ROC gets New Bikes!

New 2008 bikes everywhere. So I have been getting out of the office when I get a chance and trying to catch up all the riding I missed out on when I was running ROC Tours last year. To motivate me a little further I received a beautiful Carbon fiber Competitor 2.0 from Avanti. This bike needs to be ridden often and preferably fast, just to do the price tag justice.
This is quite easy really.
I have also tried a few new things out and been seen riding a road bike on occasion.
Don't feel as if the ROC riders have been forgotten. We have some nice Dual disc brake Avanti Escapes on order to kick start the 2008 season!

Here is a little preview.

ROC Heads South

Blew the dust off the trusty ROC bus in mid-January. Perhaps a little overly equipped for the job, especially since the bus didn't leave the bitumen. The Tour Down-Under got the wheels rolling for a very busy 3 weeks. Supporting a group of riders from morning till the afternoon, before dropping the passengers back to their soft beds at the Hilton.
Great breakfasts, delicious lunches, beautiful rides and serious Pro-Tour action. We were run off our feet, in the best possible way. The one challenge we had was trying to keep up with the Pro-riders with the bus, as they were forever ahead of schedule. Now that the Tour Down-Under is part of the World Pro-Tour, this race is no longer a pre-session holiday down south.
A day after the Adelaide hustle and bustle ended, we took off on our first summer trip from Adelaide to Melbourne along the classic coast. Short driving, very diverse and beautiful riding, great local food and some walking and Kayaking to get to places even bikes can't go. A really nice trip all round and am looking forward to running a few more of them in the future.
More news on summer trips to come.

Blogging Ben

Hi everyone,
Ben's Blog has began. What have I been up to? Where have I been? What is NEW?
Since finishing the ROC Session in November last year with a trip across the mighty Nullarbor I have been back in our office with Peter and Emma. On the road with ROC or back in Adelaide there is always plenty of variety. Putting together videos for Youtube, visiting many a bike shop, creating new and exciting rides and plenty of other things that seem to fill every day.
The earliest of our new rides is the Nullarbor 1200 running in March-April and takes in the heart of this iconic trip. Then there is the ROC summer itinerary, so you can ROC all year round! We are also working on another epic ride. An all asphalt West-East ride.
It hasn't all been office work though, you might know I can't go very long before doing another trip. More in my next Blog.