The "Beat Hunger" ride Saturday at our Irvine store was a huge success! 70+ riders showed up to help fight hunger & get a chance to out pedal Matt, one of Rock N' Road's Owners through the canyon. By the end of the day the 2 barrels reserved to hold all the canned good contributions, were spilling out on the the floor. Thank you to all the riders who joined & contributed to our 2nd Annual Food Drive, we appreciate your support.

In only its second year in cross racing Rock N' Road's CX team is #2 in points in the SoCal Prestige Series and had a great showing this weekend at the SCNCA State CX Championships at Oak Canyon Park in Orange. Bob Kmetz won the 35+ 3/4 race and we had many other top performances!

Rock N' Road Mission Viejo opens early to help their local Boyscott troop #818 get prepped for a big ride to earn there bicycling merit badges!

Annual Turkey Day Ride Update

Meet at 7:00 am at the Silverado gate. There is limited parking there so you may have to park at Black Star. Everyone will meet up at the Main Divide by 9:00am where we will attempt to take a group photo.
Look forward to seeing you all there! Happy Thanksgiving!

Manny Prado takes 4th place at Stage 1 of La Ruta (outs printing Roberto Heras by seconds)

Rock N Road Cyclery hosted another phenomenal women's only event on Oct. 23, 2008.

The night included guest speaker Amber Neben, a fundraising raffle for the Susan G. Komen Breast Cancer Foundation and unprecedented shopping discounts. This Diva Night, the fifth for RnR, had approximately 120 women in attendance!

World Time Trial Champion Amber Neben kicked off the night sharing the struggles and victories of her cycling history. Amber then graciously answered questions from the audience concerning both her personal and professional life.

"Thanks again, you all put on such a fun night," said Diva Jan Ackerman. "I really enjoyed hearing Amber talk."

Following Amber, the raffle to benefit Susan G. Komen had prizes such as diamond earrings, a cruiser and a road bike (just to name a few). RnR raised over $1,500 from the raffle and will be donating it to the foundation. Rock N Road would like to thank all the sponsors for their generous donations to the raffle.

The Diva crew also unveiled the new Diva Jersey, which can be purchased at any of the RnR locations.

The 2007/2008 SoCal Time Trial Cup winners presented by Rock N' Road Cyclery. These awards were passed out at the first Time Trial of the 2008/2009 SoCal TT season this past Saturday the 11th of October. Great job to all the winners!

The MS Ride is over but we are still raising funds through the end of November so please continue to donate!

Thank you to the riders who were involved and their supporters!

Please join Irvine Ranch Conservancy, for a fun filled morning of “Women Only” docent-led mountain bike riding in Limestone Canyon. Test bikes available upon registration. You may also bring your own bike to ride if you prefer. While riding, enjoy historic Limestone Canyon, known for its scenic canyons and majestic coastal live oak trees.

On Sept. 30, Rock N Road Cyclery in Laguna Niguel housed over 20 women for a Diva bike maintenance clinic.

With four expert mechanics coaching them, the women had hands on experience working on the bikes brought in by their fellow Divas. Topics covered included how to fix a flat, properly care for a bike and handle emergency mechanical situations. There was also a question and answer period at the end to ensure everyone felt complete in their bike maintenance knowledge.

"I love the Diva group and that Rock N Road puts on so many events that really benefit women's cycling," said Diane Parks about the clinic.

Look for more skills and maintenance clinics in the months to come. The RnR Divas are dedicated to the growth of women's cycling.

Questions about the group? Please contact Crystal at Crystal@rocknroadcyclery.net

September 6th, Rock N' Road Partner and Founder Matt Ford wins the 140+ Mixed Team Trial at Fiesta Island with his wife Meredith and friends Bob and Moira.

September 6th and 7th, Rock N' Road Cyclery sponsors the Pacific Coast Triathlon and has great success with our Expo tent! Congratulations to everyone who competed!!!

Check out the link below for Testrider.com’s review of the SL2 – it’s a great refresh for the tech, spec and best of all they wrap up the review by calling it “The finest pure race bike we have ever tested�.

http://www.testrider.com/fly.aspx?layout=player&video=2

Rock N' Road Cyclery was crowned last night in Copper Mountain Colorado the #1 S-Works Dealer for Specialized bicycles in the USA! We would like to thank all of our customers for supporting us!!!

July 19-20, RNR supports the American Cancer Society's Relay for Life in Laguna Niguel

John Bain, Assistant Manager of Mission Viejo, Completes the 5 day unicycle stage race - Ride the Lobster - in Nova Scotia this past week. His 3 man team finished 10th overall averaging 120-130 miles a day on unicycles, that's right! Amazing!

Chris Chock winner of the Winter Sale Contest at RNR
picks up his new Specialized Hardrock from our MV store compliments of RNR and Specialized

Train the Trainer class for the MS bay to bay Tour on October 11&12

Boy scouts Troup 824 get a clinic in AH by Ed Pineda, Jeff Shine and other Sho-air jr. Team members.

RNR sponsors the 2nd Annual Woodbury Bike Rodeo in Irvine and gives away a new Specialized Hotrock to a lucky young winner!

RNR holds a Super Charged Motivational talk for its staff from Olympic Gold Medalist Peter Vidmar

Rock N' Road's 1st Annual Spring Tent Sale was a huge success April 25-27th

Gold Tarmac Winner

Sam Holiday Winner of the Tour of California Limited Edition SL2 Gold Bettini bike. Courtesy of Rock N' Road and Specialized.

CPR Training at Rock N' Road

Rock N' Road hosted its first ever CPR and First Aid classes on March 25th and March 31st. It was a great experience and look for us to offer them again next year!

Diva Night

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After launching its women’s group (Rock N’ Road Divas) in March of last year, Rock N’ Road Cyclery just hosted its fourth successful event on Thursday, March 20th at the Mission Viejo location.

The night began with a challenge. Women in the group were given the rules to the Diva Jersey Design Contest. Women are to submit their jersey designs using their own artwork and the winner will see her name printed on all future jerseys made. Entries are due on April 4 to the Rock N’ Road, Mission Viejo location. Please contact Nicky at Nicky@rocknroadcyclery.net or at the Irvine location with any questions. The staff emphasized being creative and having fun!

The featured speaker of the night, Bernice Pierson, began her speech by introducing herself as an adventure racer, and an adventure racer she is! Bernice’s slideshow presentation mixed inspirational quotes with real life footage of the travels and races she has competed in all over the world. Having participated in numerous races, events and even television programs, Bernice inspired the audience with her main message to just “make the decision” and go for it- whatever “it” may be for each individual.

Next up was a humorous and fun fashion show displaying the latest fashions from Specialized, Sheila Moon, Fox and Twin Six for the 2008 Spring Season. The audience roared as the two male escorts livened up the show.

Following the fashion, the women got down to business with a flat fixing contest. Three teams of two competed to change a flat tire the fastest. The parameters of the competition were that one woman had to be an expert flat fixer while the other had never fixed a flat in her life. The twist of the event was that the expert had to instruct the rookie how to fix the flat without touching the tire or wheel herself. The excitement mounted as the winners prevailed just seconds before the other teams.

Rounding out the night were great raffle prizes, specifically a brand new Specialized Dolce road bike for the grand prize winner, Anna Flowers of Rancho Santa Margarita!

Rock N’ Road enjoys its role of bringing the women’s cycling community together for fitness, education and fun. Look for this group to continue to grow and do great things for female cyclists.

By Crystal Brown

Interested in joining in the fun? Please contact Crystal at crystal@rocknroadcyclery.net.

Specialized Demos

Rock N' Road and Specialized team up to give you a chance to ride the best! See dates and times below. Call stores for details.

Friday 28th Anaheim Hills
7am at Santiago Oaks (MTB ride)
demo at trailer to follow.
Call Ed or Chuck at 714-998-2453

Sat 29th Mission Viejo
group ride 9am (MTB ride)
demo 11am
949-859-5076

Disney Wellness Fair

Winner of January Disney Wellness Fair, Laura Pina. Rock N' Road gave away two Specialized Globe bikes to Disney employees that attended the event at Studio 17 on the back lot of Disney in late January. Rock N' Road again sharing there passion for cycling and the environment.

Rock N' Road Diva Night

Thursday, March 20th
7:30pm – 10pm

RnR Mission Viejo 27825 Santa Margarita, Ste A
(949) 859-5076

* Food, friends and fantastic raffle prizes
* Race to “Fix your Flat�
* Fashion Show with new spring apparel!
* Guest speaker Bernice Pierson- inspirational cycling discussion
* Get answers to the cycling questions you always wanted to ask.
* Great shopping discounts!!!

RSVP for Diva Night by March 17th to Jocelyn@rocknroadcyclery.net.

For further questions, please contact Nicky at 949) 733-2453, nicky@rocknroadcyclery.net or Jocelyn at 949) 859-5076, jocelyn@rocknroadcyclery.net

Thanks!
~The Diva Crew

Valentine's Day Raffle

Congratulations to Margaret Mazotta from Huntington Beach, winner of our Valentine's Day gift basket!

Congratulations Ed & Carrie Pineda!

Ed Pineda, our store manager for Anaheim Hills, had a new daughter on Jan 22nd. Her full name is Luciana Sky Pineda, but they call her Luci for short. Weight: 8lbs 3 oz, height 20". She is healthy and a crier.

TREK RECALL

Description: This recall involves Trek girls’ bicycles model MT220 and model years 2005 (light metallic blue), 2006 (metallic silver and metallic purple or pink and pearl white), and 2007 (pink and white pearl or metallic purple). The model name is printed on the frame of the bicycle. Model year 2008 bicycles are not included in this recall.

Sold at: Authorized Trek dealers nationwide from April 2004 through June 2007 for about $300.

http://www.cpsc.gov/cpscpub/prerel/prhtml08/08186.html

Please contact any of our stores and we will be happy to help those that have purchased these bikes from us.

Brandon Gritters won the 2007-08 Urban Cyclocross Series Pro racing for Rock N' Road! Congratulations!

RNR Divas Friday Mountain Ride

We will be restarting our Friday Morning weekly mtn. ride out of the RNR Mission Viejo location. We'll be riding the trails behind Saddleback Church and Oakley (motsly fire roads).

When: Friday 7:30 - 9:00 (be ready to roll at 7:30)
Where: RNR Mission Viejo
Who: Anyone (co-ed ride)
Level: Intermediate--The trails aren't technical and there will be stops during the ride, but it will be faster than a beginner ride...

If you have anymore questions, please feel free to email me or Tracie (tracie@rocknroadcyclery.net) The number to MV is 949-859-5076.

Urban CX

Here are some pictures from the last cross race in Palos Verdes. After this last race Brandon Gritters is now leading the Urban Cyclecross Series going into the finals!