We hung out a few hours with Team Mountain Khakis / SmartStop and here is a gallery from that morning including a closer look at the Ridley Noah team bikes.

The team is actually based in North Carolina but the riders don't usually just hang out there. But for a team camp they had gathered in Winston-Salem, and on Wednesday they invited local cyclists to join them on a ride. We had planned to tag along and snap a few pictures of the ride, but we somehow were not able to connect with this brightly clad crew once they departed from the sponsoring Mock Orange Bikes shop. But all is not lost, we still managed to take a few photos before the escaped from our grasp.


Team website is: teammk-smartstop.com


All images © Herbert Krabel / slowtwitch.com

A beautiful March morning greeted all riders.

The Mock Orange Bikes shop was the starting point of the ride.

Last minute adjustments on the Ridley Noah team bike of Shane Kline.

Meanwhile some other adjustments took place outside.

Seasoned Pros like Adam Myerson sport tan lines all year long.

Time for Chris Montleone to get on the bike.

The crowd outside the bike shop was surely growing with team owner Jamie Bennett on left looking on.

Adam Myerson has been involved in this game for quite some time now.

Adam Myerson's team Ridley Noah is ready for the ride.

A SRAM drive train and a Quarq power meter. Chain was put on the big chain ring by the photographer and not the athlete. Yikes.

The TRP R970EQ brakes match the bikes nicely.

Reynolds Forty Six wheels roll on Maxxis tires.

Bars and stem from Williams Cycling.

SRAM Red controls and impeccable clean white SRAM bar tape.

San Marco Regal e saddle

CycleOps Joule 2.0 head unit.

Attention, the bus is leaving now.

And they are gone.