If you have new jerseys or your
contact information has changed: e-mail, web links, phone #'s,
etc.., please contact
Also, if your club is defunct, please let me know so I can remove it. Thanks.
So you are going to a Bicycle Race. First time? Second
year? Or been there decades. Have a great fun time, be competitive
using your skills to place well. Race wise and safe.
Here are some simple courteous rules: No Bare bottoms, keep it to yourself, do it in the car or rest
room, bare bottoms will be DQ. No Litter Bugs take your trash,
banana peels, apple cores, orange peels, gooey wrappers,
water bottles, tissues & diapers home with you or place
in garbage can. Use Toilets not
the area around the toilet, behind a building, next to
your car
or at a tree, your a
human not a puppy. Human puppies will be DQ no matter how
old or young. No Fouls users of
foul language, threats, striking or attempting to strike
and knocking a person down are DQ
offenses. Beware GPS satellite security cameras are
watching every where!!
Need an entry form: Click on Forms button, then
click on Entry and Accident Waiver/Liability Release.
The correct way to fill out the ABILITY CATEGORY and AGE GROUP
entered section.
On the line:
Ability Category entered__ or Racing Age Category entered___ your
age_______.
Ability Category entered is a number 1, 2, 3, 4 or Women 1, 2,
3, 4. If you are an ABR member this number is listed on your membership
card. If new to racing this will be 4. If you are a member of another
bicycle racing organization this number will be listed and we will
accept.
Racing Age Category/Group entered is age 30+, 40+, 50+, 60+, 65+,
30-39, 40-49, Junior 13-15, Women 40+, Women 50, etc., etc., etceteras.
You will notice it says Ability Category entered OR Racing Age
Category entered. OR is defined as either not both. Listing both
causes confusion, the results are inaccurate, my ear, email and
phone will ring with corrections.
TIP: When you pick up your number at registration ask what ability
or age category they registered you into. TIP Two:On the line Name,PLEASE print
your name so we can read it correctly. You do not want allthe glory
to go
to some
unknown person who is a figment of the typists imagination. TIP Three: Stick around and take a gander at the results to be
sure you are listed. Lastly: Thanks for coming to the races, we surely enjoy the competition.MATTS Promoters Needed Pat
Murphy jpatrick33@sbcglobal.net"Climbing
the Category Ladder" by Mike Ebert
Voytek Glinkowski Artist and ABR Racing member
You Tube Art film here
And, go here to
see more paintings by Voytek.
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to Renew Your American Bicycle Racing License
