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Tuesday Night trainer rides, Recycled Outdoor Gear, 6 pm

2010-01-11T13:51:00.001-05:00

It's cold outside these days so come and join us for some quality indoor workouts! The indoor ride is this coming Tuesday at 6 pm and will continue every Tuesday until Daylight Savings in March. If you have not experienced a "Turbo" workout Mock Orange Style then this will be a great way to have some fun and train at the same time! A "Turbo" workout is basically a structured trainer workout that encompasses some cadences and drills that one may not necessarily do on one's own. Bring yourself, your trainer, and your bike to Recycled Outdoor Gear, next door to Mock Orange Tuesday evenings for some quality indoor training!

NC Cyclocross Winter Series begins this weekend!

2010-01-07T16:46:00.002-05:00

The North Carolina Winter Cyclocross season begins this weekend in Salisbury and Mooresville NC. If it is just too cold to get out on your road or mountain bike this weekend, come on out for some winter time cross action! You can view the race information and flyers for each day at www.nccyclocross.com. See you this weekend!

Mock Orange Festival of Yule! Wednesday Evening, 6:30 pm

2009-12-11T12:34:00.002-05:00

Please come and celebrate the Season of Yule with us on Wednesday evening December 16! It has been a great year here at Mock Orange and of course we would not be here if it were not for our awesome customers. We would like to show our appreciation by offering some good food and some good beer and special pricing on select shop merchandise from 6:30 to 8:30 pm this Wednesday. See you then!

North Carolina CX Finals this weekend!

2009-11-30T15:47:00.005-05:00

This Sunday, December 6 is the day of the North Carolina Cyclocross Series Finals! This year the race will be held at Tanglewood Park in Clemmons, NC. Tanglewood is a great venue for the series finale as it features wide open terrain great for racing and spectating.

This day is going to be great fun the entire family! Foothills Brewery is graciously supplying beverages and there will be food at the venue as well. All the race information and flyer can be found http://www.nccyclocross.com/. If you have not experienced a cross race MOB style yet this year, this is your last chance, and this is going to be a great one! There will be a raffle for a Ridley cross frame and a dance contest with the winner receiving a free pair of Shimano wheels!

We would also like to go ahead and thank our sponsors for this event: Pro Components, Shimano, Foothills Brewery, Ridley, and Richard Childress Winery. We are looking forward to December 6 and the North Carolina Cyclocross Series Finals at Tanglewood Park!

Tofurkey!

2009-11-17T14:29:00.002-05:00

Hello Friends,

It's that time of year again: the annual Tofurkey Ride will happen on Friday, November 27. This mountain bike ride will leave the shop and head over to Salem Lake at 11 am. Beat the Turkey Day blues with a sweet Tofurkey MTB ride on the 27th! You can view pictures from previous Tofurkey rides here.

Thanks!

Memorial Ride for David Sherman

2009-11-03T13:11:00.002-05:00

Hello Friends,

Many of you have heard about the fatal hit and run two weeks ago involving David Sherman. By all accounts David was a great guy who embraced life and cycling. A ride in his honor is taking place on November 15 from the Fitness Center in High Point. Here are a few more details from ride organizer Don Shaw:

"Duncan Chapman, Robert Lippitt and I are leading an effort to organize a bike ride honoring Dave Sherman. It is going to be held on Sunday afternoon, November 15th, starting at 1:30 pm.
We will start and finish at the Fitness Center, with ride distances of 25-30 and 40-50 miles. Most likely, we'll head out to the Caraway area, similar to the Pedal Push routes.

Tell everybody you know who rides a bike......and those who don't, but might like to be a part of this. There will be plenty of stuff to do leading up to and including ride day, for those who would like to volunteer their time.

While we will not be charging an entry fee per se, we want to accept donations which will be given to a worthy cause identified by Dave's family. If you want to check it out, it's www.yieldtolife.org. Started by professional cyclist Dave Zabriskie, it goes to the heart of what we all face on the road: coexisting with motorists.

Thanks for coming together for this effort. It will mean a great deal to the family and friends of Dave and (we hope) get enough media coverage to send a message to the car and truck drivers out there that when bikes meet cars, bike lose. Folks have simply got to start being more attentive and less pissed off about being behind a bike on a road they have just as much right to use."

We will keep you all informed as ride details emerge.

Please ride safely out there!

Congratulations Jerry and Elizabeth!

2009-10-26T16:53:00.002-04:00

Congratulations to Mock Orange racing team member Jerry Rebo and his new wife Elizabeth! We certainly wish you two a long and happy marriage! Now that's a wedding cake if we've ever seen one!!

Cyclocross-dress Jamboree, 2009

2009-10-20T15:32:00.004-04:00

Ed McKee

2009-10-15T13:23:00.002-04:00

Here is our friend Ed McKee outside of Boulder, Colorado. That is Rocky Mt. National Park in the background. Awesone Ed!

Hanging Rock Road Ride 10/11/09

2009-10-12T12:01:00.004-04:00

The weather was perfect last Sunday for a ride to Hanging Rock and back. Thanks to everyone who came out. We had a blast!

New Mocktoberfest Specials!

2009-10-06T11:29:00.007-04:00

Check out Gene and Lee Raymer and their hot new bikes! Gene is the proud new owner of a fine Look 566 and Lee grabbed a white Pinarello FP3. These gents are stylin' for sure! Great job guys!

As part of our Mocktoberfest celebration we have two new specials: The Mocktoberfest Wheel Deal and the Kinetic Indoor Trainer Special. With the purchase of a pair of wheels receive a gift certificate for 10% of the price of the wheels good for anything in the store. If you've been on the fence about grabbing that new sweet set of wheels this might be the right time!

The Trainer Special is for a free trainer riser block and training DVD with the purchase of a Kinetics indoor trainer. Indoor trainer season is almost here you know. Come in and take advantage of these specials until the end of October!

Tri 4 Fun!

2009-10-05T10:02:00.003-04:00

Thanks to everyone who came out to Tri 4 Fun this past Sunday afternoon! Every participant did a great job! Thanks to Fleet Feet Sports and the William G. White YMCA for helping organize the event. You guys are awesome!

Mocktoberfest Specials

2009-09-29T11:28:00.003-04:00

Happy Mockotberfest to everyone! This is our annual celebration of all the things in the fall that are fun and/or funky. This year we have some excellent pricing on several sweet bikes throughout the month of October. (while they last)

The Orbea Opal, 54 cm, Campy Chorus 11 speed, Mavic Ksyrium SL wheels. Normal price: $5,615.00, Mocktoberfest price: $4,492.00. Nigel says "This one goes to 11." Couldn't resist.

The Look 586, size L, SRAM Red, American Classic 420 Aero wheels. Normal price: $6,800. Mocktoberfest price: $5,400. A Mock Orange staff favorite.

The Look 576 time trial bike, full carbon frame, SRAM Rival components. Normal price: $3200, Mocktoberfest price: $2,560. A great time trial or triathlon bike.

Come on by and have a look at these bikes!

Thanks!

SECCA CX #4

2009-09-23T17:50:00.004-04:00

Here are the results from SECCA CX practice race # 4. Don't forget the NC pre-season "Can't Wait 'Til Cross Season Starts" race # 1 is this Sunday at SECCA. Visit http://www.mockorangecross/ for details.

B Race

1 Michael Tennyson

2 Jonathan Kelly

3 Andrew Anmon

4 Fred Mitchell

5 William Macy

6 Mark Jordan

7 Ben Swaim

8 Jim Pennington

9 Pat Tigue

10 Matt Chambers

11 Terry Jennings

12 Ed McKee

13 Jesse Walters

14 Ryan Sauer

15 Earl Anderson

16 Charlie Lawrence

17 unknown rider # 186

18 Kris Garau

19 Bob Coghill

Women

1 Christine Putnam

2 Julie Paisant

A Race

1 Jon Hamblen

2 Jay Cox

3 Darryl Rains

4 Todd Braswell

5 Baird Sills

6 Jeff Varner

7 Scott Miller

8 Patrick Malarkey

9 Brad Jacobs

10 Matt Canter

SECCA CX #3

2009-09-17T12:49:00.003-04:00

Here are the results from last Tuesday evening's cyclocross races at SECCA: (also known as Hot Cross) Points totals are cumulative for the whole series thus far.

B-Race 15-Sep
Place Name Points
1st Michael Tennyson 45
2nd Mark Jordan 32
3rd William Macy 10
4th Andrew Ammon 28
5th Ben Swaim 11
6th Chancey Sumner 17
7th Terry Jennings 5
8th Fred Mitchell 4
9th unknown #173 3
10th Sean Barb 4
11th Jimmy Williams

12th Dave Rhodes

13th Matt Chambers

14th Ed Mckee

15th Paul Paisant

16th Kerry Shields
17th Charles Lawrence
18th Andrew Daugherty

Women

Name Points
1st Julie Paisant 39
2nd Kathrine Shields 12
3rd Anina Aaron 10
4th Beverly Robinson 8
5th Cathi Mulgrew 37
6th Emily Shields 6
7th Sirena Lundsford 15
8th Lynn Pittson 4

A Race

Place Name Points
1st Travis Livermon 15
2nd Jay Cox 34
3rd Paul Mesi 18
4th Brad Messenger 15
5th Zach Lail 17
6th Capt. Von Isenburg 15
7th Daryl Rains 9
8th Baird Sails 10
9th Jeff Varner 8
10th Joe Carpisassi 2
11th Scott Miller 7
12th Tyler Karnes

13th Sonni Dyer 8
14th Anina Aaron
15th Justin Todd
16th Mark Overby
17th Mike Blakenship
18th Ryan Saur
19th Brad Jacobs

SECCA CX race 2

2009-09-10T12:41:00.005-04:00

Here are the results for SECCA CX #2. The points shown here are cumulative for the series:

B Race
1st Michael Tennyson 30
2nd Mark Jordan 20
3rd Andrew Ammon 20
4th William Macy 8
5th Chancey Sumner 11
6th Pat Tighe 12
7th Rich Melencio 10
8th Ben Swain 4
9th unknown?
10th Sean Barb 2
11th Terry Jennings
12th Chris Verweordt

13th Jimmy Williams
14th Austin Temple
15th Ed McKee
16th Paul Paisant
17th Dwane Hunter
18th Earl Anderson
19th Charles Lawrence
20th Matt Chambers
21st Kerry Sheilds
22nd #135
23rd Joeff Williams
24th William May
25th Kris Garau

26th Bob Coghill

Women

1st Cathie Mulgrew 30
2nd Julie Paisant 24
3rd Christine Putnam 10
4th Carolynn Berry 8

A Race

1st Jon Hamblen 30
2nd Eric Barlevav 12
3rd Jay Cox 22
4th Paul Mesi 8
5th Brad Messenger 7
6th Charles von Isenburg 9
7th Jeff Varner 5
8th Darryl Rains 4
9th Avery Telligman 3

SECCA CX training race #1 results

2009-09-03T11:10:00.010-04:00

Thanks to everyone who came out to SECCA CX race #1 this past Tuesday. Much fun was had by all. Here are the results from race # 1:

(Please notify us if there are errors in scoring here)

B Race Series Points
1st Michael Tennyson 15
2nd Jeff Varner 12
3rd Andrew Ammon 10
4th Mark Jordan 8
5th Justin Joyce 7
6th Pat Tighe 6
7th Rich Melencio 5
8th Chancey Sumner 4
9th Dwayne Hunter 3
10th Mike Blankenship 2

11th Chris Verwoerdt

12th Joeff Williams
13th Austin Temple

14th Ed McKee
15th Jesse Walters
16th Bob Coghill
17th Kris Garau

A race:

1st Jon Hamblen 15
2nd Jay Cox 12
3rd Zach Lail 10
4th Sonni Dyer 8
5th Scott Miller 7
6th Baird Sills 6
7th Matt Canter 5
8th Charles Von Isenburg 4
9th Mike Blankenship 3
10th Jeremiah Dyer 2

Women:

1st Cathie Mulgrew 15
2nd Julie Paisant 12

3rd Sirena Lundsford 10

4th Lynn Berry 8

5thJody Bouroughs 7

See you this Tuesday for race 2! Start times have been amended for this week. The B race will start promptly at 6 pm and A race at 6:40 to insure plenty of daylight for racing.

Thanks!

SECCA CX!

2009-08-24T13:50:00.002-04:00

Cyclocross season is just around the corner and this year we have some great pre-season training opportunities that we are super excited about. Every Tuesday evening in September there will be cross practice races at SECCA here in Winston-Salem, beginning on Tuesday September 1. The evenings will consist of two practice races; the 30 minute "B" race will begin at 6:10 pm and the 50 minute "A" race will begin at 6:45. There is no entry fee and there is no prize list. These races are purely for practice purposes. This series will be an awesome way to go ahead and get the cross season going! SECCA is located at 750 Marguerite Drive, Winston-Salem, NC 27106. We also owe SECCA a special word of thanks for letting us have these races on their property. Grab some knobby tires and come on out to SECCA Tuesdays in September! For more information about these practice races and all other things related to Mock Orange cyclocross, visit our new cyclocross website: www.mockorangecross.com.

Thanks!

The new Mock Orange kits have arrived!

2009-08-18T11:21:00.002-04:00

The new Mock Orange kits have arrived at the shop and they look great! If you pre-ordered a kit, you can come grab it. Swing by the shop and have a look at these kits while they are still here!

Thanks!

Hanes Park Classic

2009-08-10T16:38:00.005-04:00

This was the scene last Sunday at the Hanes Park Classic down here in the West End. Thanks to all the racers and spectators who made it out and to Cyclesafe.org for doing such a great job planning the event. We are already looking forward to next year!

Hanes Park Classic this Sunday!

2009-08-04T14:21:00.001-04:00

Hello Friends,

This week's Mock Orange Road Ride is a classic. The 38 mile Lewisville Mill Loop is an old stand-by that is always a pleasure to ride. The group will depart from the shop at its normal time of 9 am on Saturday morning.

This Sunday, August 9 is going to be a great day here at Mock Orange!

This is the day of the annual Hanes Park Classic here in the West End, and coincidentally, Mock Orange is located right on the course! There will be amateur and professional bicycle racing around Hanes Park for the better part of the day. Be sure to come by and take in some great racing from the shop. We will be open as long as there is bike racing out there!

As an added bonus, the Look sponsored TIBCO Women's Professional Cycling Team in the shop at 3 pm for a meet and greet/autograph session.

There will not be a ride with the team as previously reported due to logistical problems, but the Official Mock Orange Post-Race Party will transpire on the porch here at the shop beginning at 7 pm. Food and beverages will be provided for as long as they last. Please come and join in the fun on Sunday August 9!

Thanks!

Jim Kauffman and his FP3

2009-07-24T13:02:00.003-04:00

Check out Jim Kauffman and his brand new Pinarello FP3. This awesome bike comes with a full Shimano Ultegra SL group, a nice set of Fulcrum wheels, and much Pinarello style. A head turner for sure! Nice work Jim.

Hanes Park Classic on the Horizon!

2009-07-16T11:02:00.002-04:00

We are already looking forward to Sunday, August 9. The Hanes Park Classic will once again be back on the roads here in the West End! This is always a great day here at Mock Orange Bikes. This year we will have an added special event here at the shop: a meet-and-greet with the TIBCO Women's Pro Cycling Team. After the women’s pro race the riders will be at the shop to talk racing and Look bikes. Stay tuned for more information on this event. Also, there will be a post-race party at an as yet undetermined location, so please stay tuned over the next couple of weeks for more information on that as well.

Thanks!

Tuesday Night Special!

2009-07-09T11:02:00.003-04:00

Tour to Tanglewood Training Ride, Saturday, June 27

2009-06-18T12:08:00.002-04:00

Hello Friends,

Saturday, June 27, is going to be a great day here at Mock Orange Bikes. We will be hosting a National MS Society Tour to Tanglewood training ride. Registration for this ride begins at 7:30 am and the ride will leave the shop at 8:30 am. The route will be around 40 miles, out Baux Mtn. Road and back. Rest stops and a shorter route option will be available. We will have raffle prizes for participants of the ride in the form of Smith Optics sunglasses, Tifosi sunglasses, and Bell Helmets. Riders will be entered into the raffle automatically as they register for the ride. Winners will be announced 15 minutes prior to the ride departure. Additionally, free coffee and doughnuts will be available in the morning. Zipp will be on hand conducting a demo all day as well so this will be a great opportunity to test ride that pair of Zipp wheels you have had your eye on. Every item in the store will be marked down 10% on June 27th. We are very excited about this special event, so please come out and join the fun on Saturday, June 27th!

A quick note about parking and registration on the 27th: We will be utilizing the two upper parking lots on either side of Northwest Blvd. near Hawthorne Road and the slots along Northwest Blvd. between Hawthorne Road and Reynolda Road. The two upper parking lots are adjacent to Wiley Middle and Reynolds High Schools, respectively. Please keep a clear path for the activity busses parked in these lots. The shop is easily accessible by bike from these parking areas. Day-of registration will be at the shop. The address for Wiley Middle School is 1400 W Northwest Blvd., Winston-Salem, NC 27104.

Thanks!