Chicks that do charity events

Well you girls missed a great night at Rock 'n Road Cyclery Diva Night.  Karen, Pat and Theresa showed up of course, we heard there would be tacos and margaritas.  Not sure where Karen's head was but she wanted to meet for margaritas before hand.  I guess to get "event worthy"?

The Divas threw another great event.  There was a lot of women there many of whom brought gently used shoes to donate to the Soles 4 Souls organization.  We had tacos, chips and margaritas and met other women who loved to road and mountain bike ride.  After we got our goody bags we went into the store which was set up as a mini lecture hall. We wandered around looking at all Silent Auction items.  We were outbid on the "Girl's Night Out" Limo and dinner one but figured we need to put together our own Girl's night out since we can't ride in the evenings right now.

After a little socializing, we took our seats for the informative program.  A rep from Serfas was there demonstrating lights and offered a 30% discount for any lights purchased that night.  After that we heard from a Physical Therapist from Rausch PT and Sports Performance.  They feel it's really important to prevent injuries before they happen and to keep the core strong.  They also offer some Yoga and Pilates. 

The featured speaker was Pua Mata, a beautiful young woman from Hawaii who has been racing mountain bikes professionally since 2005 and has won 6 national titles in endurance racing.   She talked about how she got into riding and how she attacks each race.  Then she answered questions from the crowd.  She had a constant infectious smile and you could really tell she loved being on her bike.




The evening and silent auction was a fund raiser for 88 Bikes.  They showed a quick video on this great organization that provides bikes for underprivileged kids who other wise may never own a bike of their own.   More smiles on these kids that were so excited to get these bikes.  Each kid that gets a bike from this organization also gets a photo of the person who donated money for the bike.  (No Pat, you didn't have to buy one of the Specialized S works we were sitting by for them).  This evening we were hoping to have raised money for over 20 bikes (about $88 each).   So we posed for a huge group photo that will be put on a card with the donated bikes.

We should think about doing something in the spring when we meet for weekday rides. Maybe a spare coin jar where we can collect each week and at the end of Fall may have enough to donate a bike. Chicks collecting pennies...

When the formal program was over we were able to do a little shopping with a Diva Discount.  Karen bought a couple little Serfas lights and CO2 Cartridge kit so she doesn't have to be afraid of flats anymore.

We've really missed riding during the week.  Last weekend since Theresa was camping and Pat was in Arizona everyone was on their own.  Theresa rode with the old guys from her camping club on a little tour around Back Bay while Karen did the Shady Canyon loop.

This weekend we are planning Santiago Canyon on Sunday as long as the SantaAnas don't make it too hot.  Perhaps we will try a little side trip up Modjeska canyon?  Hope you can join us.