Bike For Bender - Hell Ride 2010

Well folks, it's time for round 2 of the Bike For Bender series - Hell ride 2010, Oct 23rd 8:00 AM.

If you haven't been on this ride before, here's a quick overview:

1. We shuttle from Redlands up the 38 to South Fork bright and early.
2. And then we follow the SART 36 miles back to Redlands.

The SART is one of the most fun and challenging single tracks in SoCal. Although there's thousands of feet of descending, there's also a few thousand feet of climbing, and there are some seriously dicy sections, so don't think that this is an easy ride! We'll group everyone into a fast and an intermediate group just like last time.

We highly recommend tubeless tires. There are stream crossings, rocks and 30+ mph descents, so you will get a flat!

Last year we had about 50 riders (many of them STR folks) and this year we are predicting we'll have over 60 riders. That means this will be the largest Hell Ride ever! And with the recent rain, the conditions will be epic.

As always, we'll meet at Uncle Howeys afterwards for beer, pizza and the raffle. We already have great prizes lined up from VSI, Intense Tires, Don's Bikes, Bear Valley Bikes and Ellsworth.

Speaking of Ellsworth, there's talk they will be coming out to support the ride by bringing demo bikes, trucks and trailers! Stay tuned for updates on this.

All proceeds from the raffle go directly to Rob for his fight against cancer.

For more details about the ride and to sign up, visit the ride page. Don't forget to sign up for a shuttle or plan to get dropped off up the hill!

So if you are up for a good ride, with good people and for a great cause, come on out and join us!

AL