Time Trial Party on the Porch! - Tuesday July 8

Hello friends,

We hope everyone is doing great. The biking this time of year is awesome! Road riding, mountain biking, or just a good old fashioned ride around the block; all are highly enjoyable in the summer time.

As hard to believe as it is the spectacle that is the Tour de France is just right around the corner! Looking at the schedule for this year’s race, the first individual time trial is being held on Tuesday July 8. As you all know, this date coincides nicely with our weekly Tuesday Night Special ride. So on this particular Tuesday we are gonna hang out post-ride on the porch and watch the time trial! So come on by, ride your bike for a little while, and then we’ll sit around and take in some sweet Tour de France action. Even if you can’t make the ride, feel free to stop by to enjoy some light refreshments and observe some really good guys lay down some mean time trials. We are looking forward to this event and we hope you are as well!

The Monday Night Advanced MTB ride will leave from the shop to ride over to Salem Lake at 6 pm on Monday evening. The Saturday Morning MTB ride will be on hiatus this week, but will return next week.

Thanks and we’ll see you soon!

Pedal the Piedmont this weekend!

Hello Friends,

Hopefully everyone is doing great today and enjoying this nice weather.

We wanted to remind everyone that the Kernersville Rotary Club is sponsoring the 1st annual Pedal the Piedmont ride this Saturday, June 21. This ride is shaping up to be super well supported with a great route on top of that! What more could you want in a bike ride? Here is the official word on the ride from http://www.pedalthepiedmont.org/ :

The Rotary Club of Kernersville, North Carolina is proud to sponsor a premier cycling event, Pedal the Piedmont, on June 21st, 2008. We expect this inaugural ride to incite cyclists to seek out this event in future years, because of the commitment of the Rotary Club of Kernersville to safety, fun, great routes and even better food. In the tradition of exceptional community service of the Rotary Club of Kernersville, we expect this event to provide funds to support the youth of our community.

And also:

Ride with us! Starting in historic Kernersville, Pedal the Piedmont will wind its way to remote countryside, rolling through gentle country roads with vistas of the Blue Ridge Parkway and a few challenging climbs on the longer route to keep it interesting. The Rotary Club of Kernersville, North Carolina is proud to sponsor a premier cycling event, Pedal the Piedmont, on June 21st, 2008. This ride will exceed your expectations of safety, fun, great routes and even better food. This event will provide funds to support the youth of our community through a book given to kids to model ethical living and encouragement to education through our many club sponsored programs.

Mock Orange is the official bike shop sponsor for this ride. We will be out administering service to those in need throughout the day’s festivities. Members of the MOB race team will also be participating in the ride so this is going to be a great event. We are looking forward to seeing you all this weekend at the 1st annual Pedal the Piedmont!

Thanks!

Industry Nine

Check out these sweet wheels that the crew up at Industry Nine built for Wade Shigo! Gold I9 Hubs, Gold I9 Spokes and Gold Velocity Rims. Those guys really can do anything. Wade put these wheels a Dean Ti single speed frame that has been an on-going project for almost two years. A lot of love went into this bike. For a picture of the complete bike, head to the gallery .

If you're looking for a nice wheelset, keep the folks at Industry Nine in mind. The best part is the I9 hubs and spokes are machined right here in NC. Road, downhill, single speed, ultra light, ultra stiff, they'll build the wheels that you want in the colors that you want. Check out the Brown Hubs, Pink/Brown Fade Spokes and Pink Rims below. If you join one of our MOB group rides, you're likely to see these wheels in person!

26 West Mountain Bike Park

Mountain Bikers -- This weekend will mark the opening of North Carolina's first, and the southeast's only lift-assisted mountain bike park! Our good buddy Ryan Taylor, aka Huh, has spent the last 2 years pushing this through the proper channels to ensure dirt mongers in the southeast will have a legal, safe, and sweet place to hone their descending, jumping, and big mountain riding skills. The park is designed and built by Ryan, and will open with 6 trails of varying difficulty to start, with more trails being added as the season unfolds. There is a full fledged downhill course, unique in it's combination of tight technical singletrack, bermed 180 degree turns, and tabletop jumps! If it's Huh-approved you know it's sweet!

Ryan has been working hard to get this going this soon....he had just been given clearance to start digging about 6 or 7 weeks ago. Anyone who has ever done any trail work can appreciate how much work is involved in a project like this; the more folks that come out and ride the park, the better the trails will ride, so please plan an outing to 26 West to check out some great bike riding in a beautiful part of the state.

Directions: From the Winston area, take I40 west to Asheville, then follow 240 past downtown. Look for 26 west and follow for about 25 minutes until exit 3; you will see the Wolf Ridge ski mountain signs. At the bottom of the exit turn right onto Bear Branch road, and another right onto Hwy. 23. Then take your first left onto Laurel Valley Road, and then another quick left onto Puncheon Fork Road. Turn right onto Wolf Ridge Road at the Breakaway Village sign and you're there!

Pedal the Piedmont!

Hello Friends,

We hope everyone is well today!

This weekend the Southern Virginia Mountain Bike Association is hosting the "Shootout on Anglers Ridge." This mountain bike race will take place on Sunday, June 8 at the Anglers Ridge trails in Danville Virginia. There is a category for everyone, from first timers to experts, and Anglers Ridge is reportedly a super sweet trail system. For more information on this event visit www.svmba.org.

Looking ahead a few weeks, the Kernersville Rotary Club has put together a great ride. The inaugural "Pedal the Piedmont" will take place on June 21. This is shaping up to be a great event! Here is the official word on the ride from www.pedalthepiedmont.org:
The Rotary Club of Kernersville North Carolina is proud to sponsor a premier cycling event, Pedal the Piedmont, on June 21st, 2008. We expect this inaugural ride to incite cyclists to seek out this event in future years, because of the commitment of the Rotary Club of Kernersville to safety, fun, great routes and even better food. In the tradition of exceptional community service of the Rotary Club of Kernersville, we expect this event to provide funds to support the youth of our community.
We are certainly looking forward to the first annual Pedal the Piedmont!

The Saturday morning MTB ride will leave the shop at its normal time of 9:30. Also, this week’s Monday night MTB ride will meet at 6:30 pm at Hobby Park in the main parking lot.

Thanks and have a great weekend!