Amendments to the series rules

1. There will be no double points race this year.
2. We have included a "drop" race in the final series tally. This means that you will get to drop your lowest score. If you have to miss a race this will keep you in the hunt for the overall.

Avondale

If you want a course preview...come help the BBC crew setup on Saturday around 1 PM. There may be cool beverages floating around? The Tuscaloosa flyer is up.

2008 Alabama State Championships

Will be hosted by Wig's Wheels under the lights in Anniston.

Trussville Cross Practice

Start time has been revised to 5:30.

BRAP-BRAP! AVONDALE

Avondale is so close. I'm partial to this course...as I'm sure I've mentioned before. The stair climbs are offset by downhills like you see Hurley ripping. I hope to see all the usual suspect next weekend along with a fresh crop of new riders looking to see what all this stuff is about. One shot at Avondale and they'll be hooked.

Anniston Stars

It's a done deal - Woodland Park, Anniston 4pm start under the lights Sat. November 22. Stay tuned for more details.

BTW-THIS IS A SATURDAY NIGHT!

map to trussville tuesday nighter

flyers

the first two are up. click on the races to the right.

Trussvegas

It's official: Tuesday nights starting September 16 @ 6 p.m. Matt Holdbrooks and I will be hosting an informal, weekly cyclocross practice at the Trussville Disc Golf course. We ask everyone to meet at the golf course parking lot off of Cherokee Street at 5:45, or at the Trussville Cahaba Cycles at 5:30 p.m. I would expect to spend about an hour riding, dismounting, running and suffering for about an hour. The course is 1.7 miles in length consisting of about 4 natural dismount spots and a couple of rideable steep sections. As we move deeper into the season plans to incorporate artificial barriers to force running on some of the steep sections are being considered.

Thanks,
Chris Leven
Cahaba Cycles

upgrades

Remember,
If you want to race up this year, you must have your official upgrade. Make sure to contact Bill Seitz for this request. You may be able to do this onsite, but you should verify with Bill first.

Primavera Coffee Roasters

I am excited to announce that Primavera Coffee Roasters of B'ham have stepped up as one of the presenting sponsors for this years BAMACROSS series. Brett and gang will be onsite at all of the races slinging the prettiest, tastiest rocket fuel around. Caffine may be the single best LEGAL race stimulant on earth. You can click on the title of this post to go over to the primavera site. While you're there check out how Brett and gang have been SLAYING all takers at Atlanta's thursday night throwdowns...showin' em' how it gets done in the 'Ham!

Stay tuned this week as I will be announcing another one or two of our main sponsors for the 08 season!!!

Clarifications

We are inching closer and closer to opening day for the 2008 Alabama Cyclocross season and as we approach a few items to note:

The Mobile race weekend has been cancelled. We will leave this weekend open due to the Dead Dog Mt Bike race conflict.

We should announce the main sponsors of the 08 season this week, so stay tuned.

The remainder of the previously posted schedule should remain the same. Wig is still working on the course for the night race. We may have to switch this race if it doesn't work out. The previous date given for this race was a Sunday, if the night race happens the date will be changed to the day before (Saturday). There are a couple of races that may be added as non-series races (sloss and george ward).

the first race will be at Avondale instead of Homewood on Oct. 5th.

In addition to our bike shops that have supported the series the past two seasons, we have some great companies stepping up to add support.Urgent Care Center, Kenda, Twin Six, Primavera Coffee, Myogenesis, Hammer Nutrition. Bike Link has also stepped up to lend a hand this year. So, stick around for the whole season, there will be some great prizes for the series finalists!

We did a great cyclocross workout Saturday morning at George Ward Park. There were four of us and we were nice and muddy when it was over! I am going to switch the weekly practice from Avondale to George Ward as it is just a great course for practice. Avondale is sure to brutalize you on October 5th.