Aid Stations and Cut-Off Times

For rider safety, and to ensure all riders and volunteers arrive back at Oakley in time for our post-ride party and raffle, rider cut-off times will be enforced.  CLICK HERE to view aid station locations and rider cut-off times. Remember, you must be present to win at...

All Routes are Now Updated

NEW THIS YEAR – all of our routes will start and finish at Oakley Headquarters in Foothill Ranch.  Our planning team just completed re-mapping our routes.  Most of the 25 and 50 mile routes are the same as last year, with the exception of starting at Oakley this...

Surf City Cyclery Featured

Surf City Cyclery is our featured event sponsor for the month of March. Just in time for our Rwanda Ride event, they are offering a Tune-up Special:  Get your bike tuned before the ride at either Surf City Cyclery location (Huntington Beach or Costa Mesa).  Major...

Two Wheels One Planet Featured

We’re pleased to welcome Two Wheels One Planet as our featured event sponsor for the month of February 2013. Kristen Lawrence and her team at TWOP have been proud supporters of our 50 Mile Ride event for the past four years.  TWOP is offering all Rwanda Riders these...

What do they do with the money?

We’re blessed to be able to raise so much money for our Rwanda causes.  Some riders have asked us “what do they do with all that money?”  We’re glad you asked! For World Bicycle Relief, the answer is very simple.  Every $134 you donate to our...

50MR Featured in MB Action Magazine

News about our event is spreading!  Our friends at Mountain Bike Action Magazine have posted an article about our 7th Annual 50 Mile Ride for Rwanda.  Check out their online article.  Now, if we can only make their print edition!

Raising Funds for Rwanda

The 7th Annual 50 Mile Ride for Rwanda will be held on Saturday April 27, 2013 in Orange County CA.  Event organizers expect 1000 fun-loving and adventurous mountain bikers to join this year’s event.  What began as a 50th birthday ride for one of the event founders...

Rock N Road – Featured Sponsor

We are pleased to welcome Rock N Road Cyclery as our featured sponsor for the month of January.  Matt, Jeff, Stuart, Greg and all the gang at Rock N Road have been great supporters of our Rwanda Ride ever since the beginning.  As a special offer exclusive to Rwanda...

World Bicycle Relief

World Bicycle Relief (WBR) is truly doing great things in the world.  The more I learn about WBR, the more impressed I am – and the more enthused I am about helping their efforts.  WBR shares the same philosophy that we loved about Project Rwanda:  they offer...

Grand Prize “Dream Bike” Announced

Here’s your chance to win the bike of YOUR dreams. Speaking of dreams, when we landed our Grand Prize Bike Sponsor for this year’s event, we had to pinch ourselves to make sure we weren’t dreaming ourselves.  We didn’t think we could top last...